Neos (airline)

Neos
IATA ICAO Callsign
NO[1] NOS[2] MOONFLOWER[3]
Founded June 2001[4]
Commenced operations March 2002[4]
Operating bases Milan-Malpensa Airport
Focus cities
Fleet size 9
Destinations 73
Company slogan Volo come voglio!
(I fly as I want!)
Parent company Alpitour S.p.A.
Headquarters Somma Lombardo, Lombardy, Italy[4]
Key people
  • Lupo Rattazzi, President
  • Carlo Stradiotti, CEO
Website www.neosair.it

Neos S.p.A. is an Italian leisure airline with its headquarters in Somma Lombardo[4] and main base at Milan-Malpensa Airport.[5]

History

Neos was established in June 2001 as a joint venture between two tourism companies, the Italian Alpitour S.p.A. and the German TUI Group. Revenue flights were launched on 8 March 2002.[6] In January 2004 however, TUI sold its entire shares to Alpitour.[7] Until then, Neos was part of TUI Airlines. Since then, it is no longer affiliated with the TUI Group.

Destinations

Main article: Neos destinations

Neos operates flights to destinations in Southern Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle and Far East, the Caribbean, Mexico and Brazil.

Fleet

Neos Boeing 737-800

The Neos fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[8]

Neos fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers[9] Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-800 6 — 0 186 186
Boeing 767-300ER 3 — 12 272 284 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9s from 2018[10]
Boeing 787-9 — 3 28 331 359[10] to be leased from AerCap from December 2017[10]
Total 9 3

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Incidents

References

  1. ↑ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Elenco delle imprese titolari di licenza di trasporto aereo". enac.gov.it. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. ↑ airlinecodes.co.uk - ICAO Airline Designators beginning with N retrieved 6 January 2016
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Neos History". www.neosair.it. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 55.
  6. ↑ neosair.it - Neos history retrieved 6 January 2016
  7. ↑ welt.de - "TUI leaves Italy" (German) 10 January 2004
  8. ↑ "Global Airliner Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 18.
  9. ↑ neosair.it - Our fleet retrieved 26 July 2016
  10. 1 2 3 18 June 2015
  11. ↑ http://avherald.com/h?article=45946d01&opt=0

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