Welcome to AirOne - United States

History
Air One was born from Aliadriatica, a company founded in Pescara in 1983 to provide flight training and air-taxi services, and subsequently to operate regional scheduled flights. In 1988 Toto Group S.p.A. became the majority shareholder. In June 1994, Aliadriatica bought a Boeing 737-200 and thereby started to operate medium-haul scheduled and charter flights. On April 27th 1995, Aliadriatica opened scheduled flights between Milan Linate and Brindisi, Reggio Calabria and Lamezia Terme. On November 23rd 1995 the new name Air One was adopted and the company took its most important step by starting operating scheduled flights between Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate. Today Air One is Italy’s first privately owned airline. In 2007 Air One obtained a domestic market share of 37% and with its 3,000 employees flies to 21 domestic, 10 international and 2 intercontinental destinations. In 2007 Air One carried more than 7.5 million passengers, confirming its strong growth pattern over the years. Rome Fiumicino is the center of Air One’s network, but the airports of Milan-Malpensa, Milan-Linate, Naples and Turin are also strategic hubs for the airline, connecting passengers to flights departing for other domestic, international and intercontinental destinations. In 2007 Air One saw sales of about 700 million Euros, an increase of 14.5% with respect to the preceding year.

Our Network
With new non-stop flights from Boston and Chicago to Milan, Air One brings the charm of Italy closer than ever. And with 21 Italian and 10 European destinations to choose from, you can create the trip of a lifetime.

To view the Air One Network, please click here.

Our Partners
Since the year 2000, Air One has been in close collaboration with Lufthansa, head of the Star Alliance™, the principle alliance among airlines worldwide. Over the years it has also developed code-share agreements with TAP Portugal, Aegean Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Air Canada, US Airways, bmi, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, Air Baltic, Air Malta, LOT, Ethiopian Airlines and United Airlines. Air One also participates in the frequent flyer programs of Lufthansa Mile&More, Air Canada’s Airlines Aeroplan, US Airways’ Dividend Miles, SAS’s Eurobonus and United Airlines’ Mileage Plus programs.

Our Fleet
27 Boeing 737
12 Airbus A320
10 Bombardier CRJ900
2 Airbus A330
2 ATR 42
1 Avro RJ70

All the Benefits of Being Young
By 2009, Air One will expand its fleet with 40 new A320 Airbuses and 50 more by the end of 2012. In this way, it will become one of the youngest fleets in Europe capable of guaranteeing the highest performance, comfort and safety, as well as being environmentally friendly too.

Our Environment
Air One has always been involved in promoting environmentally friendly air transport policies and has, in the last few months, taken some strategic decisions which see growth in service quality from an ecological point of view. In particular, Air One is the first airline in the world to install motors on their A320 Airbuses which noticeably reduce environmentally hazardous emissions, consequently reducing the consumption of valuable gas (by 1%), decreasing the emission of CO2 and therefore also the amount of nitrogen oxide by 40% in the air. This is all part of a project for the renovation of the Air One fleet which will allow the company to, by the year 2012, have one of the youngest and environmentally conscious fleets in all of Europe. For this reason Air One has also been recognized as the most environmentally respectful airline of 2007.

Our Management Team
Carlo Toto / Chairman
Born in 1944 in Chieti, Carlo Toto, married with four children, runs the “Gruppo Toto Costruzioni”, a leader in public sector construction, and is the current joint manager of the A24 and A25 motorways. Thanks to a wide experience in air transport in “executive flights”, he created Air One in 1995, transforming a simple interest in the aeronautical sector into an economic initiative. Air One is the first airline to break Alitalia's monopoly in the national air transport sector, starting with the Rome - Milan route and later with other national routes. The evolution of the network and the Company's expansion, thanks to the new partnership with Lufthansa, has turned Air One into a leading carrier in the national air transport sector.

Lino Bergonzi / General Manager
Lino Bergonzi joined Gruppo Toto on January 1, 2003 as General Manager of the holding company being set up. He was Chief Financial Officer for Air One with responsibility for Finance, Personnel, Organization and Computer Systems. From 1989, he worked for Fiat, at first in Impresit, and later in Fiat Impresit as Assistant Manager in the Centralized Finance of the Civil Engineering Department. From 1990 to 2001, he has filled the Central Administration and Control Management position of the Impregilo Group, a leading Italian company in the building sector.

In 2001 he became Chairman and Managing Director of Impregilo Partecipazioni S.p.A. and has been a member of the Aeroporti di Roma [Airports of Rome] Board of Directors.

Riccardo Toto / Purchasing and Contracting Manager
Riccardo Toto has been part of the Group since the beginning of activities in the aeronautical field, and over the years he has taken on various commitments of increasing responsibility in various sectors of the Company. Now he is the Company's Purchasing and Contracting Manager, with the same responsibilities in EAS, the Group's Company that performs handling services for Air One and for third carriers. He is also Managing Vice

Giovanna Salza / Director
Director of Communications and External Relations
Giovanna Salza joined Air One at the start of 2007 as Director of Communications and External Relations. Her career in the field of communications began in 1997 on the staff of Advisor Comunicazione & Servizi, a communications consultancy firm. She then joined Poste Italiane at the end of 2000, rising to the position of Media Manager before leaving in 2004. She was Communications Manager for SACE until the end of 2006.

Mauro Marchese / HR and Organization Director
Mauro Marchese came to Air One in August 2004. Born in Naples in 1960, he graduated in Political Science in Rome at the LUISS (Free International University of Social Studies), specializing in work economics and policies.

After initial experience as an organization analyst for Aeroporti di Roma, he carried out consultancy work in the HR and organization field until 1990 when he joined the Head Office of IRI (Institute for Industrial Reconstruction) in order to oversee the setting up and development of managerial training activities in the Group.

