Alitalia
Alitalia is the biggest airline in Italy.
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Founded | 12 March 1999 (as Trattamenti Termici Solbiate s.r.l.) 29 July 2004 (as Resco Uno s.r.l.) 26 August 2008 (as C.A.I. Compagnia Aerea Italiana s.r.l.) 12 January 2009 (as Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A.)[note 1] 1 January 2015 (as Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A.) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1 January 2015 | ||||||
AOC # | I-130 | ||||||
Hubs | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (Rome) | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Linate Airport (Milan) | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Freccia Alata Club MilleMiglia (Part of the Global Loyalty Company (GLC))[2] | ||||||
Alliance | SkyTeam | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Alitalia CityLiner | ||||||
Fleet size | 98 | ||||||
Destinations | 94 (July 2017)[3] | ||||||
Company slogan | Dream it, Live it[4] | ||||||
Parent company | Compagnia Aerea Italiana (51%) | ||||||
Headquarters | Fiumicino, Rome, Italy | ||||||
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Employees | 12,013 (2018)[6] | ||||||
Website | alitalia.com |
HistoryEdit
The "first" Alitalia was founded on September 16, 1946.[7] Its first flight was on May 5, 1947.[8] In 1960, Alitalia started flying jet aircraft.[9] In 1995, Alitalia tried to merge with KLM, but it failed.[10] 1998 was the first profitable year for Alitalia.[11] In 2001, Alitalia joined SkyTeam. The airline lost more than €3.7 billion since 1999 until 2008.[12] On January 12, 2009, the "first" Alitalia shut down. The next day, on January 13, the "second" Alitalia began.[13] In June 2014, Etihad Airways bought 49% of Alitalia. On January 1, 2015, a "third" Alitalia began. This one is 49% owned by Etihad and 51% owned by Italian shareholders.[14]
DestinationsEdit
Alitalia flies to 102 destinations in 41 countries. 28 of these cities are in Italy. Alitalia's main hub is at Rome Fiumicino Airport.
FleetEdit
- 22 Airbus A319-100
- 42 Airbus A320-200
- 12 Airbus A321-100
- 14 Airbus A330-200
- 8 ATR 72-500
- 10 Boeing 777-200ER
- 1 Saab 2000
GalleryEdit
Airline food on Alitalia.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Modello di Organizzazione, Gestione e Controllo ex D.LGS 231/01" (PDF). Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2015.
- ↑ Alitalia (3 February 2015). "Etihad Airways acquires majority stake in Alitalia's MilleMiglia frequent flyer program". Press release. http://corporate.alitalia.com/static/upload/da7/da72a16ff9dd9e529215ea82d5df9a291.pdf. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ↑ "Network". Alitalia. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ↑ "new 2018 slogan".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2019-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ http://www.amministrazionestraordinariaalitaliasai.com/pdf/alitalia/alitalia_relazione_dl_38_vf.pdf
- ↑ "Alitalia Airlines". www.boeing.com.
- ↑ "Alitalia Airlines - Air One Seat Maps". SeatMaestro.
- ↑ "Alitalia". corporate.alitalia.it.
- ↑ Ivo Van Bael (2005). Competition Law of the European Community. Kluwer Law International. p. 1311. ISBN 978-90-411-2309-1.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2016-02-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Alitalia to lose 1 bln euros in 2008, takeover sealed". 21 November 2008 – via www.reuters.com.
- ↑ "Alitalia lands international partner - CNN.com". www.cnn.com.
- ↑ http://www.etihad.com/en/about-us/etihad-news/archive/2015/the-new-alitalia/
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