New airline linking Albania and Italy
Albania is the summer destination of the Italians. A new airline wants to benefit from this trend. Fly Ernest will be different than the competition.
Italy has a new airline. Fly Ernest started regular flight operations on July 1. The low-cost airline completely focuses on traffic between Albania and Italy in the first phase. The Italian coastal city of Ancona it controls the week three times from first Tirana airport. From July 19, the Italian cities are Bari, Bergamo, Florence, Pisa, Perugia come to Rimini and Trieste.
Fly Ernest is a virtual airline. That is, it has no own fleet and no own cabin crew. You rent a Boeing 737-400 and two ATR72-500 by Mistral air, the present-day subsidiary founded by Bud Spencer the Italian Post Office for their flights. «The new offering aims to improve the relationship between Italy and Albania», says founder David Girhammar.
Promise: no hidden fees
Fly Ernest is located on the website like an old friend. He promises differently than Other low-cost airlines but really just the ticket price to require no hidden fees. As the logo is a stylized, bearded mischievously lächelnder eyeglasses «Hi, I'm Ernest», presents the airline on its Web site. «I am a traveller, a writer, a dreamer. I have family in overseas and friends all over the world.» And Ernest promises: "with me, there will be only positive surprises - with us, there are no hidden costs or complex rules. You should use rather the time which spend you search and compare complicated offerings and, to make the day as beautiful as possible.»
Albania is one of the most popular summer destinations by Italians this summer. In addition, many Albanian emigrants visit their friends and family in the home country in the summer. The prices for a one-way journey start at €34. Later to join in further European cities to its route network from Tirana.
Formerly of Armani
Fly Ernest is an Italian company based in Milan. Founder Girhammar worked as head of the digital strategy at Giorgio Armani in Milan until May. The Swede has previously worked as a journalist and founder of magazines, television shows, and advertising agencies.