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Darwin Airline 
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DARWINFounded 2003 Hubs Lugano Airport Secondary hubs Geneva International Airport Fleet size 8 Destinations 20 Company slogan Flying people Headquarters 
Lugano Airport, SwitzerlandKey people Sergio Ermotti, Fabio Parini Website www.darwinairline.com 
A Darwin Airline Saab 2000 taxiing.
A Darwin Airline Saab 2000Darwin Airline is a regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Lugano Airport in Agno, Switzerland, near Lugano.[1] It operates scheduled domestic services and international services to Italy, France and Spain. Its main base is Lugano Airport.[2]
Contents
History
The airline was established on August 12, 2003 and operations started on July 28, 2004. It has 60 employees (at March 2007).[2]
On 25 November 2010, Darwin Airlines announced its plans to take over some operating assets of Baboo by early 2011.[3] Under the plan, some parts of the combined airline would continue to be marketed under the Baboo name, while Darwin would be able to substantially expand their operations.[3]
Destinations
Darwin Airline operates the following services (as of 7 November 2011[update])[4]:
- Biarritz - Biarritz – Anglet – Bayonne Airport [seasonal]
- Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport [charter]
- Figari - Figari Sud-Corse Airport [charter]
- Nice - Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
- Saint-Tropez - La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport [seasonal]
- Cagliari - Elmas Airport [seasonal]
- Crotone - Crotone Airport [seasonal]
- Firenze - Peretola Airport
- Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport [seasonal]
- Pantelleria - Pantelleria Airport [seasonal]
- Rimini - Federico Fellini Airport
- Rome - Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
- Tortolì - Tortolì Airport [charter]
- Turin - Caselle Airport
- Venice - Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ibiza - Ibiza Airport [seasonal]
- Palma de Mallorca - Palma de Mallorca Airport [charter]
- Valencia - Valencia Airport
- Bern - Bern Airport [charter]
- Geneva - Geneva International Airport
- Lugano - Agno Airport
- Additionally, services between Lugano and Zurich are flown on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines.
Fleet
A Darwin Airline Saab 2000As of April 2011, the Darwin Airline fleet includes:[2]
- 6 Saab 2000
- 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
References
- ^ "Contatti." Darwin Airline. Retrieved on 10 March 2010.
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 71. 2007-04-03.
- ^ a b "Switzerland's Darwin to take over Baboo operations". Flightglobal.com. 25 November 2010. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/25/350187/switzerlands-darwin-to-take-over-baboo-operations.html. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ Darwin Destinations http://www.darwinairline.com/ita.php?un=6&ln=d&USERNAME=&PASSWORD=
External links
- Darwin Airline
- Darwin Airline (Italian)
- Darwin Airline (French)
- Darwin Airline Fleet
- Darwin photo gallery
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