C.A.I. Second

"Volare Airlines" redirects here. For the Ukrainian cargo airline, see Volare Airlines (Ukraine).
C.A.I. Second[1]
IATA ICAO Call sign
VE[1] VLE VOLA
Founded
  • 1997 (1997)
    (as Volare)
  • 5 February 2003 (2003-02-05)
    (as Volareweb.com)
Commenced operations
  • 3 April 1998 (1998-04-03)
    (as Volare)
  • 30 March 2003 (2003-03-30)
    (as Volareweb.com)
Ceased operations
  • 30 March 2003 (2003-03-30)
    (as Volare)
  • 12 January 2009 (2009-01-12)
    (as Volareweb.com)
  • 11 February 2015 (2015-02-11)
    (integrated into Alitalia)
Operating basesLinate Airport
Frequent-flyer program
AllianceSkyTeam (affiliate)
Parent companyAlitalia
HeadquartersMilan Malpensa Airport Terminal 1, Ferno, Varese, Italy

C.A.I. Second S.p.A. was[2] an Italian airline operating flights for its parent company, Alitalia. When Alitalia merged with Air One, it didn't close C.A.I. (at that time known as Volare S.p.A. and then Volareweb.com) so that it could preserve slots at Milan Linate Airport.

It was once a low-cost subsidiary of the old Alitalia-LAI. Its head office was located in Area Tecnica Sud of Terminal 1 of Milan Malpensa Airport, in Ferno, Varese, Italy,[3] and it ceased activity with this name on 12 January 2009. The airline was then used to operate Alitalia flights from Linate Airport as C.A.I. Second. This name was only a legal one and not used in public; all of its flights were branded as Alitalia. The airline ceased operations and was merged into Alitalia mainline by February 2015.[2]

  1. ^ a b "IATA - Codes - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. IATA. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference closure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Volare Group SpA." Businessweek. Retrieved on February 8, 2011. "The company is based in Ferno, Italy." and "Aeroporto Malpensa 2000 - S.P. 52 Terminal 1- Area Tecnica Sud Ferno, VA 21010"