Sky Alps Explained

Airline:SkyAlps
Iata:BQ
Icao:SWU
Callsign:SKYALPS
Founded:2020
Fleet Size:10
Destinations:16

Sky Alps is an Italian airline which operates flights at Bolzano Airport in the autonomous province of South Tyrol. The airline's fleet consists of six leased De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft.[1] [2] The airline is a subsidiary of Fri-El Green Power, an Italian company focusing on renewable energy.[3]

History

The airline was founded by South Tyrolean entrepreneur Josef Gostner, who was part of ABD Holdings, a company that purchased Bolzano Airport from the South Tyrol government in 2019.[4] The airline originally intended to commence operations in May 2020 with one daily flight between Bolzano and Rome, along with further connections to Vienna and Munich afterwards and charter flights to southern Italy during the summer season. Gostner also had plans to lengthen the runway at Bolzano Airport by to allow larger aircraft to operate at the airport.[5] However, it delayed the start of operations to June 2021 due to the impact of border closures associated with COVID-19.[6]

The airline operated its first flights on 17 June 2021 to Olbia and Ibiza.[7] It commenced twice-weekly flights between Bolzano and Berlin Brandenburg Airport on 30 June. It temporarily suspended operations in late 2021 while Bolzano Airport extended its runway from 1293to to allow the handling of larger aircraft. It resumed operations on 15 December. The airline offers 13 weekly flights from Bolzano within its winter 2021 schedule.

Destinations

As of December 2022, SkyAlps operates from Bolzano Airport to Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and several seasonal destinations. It primarily operates leisure flights with a focus on tourists travelling to ski resorts in South Tyrol.[8] It is the first airline to operate scheduled services from Bolzano Airport after Darwin Airline suspended its flights between Bolzano and Rome's Fiumicino Airport in 2015, although Austrian Airlines has operated charter flights from Bolzano since then. Flights are operated by Luxwing, a Maltese charter airline.[9]

As of 2 August 2023, SkyAlps serves the following destinations, as listed on their website.[10]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
AustriaLinzLinz Airport[11]
BelgiumAntwerpAntwerp International Airport[12]
BrusselsBrussels Airport[13]
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMostarMostar Airport[14]
CroatiaBračBrač Airport[15]
DubrovnikDubrovnik Airport
DenmarkBillundBillund Airport
CopenhagenCopenhagen Airport
GermanyBerlinBerlin Brandenburg Airport[16]
DüsseldorfDüsseldorf Airport
HamburgHamburg Airport
KasselKassel Airport[17]
ItalyAostaAosta Valley Airport[18]
BolzanoBolzano Airport
BrindisiBrindisi Airport[19]
CagliariCagliari Elmas Airport
CataniaCatania-Fontanarossa Airport
CrotoneCrotone Airport
CuneoCuneo International Airport[20]
Lamezia TermeLamezia Terme International Airport
OlbiaOlbia Costa Smeralda Airport
RomeLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport[21]
VeronaVerona Villafranca Airport[22]
NetherlandsRotterdamRotterdam The Hague Airport[23]
SpainIbizaIbiza Airport
Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca Airport[24]
SwitzerlandBernBern Airport[25]
ZürichZürich Airport[26]
United KingdomLondonGatwick Airport[27]
London Stansted Airport[28] [29]

Fleet

As of March 2024, the SkyAlps fleet consists of the following aircraft:[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaminski-Morrow. David. 13 April 2021. Italian start-up SkyAlps signs for Dash 8-400s. 6 February 2022. Flight Global. en.
  2. Web site: Sky Alps Airline Profile. 7 February 2022. CAPA Centre for Aviation.
  3. Web site: Italy's Sky Alps plans June launch from Balzano Airport. 7 February 2022. Routes. 24 May 2021 . en-GB.
  4. Web site: 31 December 2019. Südtirol bekommt eine eigene Fluggesellschaft. 6 February 2022. aeroTELEGRAPH. de-CH.
  5. Web site: Aeroporto, a maggio 2020 torna il volo Bolzano-Roma - Bolzano. 7 February 2022. Alto Adige. 19 December 2019 . It.
  6. Web site: Drum. Bruce. 19 June 2021. Skyalps commences scheduled operations, operated by LuxWing. 6 February 2022. World Airline News. en.
  7. Web site: Bozen: Flugbetrieb von Sky Alps hat begonnen - TGR Tagesschau. 6 February 2022. TGR. 17 June 2021 . de.
  8. Web site: Italy's Sky Alps Resumes Operations With Regional Routes. 7 February 2022. Routes. 15 December 2021 . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Italy's Sky Alps to charter Luxwing's Dash 8-400. 6 February 2022. ch-aviation. en.
  10. Web site: SkyAlps - All destinations. SkyAlps. 2 August 2023.
  11. Web site: SkyAlps: in vendita il volo Linz-Dusseldorf. 20 June 2023.
  12. Web site: SkyAlps riconferma Anversa, Billund e Copenaghen per i voli per le vacanze bianche. 12 July 2023.
  13. Web site: SkyAlps : Bruxelles da il benvenuto al primo volo da Bolzano. 13 December 2021.
  14. Web site: Sky Alps bids for Mostar flights, plans four new routes . 5 January 2024 .
  15. Web site: SkyAlps apre Dubrovnik e Kassel nel 2023. Conferma Ibiza e Brac. 23 November 2022.
  16. Web site: SkyAlps aumenta i voli sulla Germania nell'operativo invernale 2023/24. 19 June 2023.
  17. Web site: SkyAlps e' atterrata a Kassel. 12 May 2023.
  18. Web site: Aosta inaugura il volo per Olbia con SkyAlps. Nel 2022 forse Lamezia e Catania. 31 August 2021.
  19. Web site: SkyAlps riproporrà cinque destinazioni italiane nell'estate prossima. 20 November 2022.
  20. Web site: SkyAlps : in vendita i voli da e per Cuneo. 30 July 2023.
  21. Web site: SkyAlps opererà per 3 anni la Crotone Roma. Primo volo dal 2 ottobre. 7 August 2023.
  22. Web site: SkyAlps cambia gli orari sulla Roma – Verona dal 30 ottobre. 1 August 2023.
  23. Web site: SkyAlps : Bolzano – Rotterdam ritornera' in febbraio. 5 January 2022.
  24. Web site: SkyAlps: in vendita l'estate 2022. 23 December 2021.
  25. Web site: SkyAlps sulla Berna – Olbia. 24 June 2023.
  26. Web site: SkyAlps volera' a Zurigo da luglio. 1 May 2022.
  27. Web site: SkyAlps atterrera' a Londra Gatwick da meta' aprile . 6 February 2024 .
  28. Web site: SkyAlps aprirà i voli Bolzano – Londra da metà dicembre. Atterrerà a Stansted. 9 August 2023.
  29. Web site: SkyAlps atterrera' a Londra Gatwick da meta' aprile . 6 February 2024 .
  30. Web site: SkyAlps Fleet Details and History. 30 March 2024.

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