Is AirVPN European?

Verified European

Yes. AirVPN is under verified European control.

Paolo Brini owns and operates AIRVPN DI PAOLO BRINI, an active Italian sole proprietorship. GLEIF records SOLE_PROPRIETOR and legal form LHBB; VIES matches the name and Perugia address for VAT IT03297800546. The Terms identify REA PG-279011 and the Privacy Notice names Brini as controller. Both GLEIF accounting-parent exceptions say NATURAL_PERSONS; Infocamere is the LEI issuer, not a parent. A paid chamber-of-commerce extract was not obtained. These records do not establish current physical residence.

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Controlled by: Paolo Brini (AIRVPN DI PAOLO BRINI, impresa individuale)
Control sits in: Italy
Seat: Italy
Last checked: 15 September 2026

About AirVPN

AirVPN is a hosted VPN operated by AIRVPN DI PAOLO BRINI, an Italian sole proprietorship in Perugia. It supports OpenVPN and WireGuard and provides the open source Eddie client. Running the client yourself does not make the commercial VPN network a self-hosted service.

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Product

AirVPN

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VPN service from Italy

Verified European control follows from the named sole proprietor and matching GLEIF, VIES and legal-document evidence. The VPN fleet uses third-party datacenters in multiple countries, so Italian ownership does not establish EU-only infrastructure or data residency. AirVPN's Terms prohibit use by residents of Italy.

Instead of: NordVPN
Pricing: There is a single plan, with the price depending on how long you commit for. A one month subscription costs 7 euro per month.
Suits: Privacy minded users who want protocol control

Operations

Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 15 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.

Part	Provider	Provider control	What we saw
Core hosting	Third-party VPN datacenters	Unknown	The hosted VPN fleet uses third-party datacenters in multiple countries, including outside the EU. A dated staff post discusses M247 racks and a Cogent facility. The current full provider/ASN inventory and ultimate control of every host were not established; Italian ownership is not an EU-only hosting claim. [1] [2] [3]
Core hosting	AirVPN account database and backups	Unknown	The Privacy Notice says the account database is kept off VPN access servers and is not publicly accessible. Its provider, physical location and backup locations are not disclosed; these are operator statements, not an independent infrastructure audit. [1]
Public website	OVHcloud	European	Public DNS on 2026-09-15: A 5.196.64.52; AAAA 2001:41d0:a:6034::. RIPE attributes the IPv4 prefix to AS16276. This identifies the public website network, not VPN nodes, the account database or all customer-data locations. [1] [2] [3]
Supporting service	GoDaddy authoritative DNS	Not European	Public NS on 2026-09-15: pdns03.domaincontrol.com and pdns04.domaincontrol.com. These identify authoritative DNS service, not VPN traffic hosting or company ownership. [1]
Incoming email	mx.airvpn.org	Unknown	Public MX on 2026-09-15: priority 10 mx.airvpn.org. The underlying mail host/provider was not separately resolved; a branded MX name alone does not establish provider control or mail storage location. [1]
Outgoing email	Amazon Web Services	Not European	SPF on 2026-09-15 authorises ip4:52.29.42.193; RIPE attributes its prefix to Amazon AS16509. Authorisation does not prove actual sending, mail volume or storage region. A reported Frankfurt-region allocation is not evidence that all mail or customer data stays there. [1] [2]
Outgoing email	Global Layer B.V.	Unknown	SPF on 2026-09-15 authorises ip4:213.152.180.16; RIPE returns AS49453. The supplied research attributes it to Global Layer B.V. in the Netherlands. Ultimate provider control, actual mail flows and storage regions were not independently established. [1] [2]
Outgoing email	Other SPF-authorised A and MX routes	Unknown	The complete SPF record is v=spf1 a mx ip4:52.29.42.193 ip4:213.152.180.16 -all. Its a and mx mechanisms were not fully expanded; the two explicit IPs are not an exhaustive sender inventory. [1]
Payments	Direct cryptocurrency payments	None	The public buy page lists Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Doge and Monero as accepted directly through no intermediaries, alongside gift vouchers. This describes that payment option only, not other checkout methods or every blockchain data flow. [1]
Payments	Card and intermediary processors: current set unverified	Unknown	The current card/intermediary checkout requires account access. The 2020 Privacy Notice gives PayPal as an example; a 2023 staff announcement names Amazon Pay and 2Checkout/Avangate. Those historical references do not verify the current processor set. Stripe was only reported by a secondary review. [1] [2] [3]
Supporting service	Invision Community CMS	Unknown	The current footer credits CMS by IPS. This identifies application software; supplier ultimate control and any external processing scope were not re-verified. [1]

Public DNS identifies OVHcloud for the website, GoDaddy for authoritative DNS and mx.airvpn.org for incoming mail; the underlying mail provider is unverified. SPF authorises Amazon and Global Layer IPs plus A/MX routes, without proving actual mail flows or storage regions. VPN nodes use third-party datacenters worldwide. Account-database and backup locations are undisclosed. The public buy page offers direct crypto and vouchers; current card/intermediary processors require account access to confirm. No public DPA or complete subprocessor list was found in the supplied review.

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