Minerva Airlines was an
airline based in
Italy. The airline suspended operations due to
bankruptcy on
25 October 2003. It had operated eight
Dornier 328-110 aircraft partly under a codeshare agreement with
Alitalia.In March
2004 there were reports that Minerva Airlines might resume operations using
ATR 42 aircraft operating regional services on behalf of Alitalia. A further report in March also suggested that Alitalia might take over Minerva Airlines and transfer the turboprop fleet of
Alitalia Express to them. In June 2004 there was a report that they planning to resume wet-lease operations on behalf of Alitalia using up to seven ATR 42-300s in the summer.
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