History
Windjet was established in 2003 and started operations on 17 June 2003. It is 100% owned by the Finaria Group.
On 25 January 2012, Alitalia declared they would start a merger with Wind Jet, as well as with Blue Panorama, another Italian airline. On 12 April 2012, Alitalia chose to pursue the acquisition of the sole Wind Jet with a cash payment between 20 and 30 million €, abandoning the project of merger with Blue Panorama Airlines.
By the end of July 2012, the Italian antitrust authority granted Alitalia, to acquire Wind Jet, but in return Alitalia have to give up slots on domestic key routes. Faced with this, Alitalia cancelled the plans a few days later in August 2012. As a result, the cash-strapped airline suspended all flights on August 11 2012, faced with losing their air operators certificate, leaving 300,000 passengers stranded. The Italian authorities tried to prompt Alitalia for an acquisition of Wind Jet, but they could not prompt Alitalia to acquire the grounded airline.
Wind Jet aircraft are currently parked in Dublin Airport, Ireland pending a decision on their future.
The charter airline Livingston announced to took over several flights of Wind Jet, but it is unclear, if they will continue to operate the routes in the future.
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