daily flights to and from Elba were restricted to one airline, Intersky, which served only three cities: Friedrichhafen, Munich and Zurich. The other two carriers, Skywork and Elbafly, flew only three days a week.
ElbaFly is a broker who is based in Elba, and organizes flights to and from Italy.
Intersky Luftfahrt GmbH (stylized as InterSky) is an airline headquartered in Bregenz, Austria, operating scheduled services from its base at Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, to major cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as seasonal holiday flights to the Mediterranean.
SkyWork Airlines AG is a Swiss airline, with its head office in the complex of "Piste Süd"[citation needed] in Belp.[1][2] Previously the airline's head office was in the north terminal of Bern Airport in Belp.[3][4][5] It primarily operates scheduled flights to destinations across Europe and Northern Africa, with charter operations throughout the summer months.
Their rental car was a compact 1991 Lancia Delta
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008. It was first shown in Frankfurt Motor Show in 1979.[1] The Delta is best known for its World Rally Championship career in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when it dominated rallying. As they were obliged to by the regulations, Lancia offered road-going versions of these competition cars — the Lancia Delta HF4WD and Integrale - 5000 of each variant having to be produced before the car could enter competition.
Napoleon spent his time on Elba at two homes: the Villa San Martino and the Villa dei Mulini. He had a staff of somewhere between six hundred and one thusand, and took the title Emperor of Elba.
Exile to Elba
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled him to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 20 km off the Tuscan coast. They gave him sovereignty over the island and allowed him to retain his title of emperor. Napoleon attempted suicide with a pill he had carried since a near-capture by Russians on the retreat from Moscow. Its potency had weakened with age, and he survived to be exiled while his wife and son took refuge in Austria. In the first few months on Elba he created a small navy and army, developed the iron mines, and issued decrees on modern agricultural methodsThe Allied Powers having declared that Emperor Napoleon was the sole obstacle to the restoration of peace in Europe, Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces, for himself and his heirs, the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, even that of his life, which he is not ready to do in the interests of France.
Done in the palace of Fontainebleau, 11 April 1814.
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