History
Air Dolomiti was established in 30 December 1989 by the Linee Aeree Europee (L.A.E). It started airline operations in January 1991 with a Trieste-Genoa route and in 1992 started international services with flights from Verona to Munich. After several years of co-operation, Lufthansa acquired a 26% stake in January 1999 and increased it to 52% in April 2003 and 100% in July 2003. Since then Air Dolomiti has been controlled by Lufthansa as a member of Lufthansa Regional, a strategic cooperation between five regional European airlines (Air Dolomiti, Augsburg Airways, Contact Air, Eurowings and Lufthansa CityLine).
The airline employs some 552 people (at March 2007) and although most Lufthansa regional subsidiaries operate under their parent's name and colours, Air Dolomiti retains its own identity.
At one time the airline's registered office was in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona, while the airline's executive headquarters were in Ronchi dei Legionari.
Lufthansa, stated on 26 January 2011 that the CEO of Air Dolomiti, Michael Kraus, would be established as CEO of Lufthansa Italia as of 28 March 2011, putting him at the head of Lufthansa's entire Italy division.
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