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

AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Agusta Bell 47J Ranger419591970I-EUNO, I-EDUE, I-ETRE, I-EQAT
Agusta-Bell AB.102219611965I-ECIN, I-ESEI
Agusta-Bell 204519631971I-ESET, I-EOT, I-ENOV, I-EVCA, I-EVCO
Agusta-Bell 206A219681971I-EVBA, I-EVBU
Sikorsky S-61N219681971I-EVMA, I-EVME