New Airlines and updated airlines (For current version)

[hei28ssk]

Air Italy ceases operations 2018
Meridiana takes over and becomes the new Air Italy

Well, not exactly... Meridiana ceased it’s operations in 2018 and merged with Air Italy.

well that's wrong
meridiana bought out air italy (thanks to qatar airways) and continued to operate
air italy really ceased operations in 2015

i've got one more proof for you the new air italy uses meridiana's iata code not air italy's

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Italy


On 19 February 2018, AQA Holding announced the official rebranding of Meridiana to Air Italy at a press conference in Milan[2]. The plan was to merger the former Meridiana subsidiary, Air Italy (which was part of Meridiana Brand) to create a new Italian airline that is needed for Italy as Air Italy's competitor Alitalia is currently bankrupt. The new plans for the airlines including a new airport lounge, new destinations, redesigned cabins, and the future of the airline. The panel also stated that Qatar Airways will have a Codeshare agreement with the airline[3]. All official branding and business will take effect from March 1, 2018.

On 1 March 2018, Air Italy officially commenced operation. Meridiana IATA and ICAO code merged to Air Italy. Meridiana website relaunched to airitaly.com as of the rebranding. For now the airline current fleet will still use the Meridiana livery but the new aircraft the airline has purchased will use the new Air Italy livery & new cabin experience.

[picoo000]

Air Italy ceases operations 2018
Meridiana takes over and becomes the new Air Italy

Well, not exactly... Meridiana ceased it’s operations in 2018 and merged with Air Italy.

well that's wrong
meridiana bought out air italy (thanks to qatar airways) and continued to operate
air italy really ceased operations in 2015

i've got one more proof for you the new air italy uses meridiana's iata code not air italy's

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Italy


On 19 February 2018, AQA Holding announced the official rebranding of Meridiana to Air Italy at a press conference in Milan[2]. The plan was to merger the former Meridiana subsidiary, Air Italy (which was part of Meridiana Brand) to create a new Italian airline that is needed for Italy as Air Italy's competitor Alitalia is currently bankrupt. The new plans for the airlines including a new airport lounge, new destinations, redesigned cabins, and the future of the airline. The panel also stated that Qatar Airways will have a Codeshare agreement with the airline[3]. All official branding and business will take effect from March 1, 2018.

On 1 March 2018, Air Italy officially commenced operation. Meridiana IATA and ICAO code merged to Air Italy. Meridiana website relaunched to airitaly.com as of the rebranding. For now the airline current fleet will still use the Meridiana livery but the new aircraft the airline has purchased will use the new Air Italy livery & new cabin experience.

Hmm... this is strange... I have updated Air Italy a bit ago (in February already), when I heard the news in the TV.
Anyway, flightradar confirms the IATA code you said, but the name they run under is still Air Italy.

[hei28ssk]

Air Italy ceases operations 2018
Meridiana takes over and becomes the new Air Italy

Well, not exactly... Meridiana ceased it’s operations in 2018 and merged with Air Italy.

well that's wrong
meridiana bought out air italy (thanks to qatar airways) and continued to operate
air italy really ceased operations in 2015

i've got one more proof for you the new air italy uses meridiana's iata code not air italy's

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Italy


On 19 February 2018, AQA Holding announced the official rebranding of Meridiana to Air Italy at a press conference in Milan[2]. The plan was to merger the former Meridiana subsidiary, Air Italy (which was part of Meridiana Brand) to create a new Italian airline that is needed for Italy as Air Italy's competitor Alitalia is currently bankrupt. The new plans for the airlines including a new airport lounge, new destinations, redesigned cabins, and the future of the airline. The panel also stated that Qatar Airways will have a Codeshare agreement with the airline[3]. All official branding and business will take effect from March 1, 2018.

On 1 March 2018, Air Italy officially commenced operation. Meridiana IATA and ICAO code merged to Air Italy. Meridiana website relaunched to airitaly.com as of the rebranding. For now the airline current fleet will still use the Meridiana livery but the new aircraft the airline has purchased will use the new Air Italy livery & new cabin experience.

Hmm... this is strange... I have updated Air Italy a bit ago (in February already), when I heard the news in the TV.
Anyway, flightradar confirms the IATA code you said, but the name they run under is still Air Italy.

the qatari chose the name air italy because alitalia was failing 
air italy was already absorbed into meridiana 
that explains why the NEW AirItaly is based in olbia and not turin (as the old air italy)

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Added new airline: flyadeal
added the subsidiary merger of Saudia and flyadeal in the mergers file

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Added new airline: FlyOne

[hei28ssk]

added new airline: Wingo

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Polynesian Airlines closes and reopens as Samoa Airways

[hei28ssk]

Added new airline: LEVEL


Added new airline: Joon

updated the mergers file so joon is a sub of air france

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added new airline: SalamAir

[pjank42]

Thanks and I have added all the airlines. There were only a few issues in them, so those have been fixed too

[rockerrullz]

I was a little bored and created the files for 2 new companies:






and also updated the Ernest Airlines with the routes that started/will start this year

[pjank42]

Great and those have now been added to the game

[rockerrullz]

Just a question, it is worth it to input all data for an airline? For example the cobrex trans was founded few years ago and has in its fleet some choppers, but only this year's got a 737. So it is useful the choppers data or its garbage for the moment?

[pjank42]

Actually I think it is worth it, since if you start in the year where it uses choppers then it might stick to that type, and later to pax aircrafts