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Alitalia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A., Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana, Alitalia Società Aerea Italiana SpA, Alitalia Societa Aerea Italiana SpA, AZ, AZA
Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A., operating as Alitalia (), was an Italian airline which was once the flag carrier and largest airline of Italy. The company had its head office in Fiumicino, in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. The airline was owned by the Government of Italy as a nationalized business from its founding in 1946 until it was privatized in 2009. However, it struggled with profitability whilst operating as a private company, including failed negotiations to sell to other private parties. The airline entered extraordinary administration in 2017 following many years of
Alitalia was Italy's national airline, founded in 1946 and based in Rome, which operated as a government-owned carrier before being privatized in 2009. The airline struggled financially as a private company and entered extraordinary administration in 2017 after years of difficulties.
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Key facts
- Airline.airline
- Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A.
- Airline.image
- Alitalia Boeing 777-3Q8(ER) EI-WLA departing JFK Airport.jpg
- Airline.caption
- Alitalia 777-300ER departing New York JFK in 2019
- Airline.IATA
- AZ
- Airline.ICAO
- AZA
- Airline.callsign
- ALITALIA
- Airline.logo
- Alitalia logo.svg
- Airline.logo_size
- 170
- Airline.ceased
- (sold to, reorganized to, and replaced by ITA Airways)
- Airline.headquarters
- Fiumicino, Rome, Italy
- Airline.frequent_flyer
- MilleMiglia
- Airline.aoc
- I-130
- Airline.parent
- Government of Italy (via MEF)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1999
- Location
- Rome, Italy
- Also known as
- Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana
- Status
- Active
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Encyclopedic overview
39 sectionsContents
- History
- Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane
- 1990s
- 2000s
- Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana
- 2010s
- Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana
- 2020s
- ITA Airways
- Corporate affairs
- Company status and structure
- Business trends
- Head office
- Branding
- Advertising
- Financial issues
- Alitalia - LAI financial issue
- Alitalia - CAI financial issue
- Alitalia Cargo
- Controversy
- Volare controversy
- Antitrust issues with Alitalia - LAI
- Destinations
- Alliances
- Codeshare agreements
- Fleet
- Final fleet
- Fleet development
- 2020 plans
- Historical fleet
- Special liveries
- Services
- In-flight services
- Frequent-flyer program
- Accidents and incidents
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A., operating as Alitalia (), was an Italian airline which was once the flag carrier and largest airline of Italy. The company had its head office in Fiumicino, in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital. The airline was owned by the Government of Italy as a nationalized business from its founding in 1946 until it was privatized in 2009. However, it struggled with profitability whilst operating as a private company, including failed negotiations to sell to other private parties. The airline entered extraordinary administration in 2017 following many years of financial losses. The Italian government eventually took back ownership of the airline in March 2020.
The airline operated a fleet of Airbus A319-100, Airbus A320-200, Airbus A321-100, Airbus A330-200, and Boeing 777-200ER aircraft to over 34 scheduled domestic, European and intercontinental destinations. The airline operated from its main hub at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome. The airline was a full member of the SkyTeam alliance, and it had codeshare agreements with 42 airlines. In 2018, the airline was the twelfth-largest airline in Europe.
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