Topic summary

Meridiana

Founded29 March 1963 (1963-03-29)
as Alisarda
Commenced operations
9 June 1964 (1964-06-09)
as Alisarda
1 September 1991 (1991-09-01)
as Meridiana (Meridiana S.p.A.)
February 2010 (2010-02)
as "Meridiana fly"
Ceased operations
28 February 2018 (2018-02-28)
(reorganized into 2nd Air Italy)AOC #EY0F937FHubsFocus citiesMeridiana Club
(Part of Avios Loyalty program)Subsidiaries
  • Air Italy (from 2011)
  • Meridiana Maintenance
  • Wokita
Fleet size11Destinations66Parent companyAQA HoldingHeadquartersOlbia, Sassari, ItalyKey peopleFrancesco Violante, PresidentWebsitemeridiana.com

Meridiana S.p.A., and later Meridiana fly, was an Italian airline active in scheduled and charter air transport, operating on a national and international scale. The company's headquarters were located in Olbia (north-eastern Sardinia), while the main hub was Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport. The airline, which since 2013 also fully controlled the fellow Italian airline Air Italy, was itself lately controlled by AQA Holding. On 1 March 2018, the air carrier changed its name to Air Italy, maintaining the same flight codes.