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| Founded | 29 March 1963 as Alisarda | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | May 1966 as Alisarda 2 May 1991 as Meridiana (Meridiana S.p.A.) February 2010 as Meridiana Fly (Meridiana Fly S.p.A.) April 2013 as Meridiana (Meridiana Fly S.p.A.) | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 28 February 2018 (reorganized into a new Air Italy) | ||||||
| AOC # | EY0F937F | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Meridiana Club (Part of Avios Loyalty program) | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Destinations | 66 | ||||||
| Parent company | AQA Holding | ||||||
| Headquarters | Olbia, Sassari, Italy | ||||||
| Key people | Francesco Violante, President | ||||||
| Website | meridiana | ||||||
Meridiana Fly S.p.A., operating as Meridiana (formerly named Meridiana S.p.A.),[1] was a privately owned Italian airline headquartered in Olbia with its main base at Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport. It operated scheduled and charter flights to domestic, European and intercontinental destinations from several Italian bases. Some of its operations were carried out by the old Air Italy under the Meridiana brand. It was owned by Qatar Airways through AQA Holding (49%) and Alisarda S.p.A. (51%), who rebranded the airline as the new Air Italy effective 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Meridiana Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 24 May 2017.