Neos (registered as Neos S.p.A.) is an Italian

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, headquartered in Somma Lombardo, Lombardy. It is a subsidiary of Alpitour S.p.A. It operates a fleet of

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, 737 MAX and

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aircraft to over 73 scheduled domestic, European and intercontinental destinations. The airline operates from its main hub at

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History

Neos was established on 22 June 2001, as a

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between two tourism companies, the Italian Alpitour S.p.A. and the German

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. Revenue flights were launched on 8 March 2002. In January 2004, Alpitour bought all of TUI Group's shares, making Neos a fully owned subsidiary of Alpitour no longer affiliated with TUI. For many years Neos has been working with

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to transport passengers from Italy to Dubai, the Caribbean, and northern Europe at Costa's ships' departure and arrival points. In January 2011, Neos' fleet was increased in size to six aircraft. In 2014, Neos ordered three

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s. These orders were later converted into four larger 787-9s for then to be added in 2020 with another 2 taken up from

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. Neos became the first Italian operator of the Boeing 787 when its first 787-9 entered service on 25 December 2017. Neos Air also received later on 30 March 2021 its first 2

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for then to later receive another 2 on 8 June 2021 adding the tally to 4 737 MAX 8 to the fleet.

Destinations

Neos operates flights to destinations in southern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Brazil, USA, Mexico, and Kazakhstan.

Codeshare agreements

Neos has

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s with the following airlines: *

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Fleet

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Current fleet

, the Neos fleet consists of the following Boeing aircraft:

Retired fleet

Incidents

* On 19 November 2012, Neos Flight 731, a

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, suffered severe turbulence during a flight from

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. A total of 66 passengers sustained minor injuries.

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* {{IATA members, europe Airlines of Italy Airlines established in 2001 Charter airlines Somma Lombardo Italian companies established in 2001