Sky Alps

Sky Alps
IATA ICAO Call sign
BQ SWU SKYALPS
Founded2020; 6 years ago (2020)
HubsBolzano Airport
Fleet size13
Destinations26
HeadquartersBolzano, Italy
Websiteskyalps.com

Sky Alps S.r.l., branded as skyalps, is an Italian regional airline which operates flights at Bolzano Airport, in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, with an all De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 fleet. The airline is a subsidiary of Fri-El Green Power, an Italian company focusing on renewable energy.

History

The airline was founded by South Tyrolean entrepreneur Josef Gostner, who was part of ABD Holdings, a company that purchased Bolzano Airport from the South Tyrol government in 2019. The airline originally intended to commence operations in May 2020 with one daily flight between Bolzano and Rome, along with further connections to Vienna and Munich afterwards and charter flights to southern Italy during the summer season. Gostner also had plans to lengthen the runway at Bolzano Airport by 260 metres (850 ft) to allow larger aircraft to operate at the airport. However, it delayed the start of operations to June 2021 due to the impact of border closures associated with COVID-19.

The airline operated its first flights on 17 June 2021 to Olbia and Ibiza. It commenced twice-weekly flights between Bolzano and Berlin Brandenburg Airport on 30 June. It temporarily suspended operations in late 2021 while Bolzano Airport extended its runway from 1,293 to 1,462 metres (4,242 to 4,797 ft) to allow the handling of larger aircraft. It resumed operations on 15 December. The airline offered 13 weekly flights from Bolzano within its winter 2021 schedule.

As of December 2022, Sky Alps operated from Bolzano Airport to Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and several seasonal destinations. It primarily operates leisure flights with a focus on tourists travelling to ski resorts in South Tyrol. It is the first airline to operate scheduled services from Bolzano Airport after Darwin Airline suspended its flights between Bolzano and Rome's Fiumicino Airport in 2015, although Austrian Airlines has operated charter flights from Bolzano since then. Flights were then operated by Luxwing, a Maltese charter airline.

Sky Alps and the city of Mostar have also signed an agreement which will see the Italian regional carrier base one of its Dash 8-400 turboprop aircraft at Mostar Airport from April 2025 and launch several new routes.

Destinations

As of November 2024, Sky Alps serves the following destinations:

Country City Airport Notes Refs
AustriaLinzLinz Airport
BelgiumAntwerpAntwerp International Airport
BrusselsBrussels AirportTerminated
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMostarMostar Airport
CroatiaBračBrač AirportSeasonal
DubrovnikDubrovnik AirportSeasonal
DenmarkBillundBillund AirportSeasonal
CopenhagenCopenhagen AirportSeasonal
GermanyBerlinBerlin Brandenburg Airport
DüsseldorfDüsseldorf Airport
HamburgHamburg Airport
KasselKassel AirportSeasonal
Italy Ancona Marche Airport
AostaAosta Valley AirportTerminated
BolzanoBolzano AirportBase
BrindisiBrindisi AirportSeasonal
CagliariCagliari Elmas AirportSeasonal
CataniaCatania-Fontanarossa AirportSeasonal
CrotoneCrotone Airport
CuneoCuneo International Airport
Lamezia TermeLamezia Terme International AirportSeasonal
OlbiaOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportSeasonal
RomeLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
VeronaVerona Villafranca Airport
NetherlandsRotterdamRotterdam The Hague AirportTerminated
SpainIbizaIbiza AirportSeasonal
Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportTerminated
SwedenGothenburgGöteborg Landvetter AirportSeasonal
SwitzerlandBernBern AirportSeasonal charter
ZürichZürich AirportTerminated
United KingdomLondonGatwick Airport
London Stansted AirportTerminated

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2026, Sky Alps operates the following aircraft:

Sky Alps fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 13 — 76
78
Total 13 —

Former fleet

As of May 2026, Sky Alps operated 13 De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400.

