(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 24 GEN - Fly Valan, a new regional airline, a company flying Romanian flag, lands in the italian regional market of commercial aviation. It took off yesterday its first route, starting by the historical one Genova-Trieste. But it's already considerating for expand its business operating new routes to Belgrad or Tirana. "We are not going to compete with other operators, we are finding new markets where people need to fly but they don't have that kind of possibilities. We are considering rumenian market as well but in this moment there are legacy and low cost company, both has a strong competition with Ryanair. All destination are already covered by van", explained the choice the commercial director Evghenii Zagrebelnii, after the first fligth operated yesterday the rotation Genova-Trieste-Genova. "Now it's winter time, it's a low season and we decided that it's better to start with route Genova-Trieste as first step - he said -. It was an historical one, because it was done in the past by other companies. It is actually more corporate route for seaport industries, Fincantieri and others".

Supported by "Diciottofebbraio", strategy advisors for aviation, the company headed by professor David Jarach, FlyValan aimes to explore new, underserved routes. First of all for business travelers but also for leiseure traveleres and families. "We are trying to satisfy our passangers, corporate and individual ones. In case our strategy is right and if we will see that the number of passangers is growing up, we will increase the number of routes. We have two option: going out from Genova or from Trieste - added Zagrebelnii -. We are considering and now we are making some analysis of the route Trieste-Belgrad or Trieste-Tirana. We will make a decision as soon as we will complete a first step and see the trend of the route Genova-Trieste". Operated by an ATR 72-500, named Liguria and based in Genova Airport, the route is scheduled three days a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Fly Valan, who is not a low cost company, "hope to have 40 passenger per flight, with that we are more or less covering break even", considering that ATR has 68 seats and has a low level of operation costs in compare with bigger aircraft.