After more than 18 months of hard work, Stefano Costantini, the man behind FlyLeOne, has finally achieved one of his greatest goals in life. FlyLeOne was handed over its Italian AOC with the ENAC number IT.0192 in the last few days. 

The first aircraft is a Beech 1900D, registered in Malta as 9H-MDM and leased from ACIA. The planes parked and serviced at Medavia's facilities in Malta had barely flown in the past 12 months. The aircraft was transferred to Toulouse, where it was painted in the distinctive colors of FlyLeOne.

Stefano Costantini who stated that the emerging airline has set up a base in Pescara with flights to Lamezia Terme, Trieste and Genoa. The company has agreements with some major travel agents and has an ambitious expansion plan. 

The CEO announced that FlyLeOne is already in talks with Medavia to lease a second Beech 1900D, which he has identified as the 9H-AFH. The company has no plans to switch to larger turboprops, including the ATR, an aircraft that Stefano Costantini described as "expensive" for FlyLeOne operations.

Although the airline has an Italian AOC, it remains in the Maltese aircraft register. He spoke good words for the Maltese Civil Aviation Directorate and honored the head of the Aviation Authority Carl Tabone and the airworthiness inspector Connie Di Cesare for their outstanding work. 

There are plans to eventually move the AOC to TM-CAD. The company already employs four pilots and has signed technical agreements with Kerozene and Northern Aerotech to support the Beech 1900D. 

The advent of FlyLeOne has already caused a stir in the Italian market and it turns out that the Pescara-based airline has been in talks with the paper airline LitorAli and its CEO, Captain Renato Bucciero, about a possible collaboration between the two companies.

This post was written by: Chris Cauchi / MAviO News