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{{Short description|Defunct Italian airline (1958–1981)}}
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| airline = Aerolinee Itavia
| logo = Itavia67.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| image = Fokker F.28-1000 I-TIDA Itavia GVA 23.03.74 edited-3.jpg
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| caption = Itavia Fokker F28 at Geneva Airport in 1974
| IATA = IH
| ICAO = IHS
| callsign = ITAVIA
| founded = {{start date|1958|||df=yes}}
| commenced = 1959
| ceased = {{end date|1981|||df=yes}}
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| hubs = [[Rome Fiumicino Airport]]
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| headquarters = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
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'''Itavia''' was an Italian [[airline]] founded in 1958 and based at [[Rome Fiumicino Airport]]. During the 1960s it became one of the main private airlines of Italy, until its collapse in the early 1980s, following the [[Itavia Flight 870|destruction of Flight 870]], also known as the Ustica disaster. Itavia was headquartered in [[Rome]].<ref>"World airline directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 26 July 1980. p. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%201880.html 261]. "43 Via Sicilia, Rome, Italy. 60104." ([http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1980/1980%20-%201880.PDF Direct PDF Link], [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104163447/http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1980/1980%20-%201880.PDF Archive])</ref>

==History==
The airline was formed under the name of '''Società di Navigazione Aerea Itavia''' in 1958 and started domestic services a year later using [[de Havilland Dove]] and [[de Havilland Heron|de Havilland DH.114 Heron]] aircraft. Operations were suspended in 1961, but resumed in 1962 under the name '''Aerolinee Itavia'''. The Herons were replaced in 1963 with the larger [[Handley Page Dart Herald]], a pressurised [[turboprop]] liner. The Heralds remained in service until 1973.

Operations ceased again in 1965 and recommenced again in 1969 using [[Fokker F28]] twin-jet airliners. In 1971 the [[Douglas DC-9|Douglas DC-9-15]] entered service.  Other DC-9 versions operated were the [[Douglas DC-9|Douglas DC-9-21]], [[Douglas DC-9|Douglas DC-9-31]], [[Douglas DC-9|Douglas DC-9-33]] and [[Douglas DC-9|Douglas DC-9-51]].  A total of 14 F28s and 11 DC-9s were used throughout its history.<ref>Hengi, {{page needed|date=June 2015}}</ref>

Itavia operated a domestic network, augmented by charter flights and some European routes during the holiday season. In 1972 the company registered its head office in [[Catanzaro]], primarily to benefit from subsidies and tax relief designed to assist businesses in the [[Mezzogiorno|south of the country]], but its administrative base and management team remained in Via Sicilia in Rome. Activity was again suspended in December 1980, following the crash of Flight 870 earlier that year and the deaths of all 81 people on board. The airline was replaced by [[Aermediterranea]], a subsidiary of [[Alitalia]] and ATI, in 1981.

