Skyalps, the house brand of Bolzano Airport, canceled the first flight on the Bozen-Rome route announced for June 14, 2021 at short notice. The premiere flight is to be rescheduled a week later.

The 9H-BEL, which was to be used as the first machine, has not yet been transferred to South Tyrol. The background to this is that Luxwing discovered a few minor defects during acceptance, which, in line with the safety-first principle, must first be remedied by the Medavia maintenance company. The DHC Dash 8-400 turboprop aircraft is leased from Chorus Aviation and was previously used by the regional airline Flybe, which went bankrupt.

Skyalps is a brand of Bolzano Airport that chartered two DHC Dash 8-400s from the Maltese company Luxwing and used them to set up a small network of routes from South Tyrol. The start should actually have taken place in the previous year, but it was decided to postpone it due to the corona pandemic. Aviation Direct has uAt this link a photo gallery of the two machines that will fly in Skyalps Livery.