Cargoitalia is a cargo airline

Cargo airline

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 with its head office in the Avioport Logistics Park in Lonate Pozzolo

Lonate Pozzolo

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, Province of Varese

Province of Varese

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, Italy

Italy

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, near Milan

Milan

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. The airline has its registered office in Milan. It operates all-cargo scheduled and charter services from Italy to the Middle East

Middle East

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, the Far East

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 and North America

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. Its main base is Malpensa Airport

Malpensa Airport

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.

History

The airline was established in 2005 and is the first cargo airline to operate from Italy with private Italian capital.
As of December 2008, Alis Aerolinee Italiane has acquired Cargoitalia to get the air operator certificate of the financially struggling cargo carrier. The AOC is a prerequisite for its bid for the cargo division of Alitalia

Alitalia

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 that CAI is not interested in. Cargoitalia has since replaced its operations with its single DC-10-30F freighter and has laid off the majority of its staff.

In May 2009, the airline restarted operations with a single McDonell Douglas MD-11F.

Destinations

Cargoitalia connects the following destinations at July 2011 :

China

• Shanghai
  Shanghai
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   - Pudong International Airport

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong International Airport
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United Arab Emirates

• Dubai
  Dubai
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   - Dubai International Airport
  Dubai International Airport
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• Sharjah
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   - Sharjah International Airport
  Sharjah International Airport
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United States

• Chicago
  Chicago
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   - O'Hare International Airport
  O'Hare International Airport
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• New York City
  New York City
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   - John F. Kennedy International Airport
  John F. Kennedy International Airport
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Fleet

The Cargoitalia fleet included the following aircraft (as of July 2011) :

Cargoitalia Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Orders
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F	3	0
Airbus A330-200F	0	5

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