Livingston Energy Flight

{{Short description|Defunct charter airline of Italy (2003–2010)}}

{{about|the old Livingston|the new Livingston|Livingston Compagnia Aerea}}

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Livingston

| logo = Livingston_Energy.jpg

| logo_size = 250

| fleet_size = 6

| destinations = 55

| IATA = LM

| ICAO = LVG

| callsign = LIVINGSTON

| parent = Livingston Aviation Group

| founded = {{start date|2003|01|13|df=yes}}

| commenced = {{start date|2003|05||df=yes}}

| ceased = {{end date|2010|10|14|df=yes}}

| headquarters = Cardano al Campo, Varese

| bases = Milan Malpensa Airport

| key_people = Niki Lauda

| website = [http://www.lauda.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/EN/IDPagina/1 lauda.it]

}}

Livingston S.p.A. was an Italian airline with its head office in Cardano al Campo, Varese"[http://www.lauda.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/EN/IDPagina/7 Contacts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328015356/http://www.lauda.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/EN/IDPagina/7 |date=2010-03-28 }}." Livingston Energy Flight. Retrieved on 1 July 2010. "Livingston S.p.A. Operating headquarters and registered office: 21010 Cardano al Campo (VA) - Italy Via Giovanni XXIII, 206." and its main base at Milan Malpensa Airport.{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 106 | date= 2007-04-03}}

History

The airline was established on 13 January 2003 as a successor of Lauda Air Italy[https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/LVG ch-aviation.com - Lauda Air Italy / Livingston Energy Flight] retrieved 18 December 2022 and started operations in May 2003.

On 9 October 2010, Livingston announced that flights were to be temporarily suspended after ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) suspended its licence. The full effect of the suspension took place from midnight 14 October 2010.[http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1121629&pagina_chiamante=index.php Italian Enac suspends licence to Livingston airline]{{Cite web|url=http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1121629&pagina_chiamante=index.php|title=>AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency|date=7 July 2023 }} The airline never resumed operations.

Destinations

File:Airbus A321-231, Livingston Energy Flight JP6393804.jpg]]

File:Airbus A330-243, Livingston Energy Flight JP6393813.jpg]]

As of October 2008, Livingston operated scheduled and charter services connecting major Italian cities to holiday destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and South America, the Indian Ocean, Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.{{cite web |url=http://www.lauda.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/268 |title=Lauda Air - Destinazioni |accessdate=2008-10-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018221804/http://www.lauda.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/268 |archivedate=18 October 2008}}

Fleet

The Livingston fleet consisted of the following aircraft during its existence:{{cite journal | title= Directory: World Airlines Part 2 (C-L) | journal= Flight International | pages= 31–80| date= 2009-04-07}}{{cite web | url = https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Livingston | title = Livingston Fleet | publisher = Planespotters | accessdate = 24 July 2019}}

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|+ Livingston Energy Flight historical fleet

! Aircraft !! Total !! Introduced !! Retired !! Remark

Airbus A321-200420032011
Airbus A330-200320032010
Boeing 737-800220072008leased from Malév Hungarian Airlines
Boeing 757-200120052006leased from Air Finland

References

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