==Fleet==
[[File:Handley Page Herald 203 I-TIVE Itavia RWY 02.06.66 edited-2.jpg|thumb|Itavia [[Handley Page Herald]] at [[Manchester Airport]] in 1966]][[File:Itavia DC-9 I-TIGI.jpg|thumb|Itavia [[Douglas DC-9]] ''I-TIGI'' at [[Pisa Airport]] in 1973. This aircraft was destroyed on [[Itavia Flight 870|Flight 870.]]]]
Various aircraft types were operated by Itavia over the years:<ref>Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al. ''jp airline-fleets international''. Zürich-Airport, 1967–1979.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;text-align:center"
|+ Itavia Historical Fleet
! Aircraft !! Total !! Introduced !! Retired !! Refs
|-
| [[Cessna 402|Cessna 402B Utiliner]] || 1 || 1967 || 1983 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=378041 | title = Cessna 402B | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itavia.it/joomla/flotta-e-livrea/cessna-402 | title = Cessna 402 | publisher = Itavia | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Dassault Falcon 20]] || 1 || 1977 || 1978 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=193321 | title = Dassault Falcon 20-5 | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[de Havilland Dove|de Havilland DH.104 Dove]] || 1 || 1959 || 1960 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=301123 | title = de Havilland DH.104 Dove | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itavia.it/joomla/flotta-e-livrea/dh-dove | title = De Havilland DH 104 Dove | publisher = Itavia | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| [[de Havilland Heron|de Havilland DH.114 Heron]] || 7 || 1959 || 1964 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=330&frstatus=3 | title = de Havilland DH.114 Heron | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itavia.it/joomla/flotta-e-livrea/dh-heron | title = De Havilland DH 114 Heron | publisher = Itavia | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47A Skytrain]] || 2 || 1961 || 1962 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=275&frstatus=3 | title = Douglas C-47A | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Douglas C-47/DC-3">{{cite web | url = http://www.itavia.it/joomla/flotta-e-livrea/c-47-dc-3 | title = Douglas C-47/DC-3 | publisher = Itavia | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47B Skytrain]] || 2 || 1961 || 1963 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=275&frstatus=3 | title = Douglas C-47B | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Douglas C-47/DC-3"/> 
|-
| [[Fokker F28 Fellowship#Variants|Fokker F.28 Mk 1000 Fellowship]] || 14 || 1969 || 1984 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=116&frstatus=3 | title = Fokker F28 | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itavia.it/joomla/flotta-e-livrea/f-28 | title = Fokker F-28 | publisher = Itavia | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Handley Page Dart Herald#Variants|Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald]] || 5 || 1963 || 1973 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=124&frstatus=3 | title = Handley Page HPR.7 Herald 203 | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itavia.it/joomla/flotta-e-livrea/hp-herald | title = HP Dart Herald | publisher = Itavia | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9#Series 10|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15]] || 5 || 1971 || 1983 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=98&frstatus=3 | title = Douglas DC-9-15 | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=douglasdc9>{{cite web | url = http://www.itavia.it/joomla/flotta-e-livrea/dc-9 | title = McDonnell Douglas DC-9 | publisher = Itavia | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref> 
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9#Series 20|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21]] || 1 || 1980 || 1980 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=98&frstatus=3 | title = Douglas DC-9-21 | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=douglasdc9/>  
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9#Series 30 versions|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30]] || 4 || 1972 || 1981 || <ref name="Douglas DC-9-30">{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=98&frstatus=3 | title = Douglas DC-9-30 | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=douglasdc9/>
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9#Series 50|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51]] || 1 || 1976 || 1977 || <ref name="Douglas DC-9-30"/><ref name=douglasdc9/>
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas MD-81]] || 1 || 1983 || 1983 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=21047 | title = McDonnell Douglas MD-81 | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 16 July 2019}}</ref>  
|-
| [[Sud Aviation Caravelle#Variants|Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-R]] || 1 || 1975 || 1975 || <ref>{{cite web | url = https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?parentid=2753&typeid=1&frstatus=3 | title = Sud SE-210 Caravelle VI-R | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itavia.it/joomla/flotta-e-livrea/se-caravelle | title = SE Caravelle | publisher = Itavia | access-date = 15 July 2019}}</ref>

|}

==Incidents and accidents==
*On October 14, 1960, a De Havilland 114 Heron 2, registered as I-AOMU departed from [[Rome]] to [[Genoa]], and crashed on mountain (Monte Capanne), in the Elba's Isle.  All 11 passengers and crew on board died.
*On March 30, 1963, a DC-3, registered as I-TAVI departed from [[Pescara]] to [[Rome]], and crashed on Monte Serra Alta, a mountain in nearby Sora. All 8 passengers and crew on board died.
*On January 1, 1974, a Fokker F28, registered as I-TIDE operating as Flight 897 departed from [[Bologna]] to [[Turin]], and crashed on approach to Turin Airport.  38 of the 42 people on board died.
*On June 27, 1980, [[Itavia Flight 870]], a Douglas DC-9-15 flying from Bologna to [[Palermo]] crashed in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] for reasons unclear, killing all 81 people on board. An explosion caused by either a bomb on board or an air-to-air missile is considered the most likely explanation.

==See also==
*[[List of defunct airlines of Italy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* {{cite book|last=Hengi|first=B.I.|others=Neil Lewis, translator|title=Vergangen, Vergessen, Vorbei|trans-title=Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour|publisher=Midland Publishing|location=Leicester, England|year=2000| isbn= 978-1-85780-091-3}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Itavia}}
*[https://rzjets.net/operators/?show=2753 Itavia entry at Rzjets]

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