Lauda Air Italy

Lauda Air Italia was founded in 1990, by former F1 champion Niki Lauda, as a subsidiary of the Austrian sister airline Lauda Air. The air carrier began operations in 1993 with a Boeing 767-300ER, later increasing the fleet to four aircraft. It operated mainly long-haul charter flights to the Caribbeans (Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba), Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) and the Indian Ocean (Maldives), mainly out of Milan Malpensa Airport. During months of increased request from tour operators, short/medium-haul flights were also operated, mainly to the Red Sea and also to Ibiza.

In the late 1990s, it was deemed appropriate to add some scheduled regional flights. A pair of Canadair CRJ100s were moved from Austria to Italy for this purpose. The initiative met with limited success and ended in 2001.

In 2003, Lauda Air Italia was purchased by the Ventaglio Group, a powerful Italian operator in various sectors of tourism; as a result, the then newly established Livingston Energy Flight (Livingston S.p.A.) airline obtained from Austrian Airlines Group the right to continue using the Lauda brand for longer time. In these years Airbus A330-200s aircraft appeared in the fleet. By 2005 Lauda Air Italia had been totally integrated into Livingston Aviation Group.

The airline operated the following aircraft:

Logo and livery

The livery consisted of a white fuselage on the upper part and a gray one on the lower part. A double line of red and green separated the two halves. The stylized L of the logo featured the same colors, reminiscent of the Italian flag (tricolour).