Unifly Express

Unifly Express

Douglas DC-9-15 of Unifly Express
IATA ICAO Call sign IP UNU Unifly
Commenced operations	1980
Ceased operations	1990
Key people	Paolinelli

Unifly Express (IATA: IP, call sign: Unifly ) was an Italian airline that operated from 1980 until 1990.

Company history

Unifly began operations as a charter airline in 1980 with mostly business charters and overnight package delivery. In 1984 it entered the scheduled passenger service with Fokker F28 aircraft. In 1985 it formed a cooperations with Alitalia and operated flights on its behalf. Unifly also operated freight flights with McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC aircraft.

In 1989 the name was changed to Unifly Express and with it came the first McDonnell Douglas MD-83. A total of five MD-82s and one MD-83 were operated. In 1990 Unifly Express took over Alinord and with it came a northern Italy route network and more F28s, but shortly afterward Unifly was having financial problems. The MD-80s were returned to the lessors and by May 1990 it was all over and Unifly ceased to exist.^[1]

Fleet details

Unifly Express McDonnell Douglas MD-82

Unifly Express historical fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Remark
Fokker F28-1000	4	1984	1990	I-TIDI, I-TIBB, I-TIDB, I-TIAP[2]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15RC	2	1988	1991	I-TIAN, I-TIAR[3]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	3	1989	1991	EI-BTX, EI-BTY, N6202S[4]
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	3	1988	1990	EI-BTU, EI-BTV, N6202D[5]

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Italy

References

1. Hengi, ^{[page needed]}
2. "Fokker F28-1000". rzjets. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
3. "Unifly Express Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
4. "McDonnell Douglas MD-82". rzjets. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
5. "McDonnell Douglas MD-83". rzjets. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

• Hengi, B.I. (2000). Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour. Midland. ISBN 9781857800913.

External links

• Fleet and code data