Albastar celebrates its seventh anniversay

On 31 July 2010, the aircraft Boeing 737-400 EC-LAV named “Pino D’Urso”, took off from Milano Malpensa Airport and landed on the Greek island of Rhodes marking the start of Albastar’s activity. In seven years, Albastar has connected major Spanish and Italian airports to the most popular holiday destinations in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Middle East, the Atlantic Islands, North Africa, pilgrimage destinations and several European capitals.

Michael Harrington, the airline’s Managing Director, celebratingwith the employees remarked: “We have carried over one million passengers safely and in Albastar’s unique style consisting in courtesy and professionalism, with 25,000 flying hours to date. In line with our development plan, Albastar’s commercial fleet now has six aircraft, two Boeing 737-800 (outfitted with 189 passenger seats in one class) and four Boeing 737-400 (outfitted with 170 passenger seats in one class), of which two are owned by Albastar. A third Boeing 737-800 is expected to arrive before the end of the year, which will allow Albastar to extend its offer by expanding its range of operations to medium-haul destinations.”

The airline has grown to over 220 employees and today offers a functional, varied and flexible business model that provides national and international flights and has acquired a number of prestigiousTour Operators and Brokers, such as Eden Viaggi, Viaggi del Turchese, Futura Vacanze, Settemari, Unitalsi, Brevivet, ORP, Rusconi Viaggi, Italy Aviation Service, That Aviation, Air Partner, Tui, Costa Cruises, Pullmantour, JoeWalsh Tours, UIP e Tangney Tours. In addition to being a reference for leisure travel and on-demand flights, Albastar has establisheditself as a leading European airline for flights to pilgrimage destinations with a focus on the transport of PRM passengers.