All Alitalia articles – Page 2
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NewsAlitalia successor ITA envisions SkyTeam membership
Newly-launched Italian carrier ITA Airways is intending to join the SkyTeam alliance, continuing the allegiance of its predecessor Alitalia. The new carrier initiated operations on 15 October, with an Airbus A320 service from Milan Linate to Bari, and started charter flights with a Milan Malpensa-Rome Fiumicino sortie. Its initial network ...
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NewsITA secures Alitalia brand but appears set on fresh start
Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) secured the rights to the Alitalia brand and website domain for €90 million ($104 million) on the eve of its first operations.
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AnalysisArrivederci Alitalia as famous brand bows out – for now
Italian national carrier Alitalia will carry out its last flight today as the company ceases operations, though it remains to be seen if it is the last time the long-standing and familiar brand is seen in the air.
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NewsDelta Air Lines ‘in conversation’ with Italy’s ITA: CEO
Delta Air Lines is speaking with the new flag carrier of Italy, Italia Trasporto Aero (ITA), about possible joint ventures, the US-based airline’s chief executive says.
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NewsAdministrator sets €290m starting price for Alitalia brand
Administrators for Alitalia will tomorrow launch a tender for the Italian carrier’s brand, having the set the price at €290 million ($341 million) to participate.
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NewsEC clears Italy’s ITA for fresh start after ruling no liability for Alitalia state aid
European competition regulators have cleared a €1.35 billion ($1.6 billion) Italian capital injection into Italia Trasporto Aero (ITA) and ruled the new operation is not liable to repay €900 million in illegal state aid received by national carrier Alitalia.
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NewsNew Italian operator ITA seeks authorisation to serve US gateways
New Italian national airline Italia Trasporto Aereo is formally seeking authorisation to open transatlantic services to several US cities. The carrier, owned by the Italian ministry of economy and finance, is set to succeed the struggling Alitalia which has spent several years in administration. ITA says its initial services will ...
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NewsItalian carrier ITA seeks to acquire ‘essential’ Alitalia brand ahead of launch
New Italian carrier ITA is set to bid for the Alitalia brand name through a public tender, as the airline prepares to commence operations in mid-October. ITA will start services with a fleet of 52 aircraft when it begins flights, rising to 78 in 2022. The new carrier ...
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NewsAlitalia successor ITA set to commence flights in mid-October
Alitalia successor carrier ITA is to become operational from mid-October, following discussions between Italian authorities and the European Commission. The Italian ministry of economy and finance states that discussions with the Commission have “concluded positively”. It adds that ITA will be “fully operational” from 15 October, when the ...
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AnalysisLow-cost players raise pressure in ‘groundhog day’ Italian market
Low-cost carriers may already hold a strong grip on the short-haul European market from Italy, but it is not stopping them from expanding their presence this summer.
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NewsA320 tipped up and struck tail at Milan after passenger load mismatch
Italian investigators have determined that an improper distribution of passengers on board an Alitalia Airbus A320 resulted in the aircraft’s suffering a tail-strike during an aborted take-off at Milan Malpensa. The twinjet (EI-DTB), bound for Rome Fiumicino on 17 August 2017, had started to accelerate along runway 35R when, ...
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NewsItalian ministers to discuss Alitalia successor with EU
Italian government ministers are set to meet with European Commission representatives to discuss plans to establish a new national carrier. The airline, which has initially been branded ITA, is emerging from the restructuring of troubled flag-carrier Alitalia. “We evaluated the possibility of continuing the ITA project and expressed ...
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NewsSecond Alitalia Covid package cleared as earlier state aid probes continue
European competition regulators have cleared a second tranche of Italian aid to national carrier Alitaila as compensation for disruption to travel caused by the pandemic, though its existing state aid probes into Italy’s earlier support for the carrier continue.
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NewsAlitalia replacement ITA plans 2021 start with 52 aircraft: reports
The new Italian airline being established to replace Alitalia has outlined plans to commence operations in April 2021 with an operation about half the size of its predecessor’s, according to media reports in Italy.
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NewsItalian ministers sign decree establishing Alitalia successor
Italy’s government has signed an air transport decree to establish a new national airline to succeed flag-carrier Alitalia. The government is referring the operator as Newco, but transport minister Paola De Micheli signals that the company’s formal name is ITA, adding that the company will “bring Italy to the ...
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AnalysisWinter of disconnect ahead for Europe’s airlines
There are few crumbs of comfort for European airlines as they look back on a worse-than-expected summer season and forward to what could be a bleak winter.
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NewsEC clears €200m Italian aid for Alitalia
A direct government grant of almost €200 million ($236 million) to Alitalia has been approved by the European Commission to compensate the airline for damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsState to consider integrating some Air Italy assets into new Alitalia
Italy’s transport and infrastructure minister Paola de Micheli has indicated the state is considering the possible of integration some Air Italy assets into its renationalised Alitalia. Sardinia-based AIr Italy collapsed in February after shareholders could not agree on further investment to keep the struggling airline operational, though 49% owner ...
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NewsFuture alliance among considerations for revived Alitalia: minister
Alitalia will need to evaluate carefully future transatlantic alliances as part of its strategy when the restructured company emerges from the air transport crisis, Italy’s economic development minister states. Minister Stefano Patuanelli says the reshaped carrier’s business plan needs to “focus strongly” on long-haul transport, with “new” transatlantic alliances ...
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NewsAlitalia to be renationalised under broad emergency decree
Italy’s government has indicated that it will renationalise struggling flag-carrier Alitalia as part of a broad set of emergency measures in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The government says, in a decree published on 16 March, that the epidemic is being formally recognised as a “natural disaster and exceptional ...