Air Service Plus was a low cost airline

Low-cost carrier

A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline is an airline that generally has lower fares and fewer comforts...

 based in Pescara

Pescara

Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area...

, Abruzzo

Abruzzo

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, Italy

Italy

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. It operated services to destinations in Europe

Europe

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. Flights are currently operated by Axis Airways

Axis Airways

New Axis Airways was an airline based in Marseille, France. It operated domestic and international charter flights and cargo services on behalf of European clients. Its main bases were Marseille Provence Airport and Paris Charles de Gaulle.- History :...

, a French airline. Its main base is Abruzzo International Airport

Abruzzo International Airport

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, Pescara.

History

The airline began operating low-fare flights connecting Pescara to Paris

Paris

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 (Charles de Gaulle International Airport

Charles de Gaulle International Airport

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) in 2003, then to Brussels

Brussels

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 (Brussels South Charleroi Airport) in 2004. During 2005, Air Service Plus started new routes from Pescara to Zürich

Zürich

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 and from Perugia

Perugia

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to Paris. As of 2005, Air Service Plus had carried more than 65,000 passengers, making Pescara and the Abruzzo Region well known amongst French and Belgian tourists. It can be considered as an outstanding example of cooperation between Regions and private investors to develop tourism to less famous destinations.