flyValan outlines business plans and routes ahead of launch in Nov-2017

flyValan reported (Oct-2017) the following updates ahead of its planned launch in Nov-2017:

• Operating base at Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport;
• Planned routes:
  • Trieste: Three times weekly;
  • Zurich: Twice weekly;
  • Geneva: Twice weekly;
  • Barcelona: Twice weekly;
  • Brussels: Twice weekly;
• Operations to launch with a single ATR 72-500 aircraft configured with 68 seats;
• Expected delivery of second aircraft in Feb-2018;
• Plans for five aircraft in operation;
• Targeting corporate and business travellers;
• Staff to be recruited in Genoa to support regional airport;
• Weekend operations to focus on charter services also operating from other airports.

As previously reported by CAPA, flyValan's services will be operated by FlyCompass, a company with a Romanian AOC. [more - original PR]