French Riviera the weather between various locations. Strong winds such as the Mistral, a cold dry wind from the northwest or from the east, are another characteristic, particularly in the winter. Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes département are sheltered by the Alps. The winds are usually gentle, from the sea to the land, though sometimes the mistral blows strongly from the northwest, or, turned by the mountains, from the east. In 1956 a mistral from the northwest reached at Nice Airport. Sometimes, in summer, the sirocco brings high temperatures and reddish desert sand from the Sahara. (See Winds of Provence.) Rain can be
Mistral Air Mistral Air no longer serves any scheduled routes. The remaining destinations served where Cagliari, Catania, Naples, Palermo, Perugia, Brescia and Pescara in Italy as well as Tirana in Albania which all ceased by August 2018. Currently, there are also no more wetlease agreements or charter destinations Mistral air's international flight lands only in Tirana. As of July 2018, the Mistral Air fleet consists of the following aircraft: The airline previously operated the following aircraft as of August 2016: Mistral Air Mistral Air is an Italian cargo and former passenger airline headquartered in Rome and is a subsidiary of Poste italiane.