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Ocean Airlines

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Ocean Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
VC VCX OCEANCARGO
Founded2003
Ceased operations2008
HubsBrescia Airport
Fleet size4
DestinationsHKG, PVG, ALA, VBS
HeadquartersBrescia, Italy
Websitehttp://www.oceanairlines.com/ (Apparently website not working anymore)

Ocean Airlines S.p.A. was a cargo airline based in Brescia, Italy. It operated cargo services to Asia. Its main base was Brescia Airport.[1]

History

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The airline was established in September 2003 and started operations in November 2004. It was owned by Finrep (40%), Ined Holdings (40%), and ITAL Aviation (20%). It had 100 employees as of March 2007.[1]

The airline suspended operations in April 2008. It had stopped flying since October 2007.[2]

Former destinations

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Ocean Airlines served the following at closure in 2007:

 Angola
 China
 Hong Kong
 Italy
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Pakistan
 Turkey
 United Arab Emirates

Fleet

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The Ocean Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of November 2007):

Ocean Airlines Historical Fleet
Aircraft Image Total Introduced Retired Remark
Boeing 747-200F 4 2004 2007 I-OCEA, I-OCEU
F-GCBF, F-GCBH[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 58.
  2. ^ "Ocean suspends ops". Air Cargo News.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Ocean Airlines Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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