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Strong demand in Italy boosts Aliven fleet
Italy's Aliven is expanding its fleet to 10 aircraft to meet rising demand for management and charter services.

Italy's Aliven is expanding its fleet to 10 aircraft to meet rising demand for management and charter services. Commander Cittadini Mauro, accountable manager, says there are plans to add further super midsize and then intercontinental capacity to the operator's growing small and midsize fleet.

Aliven, which owns four of its aircraft outright, reserves its managed aircraft for owner use for 50 per cent of flying time and charters them out for the other 50 per cent. Deliveries mean it will be operating three CJ3s, two CJ2s and a CJ1 by the end of this year as well as a Hawker 700A and a Hawker 900, a Citation 560XL and a Beechcraft 400.

Aliven, which was launched under its own AOC in 1994, expects to further increase the size of its fleet over the next few years. "We started with small aircraft and have added midsize capacity," says Cittadini. "There is a growing demand for longer range aircraft with bigger cabins and we will expand to service it. The market in Italy is extremely buoyant with business and leisure demand in Europe and further afield."