Alisarda
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| Founded | March 1963 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | May 1966 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1991 (Renamed Meridiana) | ||||||
| Operating bases | Olbia, Italy | ||||||
Alisarda S.p.A., operating as Alisarda, was an Italian airline based in Olbia, Sardinia that operated between 1963 and 1991 before it merged with Universair to become Meridiana. As of 2019, Alisarda S.p.A. is a holding company with a 51% stake in Meridiana successor airline Air Italy.[1]
History

Alisarda was founded by the Aga Khan in March 1963 as an air taxi and charter company to serve the Costa Smeralda.[2][3] Scheduled operations began in May 1966.[3] The airline used Nord 262[4] aircraft between Olbia and Rome. These were replaced in 1969 by the Fokker F27 Friendship and with those aircraft, routes to Pisa, Bologna and Cagliari were commenced. The next aircraft type to be introduced was the Douglas DC-9-14 twin-jet airliner with which charter flights to Germany were started. By 1975 the fleet was wholly composed of DC-9s. In the early 1980s it was an associate company of Consorzio Della Costa Smeralda in which Prince Karim Aga Khan had a majority shareholding.[4]
In 1986, Alisarda took 50% ownership of the newly created Avianova.[2] In mid-1987, the carrier took delivery of a second MD-82 and a third aircraft of the type was ordered.[5]
At March 1990, the number of employees was approximately 1,000 and the president was Sergio Peralda. At this time, the airline was owned by a number of financial groups in which Prince Karim Aga Khan had a major interest. The fleet consisted of six McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51s and five MD-82s. Scheduled services were flown to Bologna, Cagliari, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Olbia, Pisa, Rome and Verona, and Frankfurt, Geneva, Munich, Nice, Paris, Turin and Zurich were served on a seasonal basis.[3]
In 1991, Alisarda took over the Spanish airline Universair and merged it to form Meridiana S.A.[6] As of 2019, Alisarda is a holding company with a 51% stake in the Meridiana successor airline Air Italy.[1]
Fleet
in its 27 years of activity, Alisarda operated the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | Total | In operation | Retired | Remarks |
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| Beechcraft C-45G | 2 | 1964 | 1965 | [7] |
| Beechcraft Queen Air 80 | 2 | 1965 | 1967 | [7][8] |
| Nord 262 | 2 | 1966 | 1971 | [9] |
| Fokker F27 | 3 | 1969 | 1978 | [10] |
| Douglas DC 9 serie 14 | 2 | 1974 | 1980 | [11] |
| Douglas DC 9 serie 32 | 2 | 1981 | 1984 | [12] |
| Douglas DC 9 serie 51 | 7 | 1984 | 1991 | 1 leased from Finnair[13] |
| McDonnell-Douglas MD.80[14] | 5 | 1987 | 1991 | 4 serie 82 including a leased 1, 1 serie 83 |
| BAe.146-200 | 3 | 1991 | 1991 | delivered shortly before name change to Meridiana[15] |
| SE-210 Caravelle | 1 | 1977 | 1977 | leased from Sterling Airways[16] |
Gallery
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Beech C-45F Expeditor preserved at Olbia Costa Smeralda airport
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Fokker F27
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DC-9-14
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DC-9-51
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MD.82
References
- ^ a b "Alisarda Group". www.airitaly.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ a b "Alisarda takes on Meridiana name". Flight International. 139 (4271): 24. 12–18 June 1991. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "World airline directory—Alisarda". Flight International. 137 (4207): 66. 14–20 March 1990. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017.
- ^ a b Endres, Gunter G (1982). World Airline Fleets 1983. Feltham: The Aviation Data Centre. p. 207. ISBN 0946141029.
- ^ "Market place". Flight International. 131 (4066): 39. 13 June 1987. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017.
- ^ Hengi, [page needed]
- ^ a b "Nascita dell'Alisarda". Aviazionecivile. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
- Hengi, B.I. (2000). Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour. Midland. ISBN 9781857800913.
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