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Aeral

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Aeral
IATA ICAO Call sign
HS - Skytruck
Founded1958
Ceased operations1980
Focus citiesMilan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino
Fleet size5
Destinationsprimarily to the Continent of North America
HeadquartersRoma via Cardinal Ginnasi, 12
Douglas DC-8/54F I-ALEC

Aeral (contraction of AERonautica ALessandrina) is a defunct private Italian airline, which used ex-Alitalia Douglas DC-8s. It was founded in March 1958 at Alessandria in southern Piedmont by Maria Luisa Bottanelli, and later moved its operational base at Milan Malpensa airport. The company initially concentrated on air taxi work using a fleet of Cessna 421 aircraft, but in 1978, the company's twentieth year of operations, a new activity was introduced, that of international charter freight transportation with a four-engined Douglas DC-8/54. A second aircraft of the type leased from Overseas National Airways, was introduced in December 1979. Cargo flights started on 17 February 1979. Facing financial difficulties, Aeral ceased all activity on August 31, 1980.

Fleet

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Aeral Historical Fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Remark
Aermacchi AL-60 1 n/a n/a I-SATT[1]
Douglas DC-8-50 3 1978 1980 I-ALEC, N9110V, OY-KDM[2]
Cessna 421 Golden Eagle 1 n/a n/a I-MARS[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aeromobile I-SATT". RACI Web. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Aeral Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "I-MARS Data". Airport-Data. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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