Over the years, Sky Alps has operated the following aircraft types:

Sky Alps former fleet
Aircraft Number Introduced Retired Notes
De Havilland DHC-8-400 1 2024 2025

References

  1. ↑ skyalps.com - Privacy retrieved 13 March 2025
  2. ↑ "SkyAlps Fleets/Bases". 2 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Italy's Sky Alps plans June launch from Balzano Airport". Routes. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Südtirol bekommt eine eigene Fluggesellschaft". aeroTELEGRAPH (in Swiss High German). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Aeroporto, a maggio 2020 torna il volo Bolzano-Roma - Bolzano". Alto Adige (in Italian). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Drum, Bruce (19 June 2021). "Skyalps commences scheduled operations, operated by LuxWing". World Airline News. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Bozen: Flugbetrieb von Sky Alps hat begonnen - TGR Tagesschau". TGR (in German). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Italy's Sky Alps Resumes Operations With Regional Routes". Routes. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Italy's Sky Alps to charter Luxwing's Dash 8-400". ch-aviation. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. ↑ https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/09/italys-skyalps-to-open-mostar-base-in.html
  11. ↑ "SkyAlps - All destinations". SkyAlps. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  12. 1 2 "SkyAlps: in vendita il volo Linz-Dusseldorf". 20 June 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 "SkyAlps riconferma Anversa, Billund e Copenaghen per i voli per le vacanze bianche". 12 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "SkyAlps : Bruxelles da il benvenuto al primo volo da Bolzano". 13 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "Sky Alps bids for Mostar flights, plans four new routes". 5 January 2024.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "SkyAlps apre Dubrovnik e Kassel nel 2023. Conferma Ibiza e Brac". 23 November 2022.
  17. 1 2 "SkyAlps aumenta i voli sulla Germania nell'operativo invernale 2023/24". 19 June 2023.
  18. ↑ "SkyAlps e' atterrata a Kassel". 12 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Aosta inaugura il volo per Olbia con SkyAlps. Nel 2022 forse Lamezia e Catania". 31 August 2021.
  20. ↑ "UK NS24 Network Additions – 14APR24".
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 "SkyAlps riproporrà cinque destinazioni italiane nell'estate prossima". 20 November 2022.
  22. 1 2 "SkyAlps opererà per 3 anni la Crotone Roma. Primo volo dal 2 ottobre". 7 August 2023.
  23. ↑ "SkyAlps : in vendita i voli da e per Cuneo". 30 July 2023.
  24. 1 2 "SkyAlps sulla Berna – Olbia". 24 June 2023.
  25. ↑ "SkyAlps cambia gli orari sulla Roma – Verona dal 30 ottobre". 1 August 2023.
  26. ↑ "SkyAlps : Bolzano – Rotterdam ritornera' in febbraio". 5 January 2022.
  27. ↑ "SkyAlps: in vendita l'estate 2022". 23 December 2021.
  28. ↑ "SkyAlps Adds Gothenburg in 1Q25".
  29. ↑ "SkyAlps volera' a Zurigo da luglio". 1 May 2022.
  30. 1 2 "SkyAlps atterrera' a Londra Gatwick da meta' aprile". 6 February 2024.
  31. ↑ "SkyAlps aprirà i voli Bolzano – Londra da metà dicembre. Atterrerà a Stansted". 9 August 2023.
  32. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2026 - Sky Alps". Airliner World. October 2026. p. 10.
  33. ↑ "SkyAlps Fleets/Bases". 2 May 2026.
  34. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Sky Alps". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 63.
  35. ↑ "Due aerei per SkyAlps sono arrivati a Cuneo. Quale sarà il futuro?" [Two aircraft for SkyAlps have arrived in Cuneo. What will their future be?]. Italiavola.com (in Italian). 13 January 2025.
  36. ↑ "Un DHC-8-Q400 é arrivato a Bolzano da Bratislava. Ha i colori Luxwing" [A DHC‑8‑Q400 has arrived in Bolzano from Bratislava. It is carrying Luxwing colours]. Italiavola.com (in Italian). 12 November 2025.

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