Ocean Airlines S.p.A. was a cargo airline

Cargo airline

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 based in Brescia

Brescia

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, Italy. It operated cargo services to Asia

Asia

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. Its main base was Brescia Airport

Brescia Airport

Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio is an airport in Montichiari, near Brescia, Italy. Other airports in the region include Malpensa, Linate and Orio al Serio.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:**...

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History

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. .

Ocean Airlines suspended operations in April 2008, they had stopped flying since October 2007.

Former destinations

Ocean Airlines served the following at closure in 2007:

• Angola
  • Luanda - Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
    Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
    Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport is located in Luanda, a city in the Luanda Province and the capital of Angola. Quatro de Fevereiro is Portuguese for February 4th, a national holiday in Angola marking the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime on 4 February...
    
    
• China
  • Shanghai
    Shanghai
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     - Pudong International Airport
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong International Airport
    Hong Kong International Airport
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• Italy
  • Brescia
    Brescia
    Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...
    
     - Brescia Airport
    Brescia Airport
    Brescia Airport Gabriele D'Annunzio is an airport in Montichiari, near Brescia, Italy. Other airports in the region include Malpensa, Linate and Orio al Serio.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:**...
    
     Hub
• Japan
  • Nagoya - Chubu Centrair International Airport
    Chubu Centrair International Airport
    is an airport on an artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan.Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chūbu region of Japan...
    
    
• Kazakhstan
  • Almaty - Almaty International Airport
    Almaty International Airport
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• Kyrgyzstan
  • Bishkek
    Bishkek
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     - Manas International Airport
    Manas International Airport
    Manas International Airport is the main international airport in Kyrgyzstan located 25 km north-northwest of the capital Bishkek.The airport is operational 24 hours and its ILS system is ICAO CAT 2...
    
    
• Pakistan
  • Lahore - Allama Iqbal International Airport
    Allama Iqbal International Airport
    Allama Iqbal International Airport is the second-largest civil airport in Pakistan, serving Lahore, the capital of Punjab province. Originally known as Lahore International Airport, it was renamed in 2003 for Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal, the Islamic poet-philosopher who was a major advocate for the...
    
    
• Turkey
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
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     - Ataturk International Airport
    Atatürk International Airport
    Atatürk International Airport is the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Opened in 1924 and located in Yeşilköy, on the European side of the city, it is west of the city centre. In 1980, the airport was renamed to Atatürk International Airport in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the...
    
    
• United Arab Emirates
  • Abu Dhabi
    Abu Dhabi
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     - Abu Dhabi International Airport
    Abu Dhabi International Airport
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Fleet

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

• 4 Boeing 747-200F