In 1996 he moved to Merloni Elettrodomestici (Merloni Domestic Appliances), first as Training and Development Director and then as HR and Organization Director of the Consumer Care Business Unit, dealing with the management of after-sales services in Europe. From December 2000 he came back to Rome as the HR and Organization Director at the IT company I&T, and in 2003 he moved to Alenia Aeronautica, where he took on the responsibility for company organization.

Antonio Temporini / Sales Director
Born in 1961 in Milan, he has been in the tourism industry for approximately twenty years, where he has held positions of responsibility both in Italy and abroad with the primary players of the Airline business. In KLM since 1996 in 1998 he becomes Country manager for the Dutch carrier in Turkey. After a brief experience as sales manager of Swissair, he then returns in 1999 to Italy's Alitalia as area manager for southern Europe based in Athens. In June 2007 he joins Air One as director of sales.

Giorgio De Roni / Network, Marketing and Business Development Director
Born in Belluno in 1957, he is a foreign languages graduate from the University of Milan. After a few years of activity in the academic field and in psycholinguistic research with long-term stays at foreign universities, in 1983 he entered into the air transport field, in Italy and abroad, in various companies, both in the operating and commercial sector, thereby increasing his experience. In 1999, he became part of the Air One Management team as Business Development Director. Since 2001, he has been the Passenger Division Director, responsible for sales, communication, service design, revenue management and commercial alliance.

Andrea Tucci / Country Manager, America’s
Born in Naples in 1962, Andrea Tucci is a business and economics graduate. Mr. Tucci began his career in the airline industry with Alitalia as a financial contoller of the Ground operation dept. In 1995, he joined Network Planning as Director Long Haul Routes and later as Director Network Agreements. In 2001, he was appointed Vice President of Network Planning and Commercial Agreements. Before joining Air One, he worked as Vice President Italy sales and as Vice President Asia Pacific where he was responsible for all the Alitalia Passengers Operation in the Area. In August 2008, Mr. Tucci joined Air One taking the challenge of developing the USA Market and to plan the future expansion of Air One on Long Haul routes.

Nicola Ruccia / Chief Operating Officer
Born in 1935 in Rome, Nicola Ruccia, an aeronautics engineer, joined Air One as COO and Account Manager after acquiring wide experience both nationally and internationally in the aeronautics sector. From early 1961 to 1994, he has filled various positions in the technical operational and flight security field with Alitalia. He has also been a member of the Alinsurance Board of Directors, Chairman of the IATA Engineering and Maintenance Committee, member of the AEA Technical Affairs Committee and member of the committees that founded and managed ATLAS (a group formed by Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, Lufthansa and Sabena for technical and operational cooperation).

Giorgio Amoroso / Flight Security Manager
Born in Bolzano in 1937, he has been Flight Security Manager since 2000. He has completed more than 17,000 flying hours. After attending the Aeronautics Academy, he was a military pilot in the 60s for the 5.0 Air Brigade on F-84F combat rocket planes and Pilot Examiner for Aerfer, then joining Aeritalia. After working for Alitalia in 1963, he embarked on a long career, which culminated in 1995 when he became a Chief Pilot-in-Command on Boeing 747s.

Flight Operations Manager for Air One since the creation of the Company, he has been a Steering Member of the Italian Flight Safety Committee since 2000. He also collaborates with the IATA as a quality and safety auditor.

Pietro Pascale / Technical Director
At Air One from 1 May 2004. He was born at Briatico (Vibo Valentia) on 17 May 1961. He graduated in Aeronautical Engineering at Naples University on 29 May 1985, and achieved a MASTER ECATA (European Consortium in Advanced Training in Aeronautics) "International Project Management in Aeronautics" at the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the École Supérieure de l’Aeronautique (SupAero), Toulouse, and in 2004 he took his MBA (Master in Business Administration) at PROFINGEST in Bologna. He is registered in the Order of Engineers in the Province of Vibo Valentia.

His earlier work experience was:
With Alitalia from June 1997, firstly as Head of the Maintenance Sector of long-range aircraft (B747, B767, MD11, DC10), and from 1998 Maintenance & Overhaul Wide Body Director (B747, B767, B777, MD11, DC10, re-paint hangar, structural repair workshops). From 1987 to 1997 he held various appointments in Italy and abroad in the engineering field – in quality control and production – beginning with the AerItalia Flight-testing Department (1987), subsequently assigned to AeroSpatiale, Toulouse, France, Essay en Vol (1988-9), then with Alenia (1990-1993) and finally with Naval Aircraft Workshops, Venice (1994-1997), where he was responsible for civil and military aircraft production, maintenance and modification (DC8, DC10, B707, B727, ATR 42/72, G222) at the Capodichino Airport Workshops in Naples.

His first work experience coincided with his military service, which began in 1986 as a GARI reserve officer (aeronautical engineers) with the 60th Air Brigade (Amendola, Foggia Province), in charge of the maintenance of G91 T aircraft.

Gradimir Nikolic / Quality System Manager
Gradimir Nikolic was born in Krus¹evac (YU) in 1955. In 1978 he graduated in cybernetic engineering in the "Sorbonne" University of Paris.

He has been in Italy since 1986. As consultant for Pilkington SIV S.p.A. he has worked on implementing several projects, among them: Chrysler in Detroit (USA), Sivesa in Valencia (Spain) and Splintex in Charleroi (Belgium). As a freelance consultant he has implemented and achieved Quality System Certification for several Business Units of Multinational Companies operating in Italy. He has worked as Quality Manager in several companies operating in the Automotive field.

He came to Toto Costruzioni S.p.A. in 2002 from Merker S.p.A. where he worked as Total Quality Manager. He has been Quality System Manager for Air One since May 2003.