Has it ever happened to you to purchase a Lufthansa ticket and then board an Air Dolomiti aircraft? Just a few people know this small but at the same time important reality belonging to Lufthansa’s group field, which operates mainly towards the hubs of Frankfurt and Munich! Founded in 1991 by an Italian entrepreneurial group, the airline is created to connect Trieste with Genoa, with some turboprops De Havilland Dash 8-300. In the following years began to connect Verona with Munich and they became a partner of the German flag-carrier Lufthansa. Over the years the synergies between the two carriers increased, until the acquisition of 100% of the shares by the German group in 2003.
What should we expect on medium and short-haul flights?
The Italian carrier operates a fleet featuring exclusively Embraer aircraft, in particular, they include 15 E195 (last updated August 2020) equipped with 120 seats, which are laid out in a 2-2 configuration
.-Business-class: the first 4 rows are usually reserved for the business class cabin, each seat features 18 inches of width and 34 inches of pitch. The seats are arranged in a 1-1 configuration (compared to the 2-2 configuration of the rows), since they sell just one of the two seats available, to provide more privacy to the passengers.
-Economy class: the seats are laid out in a standard 2-2 configuration, each seat features 18 inches of width and 32 inches of pitch.
Italian network
Even if the legal and administrative headquarters are located in the nearby of Verona, the majority of the aircraft are based in Munich airport. Indeed, Air Dolomiti’s core business is to connect several Italian airports with Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Berlin. Furthermore, in addition to the German hubs and the focus city of Verona, the Italian airline operates one aircraft in Florence, which flies not only to Munich but also to some Italian destinations.
Curiosity about the historical fleet
Over the decades’ Air Dolomiti operated many types of regional aircraft which were part of the narrowbody fleet, including the turboprop ATR 42 and 72, Bombardier Dash Q400, the jets Canadair CRJ 200, the Fokker 100 and the unique and rare BAE 146-300. In particular, this latest aircraft, known also as Avro RJ 100, represented a unique highlight for Aviation enthusiasts, since it is equipped with 4 engines!
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