Elivie
Elivie-Societá Italiana Esercizio Elicotteri was a helicopter airline of Italy.
History
The airline was established in November 1956 under the ELI-Linee Italiane S.p.A with capital of IRI and Alitalia operating 1 A.B.204 and 2 Agusta-Bell AB.102 helicopters. In 1959, the airline was rebranded as Elivie.In 1967, the airline acquired two Sikorsky S-61. In October 1969 Elivie carried 34,821 passengers.
In 1970, Alitalia stopped the Elivie operations, because it was considered unprofitable. A year before, IRI retired their investment on Elivie.
Historical fleet
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
Agusta Bell 47J Ranger | 4 | 1959 | 1970 | I-EUNO, I-EDUE, I-ETRE, I-EQAT |
Agusta-Bell AB.102 | 2 | 1961 | 1965 | I-ECIN, I-ESEI |
Agusta-Bell 204 | 5 | 1963 | 1971 | I-ESET, I-EOT, I-ENOV, I-EVCA, I-EVCO |
Agusta-Bell 206A | 2 | 1968 | 1971 | I-EVBA, I-EVBU |
Sikorsky S-61N | 2 | 1968 | 1971 | I-EVMA, I-EVME |