A new Italian airline is set to begin operations before the end of the first quarter when EGO Airways takes to the skies.
The carrier will fly from two main bases at Forli Luigi Ridolfi Airport (FRL), which serves the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and Catania Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), located on the Italian island of Sicily.
The airline intends to develop a point-to-point network across strategic cities in Italy and in the longer term provide feeder services to and from Milan Malpensa (MXP), where it hopes to partner with larger carriers.
President Marco Busca said EGO has a “high growth potential” and hopes to become the “benchmark” for Italian aviation. The carrier will be led by CEO Matteo Bonecchi and operate a fleet of Embraer 190 aircraft.