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Ernest Airlines suspends operations

Ernest Airlines made this announcement:

Ernest Airlines temporarily suspends flights starting on January 11, 2020.

We are truly sorry for this enormous inconvenience.

Regarding the suspension provision:

Following the provision of the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) of December 29, 2019 regarding the temporary suspension of our operating license, we find ourselves unable to operate flights as of January 11, 2020.

We therefore ask all our passengers not to go to the airport.

We have done everything possible to be able to operate and guarantee as many of our flights as possible during the holiday period, and to assist passengers who have traveled or had to fly with us during these two weeks and who have unfortunately suffered delays or cancellations.

Unfortunately, the provision released on December 29, 2019, resulted in a series of events, which caused various blockages and difficulties to our operations.

The license can be restored following the demonstration by Ernest S.p.A. to be in possession of the requirements prescribed by the current legislation on the matter and to obtain the revocation of the provision issued by ENAC.

We have activated all the actions aimed at obtaining the revocation of the same provision, and we need time to provide all the necessary evidence as per Regulation (EC) n.1008 of 2008 to demonstrate our financial sustainability necessary for the resumption of our operations.

We know that a simple apology, or just the reimbursement of the ticket, will be enough to remedy the problems caused, but I can assure you, that we all at Ernest Airlines are doing our best to assist all our passengers that have experienced delays or cancellations in this difficult moment. We apologize again for any inconvenience we may have caused.

Ernest and team

Additional details:

The last revenue flight was from Lviv to Bergamo on January 10 with Airbus A320-233 EI-GCC. The aircraft then ferried as flight ERN9483 from Bergamo to Lourdes.

In the last days several flights were operated on their own or by ACMI airlines such as Albastar and SmartLynx.

The planes were ferried with EG/ERN flight numbers and airline crews in the flight deck.

Currently A320-232 EI-LIN is in Amman, A320-214 EI-LIX is in Lourdes and A319-111 EI-FVG is in Shannon.

Marco Finelli reporting from Italy.

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ENAC to suspend Ernest Airlines AOC on January 13, 2020

ENAC has announced it will suspend the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of Ernest Airlines on January 13, 2020. The agency did not comment on the reason for the suspension.

The airline has stated it hopes to restore operations as soon as possible.

The airline issued this statement:

Dear passengers, unfortunately, we must temporarily close the sales of our flights departing from January 13, 2020, as the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) has disposed a suspension of our operating license starting January 13, 2020. The flights will be restored on the site as soon as the revocation of this provision is published.

Our company is taking all the necessary actions aimed at obtaining the revocation of the same provision. In the meantime, in compliance with the provisions of the Authority, sales of transport contracts have been blocked for all flights departing from January 13, 2020.

We will update you as soon as there will be more news on this regard.

For more information or assistance you can contact our
Call Center: (IT) +39 02 897 30 660 ; (AL) +355 044 810 810 ; (UA) +380 44 594 5838

We are very sorry for the inconvenience

Ernest & Team

Ernest Airlines was established in 2015 by a group of Italian and Swedish investors.

Ernest Airlines obtained the IT.AOC.175 Air Operator Certificate and the European Operating License from the National Civil Aviation Authority on April 11, 2017.

The main bases of Ernest in Italy are in Milan Bergamo, Milan Malpensa (T1) and Rome Fiumicino (T3), while in Albania it has an aircraft based in Tirana.

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Ernest Airlines adds new summer destinations

Ernest Airlines has made this announcement on new routes:

From June 23 the new Bologna-Kiev flight will be added to the Bologna-Tirana route.

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Ernest Airlines to expand operations this summer

Ernest Airlines is expanding in the following markets:

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Ernest Airlines to expand operations to Ukraine

Ernest Airlines this month is expanding service to Ukraine, with new service to Kiev (Zhulyany) and Lviv from Bergamo, Naples and Venice. The new flights will start on December 8, 2017.