Alpi Eagles SpA was an

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headquartered in

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. The privately owned regional airline operated scheduled passenger services, linking 15 domestic destinations, as well as international services to

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. Its main base was

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History

A majority of the shares were purchased by Paolo Sinigalia, owner of the Simod shoe factory, in Padova, Italy. One of the company's decisions was to "cut" the scheduled block times (scheduled time from engine start to engine shut down), because pilots were paid based on their block time. Flights were delayed; management then decided to cut scheduled turnover times. Maintenance was unable to repair airplanes on time, resulting in flight delays. Four-hour delays became routine at the Venice and Naples airports. Passengers slowly reverted to Air One Cityliner, despite preferring to fly AlpiEagles airplanes for comfort. Pilots started to leave the company; more flights were delayed or canceled due to lack of personnel, crew rest periods, and other reasons. More passengers turned to Air One Cityliner. In September 2007, the

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(ENAC) informed passengers that Alpi Eagles's license was under investigation, due to insufficient financial resources. Their license to operate was suspended by the Italian authorities in October 2007. After legal action, a provisional license was issued by ENAC, valid until 31 December 2007. However, in December 2007, Alpi Eagles was forbidden to operate by ENAC, effective 1 January 2008.

Fleet

Alpi Eagles Fokker 100 I-ALPX at Düsseldorf airport

At the time of the company's suspension of its operating license, on December 31, 2007, Alpi Eagles's fleet consisted of eight

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; a ninth had been withdrawn from use in November 2007. From September 2002, through January 2003, Alpi Eagles operated two

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, which had been leased from Danish airline

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. Two of Alpi Eagles's Fokker aircraft had been wetleased to

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Services

Alpi Eagles suspended all flights starting January 3, 2008. It operated flights to the following cities as of October 2006: *Domestic scheduled destinations:

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. *International scheduled destinations:

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References

External links

Alpi Eagles
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Alpi Eagles fleet Letter by AlpiEgleas to clients 15 nov 2007
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