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SkyAlps to expand to central Europe

Skyalps (Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy) is planning to add new routes from Bolzano to Antwerp, Billund, Frankfurt and Stuttgart according to Chairman Josef Gostner.

The current Italian destinations are doing very well: Olbia, Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia and Brindisi.

All have very high load factors with many flights already fully sold. The load factor of these routes are on average exceeds 80%.

The airline currently serves Hamburg, Berlin and Dusseldorf in Germany.

Skyalps currently flies a fleet of four 76-seat Bombardier DHC-8-402s (Q400s) leased from Chorus Aviation Capital.

Marco Finelli reporting from Italy.

Skyalps to add Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen and London

Josef Gostner, the leader of Skyalps in an interview to the local media Alto Adige indicated the future of the network of the South Tyrolean carrier.

In a few weeks, Skyalps will open ticket bookings to four new destinations in Europe: Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen and London starting on December 15, 2021. Services to Berlin and Dusseldorf are also confirmed.

Skyalps in the coming weeks will operate a series of four charter flights from Aosta in Vallle d’Aosta, a new gateway. From Aosta the carrier will operate a direct flight to Olbia every Saturday from August 29 to September 19, 2021.

Marco Finelli reporting from Italy.

Skyalps commences scheduled operations, operated by LuxWing

Skyalps (skyalps.com) (Sky Alps Tour Operator Srl) is a new Italian virtual airline based in Bolzano (BZO), the entry point for the Italian Alps (below).

South Tyrolian entrepreneur Josef Gostner originally planned to launch Skyalps in May 2020 but it has been delayed due to COVD-19 and restrictive borders.

The new airline finally was able to commence scheduled passenger operations on June 17, 2021 from Bolzano to Ibiza via Parma/Emilia-Romagna. The flight was operate by LuxWing of Malta using their Dash 8 9H-BEL (ex G-ECOK). A second Q400 (9H-EVA, ex G-ECOO) is also joining the fleet.