Defunct Italian helicopter Airline
Elivie-Societá Italiana Esercizio Elicotteri was a helicopter airline of Italy.
History
The airline was established in November 1956 under the ELI-Linee Italiane S.p.A. with capital of IRI and Alitalia operating 1 A.B.204 and 2 Agusta-Bell AB.102 helicopters.[1][2] In 1959, the airline was rebranded as Elivie.
In 1967, the airline acquired two Sikorsky S-61.[3] In October 1969 Elivie carried 34,821 passengers.[4][5]
In 1970, Alitalia stopped the Elivie operations, because it was considered unprofitable. A year before, IRI retired their investment on Elivie.
Historical fleet
Elivie historical fleet
Aircraft |
Total |
Introduced |
Retired |
Notes
|
Agusta Bell 47J Ranger |
4 |
1959 |
1970 |
I-EUNO, I-EDUE, I-ETRE, I-EQAT[6]
|
Agusta-Bell AB.102 |
2 |
1961 |
1965 |
I-ECIN, I-ESEI[6]
|
Agusta-Bell 204 |
5 |
1963 |
1971 |
I-ESET, I-EOT, I-ENOV, I-EVCA, I-EVCO[6]
|
Agusta-Bell 206A |
2 |
1968 |
1971 |
I-EVBA, I-EVBU[6]
|
Sikorsky S-61N |
2 |
1968 |
1971 |
I-EVMA, I-EVME[6]
|
See also
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