Alitalia
Compagnia Aerea Italiana

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IATA AZ ICAO AZA Callsign ALITALIA
Founded	26 August 2008
Commenced operations	13 January 2009
Hubs	Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport (Rome)
Focus cities	Caselle Airport (Turin) Fontanarossa Airport (Catania) Linate Airport (Milan) Malpensa Airport (Milan) Naples Airport Venice Marco Polo Airport
Frequent-flyer program	MilleMiglia
Airport lounge	Club Freccia Alata Welcome Air One SkyTeam Elite
Alliance	SkyTeam
Subsidiaries	Air One Alitalia CityLiner
Fleet size	141 (+26 orders)
Destinations	86 (41 countries)
Parent company	CAI (75%) Air France-KLM (25%)
Headquarters	Fiumicino, Italy
Key people	Andrea Ragnetti (CEO) Roberto Colaninno (Chairman)
Revenue	3,478 million € (2011)
Operating income	-6 million € (2011)
Net income	-69 million € (2011)
Website	www.alitalia.com

Airbus A320-200 in current Alitalia livery

Boeing 777-200ER in Singapore in 2010.

The interior of an Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (2006)

Alitalia — Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (English: Alitalia — Italian Air Company), operating as Alitalia, is the flag carrier and national airline of Italy, which took over the name, the landing rights, many planes and some other assets from the liquidation process of the old Alitalia — Linee Aeree Italiane and the entire Air One. The company has its head office in Fiumicino, Italy.^[1] Its main hub is Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome.

Alitalia is Italy's biggest airline, and the world's 19th.^[2] The name "Alitalia" is an Italian portmanteau of the words ali (wings), and Italia (Italy).^[3]

History[link]

Creation of Alitalia-CAI[link]

In 2008, a group of investors made the "Compagnia Aerea Italiana" (CAI) consortium aimed to buy the bankrupt Alitalia — Linee Aeree Italiane ("old" Alitalia) and to merge these with Air One, another Italian carrier.^[4]

On 30 October 2008 CAI offered €1,000 million to acquire parts of the bankrupt airline, amidst pilots' and flight crew members' opposition to labour agreements.^[5]

On 19 November 2008, CAI's offer was accepted by the bankruptcy administrator of Alitalia with the permission of the Italian government, at the time major shareholder of the bankrupting airline.^[6] Alitalia's profitable assets were transferred to CAI on 12 December 2008 after CAI paid €1.052 billion, consisting of €427 million in cash and the assumption of responsibility for €625 million in Alitalia debt.^[7]

On 13 January 2009 the "new" Alitalia re-launched operations. The owners of Compagnia Aerea Italiana sold 25% of the company's shares to Air France-KLM for €322 million. Air France-KLM also obtained an option, subject to certain conditions, to purchase additional shares after 2013. The French as well as the Italian boards agreed to the sale.^[8]

History under new ownership[link]

In January 2010, Alitalia celebrated its first birthday since the relaunch. It carried 22 million passengers in its first year of operations.^[9] In 2011, 25 million passengers were carried.^[10]

On 1 February 2010, it was announced that Alitalia crew would go on a four hour strike over wages. This was the first strike action for Alitalia since the relaunch.^[11]

On 11 February 2010, Alitalia announced that, starting from the summer season, it would be using Air One as a "low-fare" airline, with operations based in Milan Malpensa Airport, focused on short-haul leisure routes. With 10 airplanes by July 2012 (Airbus A320), Alitalia hopes to carry 3 million passengers in 2012 from Milan Malpensa (compared to 1.5 million in 2009), of which 2.4 million will be carried by the new Air One "Smart Carrier".^[12] In 2011, 1.4 million passengers were carried by the subsidiary.^[10]

On 12 February 2011, information was released about a possible merger between Alitalia and Meridiana Fly, another Italian carrier,^[13] however the airlines are still independent as of March 2012.

On 25 January 2012, Alitalia signed memoranda of understanding with two other Italian airlines, Blue Panorama and Wind Jet, and said to have started processes "aimed at achieving integration" with them.^[14]

Slogans[link]

A variety of different slogans are currently being used by Alitalia:

• "Alitalia vola con te" (Alitalia flies with you)^[15]
• "Fatti per volare alto" (Made to fly high)^[16]
• "Alitalia, al lavoro per te" (Alitalia, working for you)^[17]
• "Muoviamo chi muove l'Italia" (We move the people that keep Italy going) ^[18]

• "The pleasure of flying Made in Italy"^[19]

The old Alitalia, since 2005, year in which the new modernised logo and livery were introduced, also used a mix of slogans:^[20]

• "Volare, nella tua vita" (Flying, in your life)
• "Volare in compagnia dell'Italia" (Fly Italian)

Airline operations[link]

Alitalia head office in Fiumicino

Administration[link]

Alitalia's head office is located in Piazza Almerico da Schio, Pal. RPU – 00054 Fiumicino (RM).^[21] The chairman of the airline is Roberto Colaninno; the first chief executive officer since the relaunch was Rocco Sabelli, replaced by Andrea Ragnetti on 28 February 2012 .^[10]

Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI), a consortium that bought all the profitable activities of the old Alitalia and Air One in 2008,^[22] holds a 75% stake in Alitalia, while Air France holds the other 25%.^[23]

Finance and load factors[link]

Alitalia Self Check-in machines at Florence Peretola Airport

• As of 29 July 2009 Alitalia is the first airline for domestic flights in Italy and was the third airline for international flights to/from Italy. As of 4 October 2010 Alitalia has overtaken Easyjet in this respect and is therefore in second place.^[34][35]
• 2010 was an "uphill struggle" for Alitalia, whereas a break-even was almost achieved in 2011, despite the difficulties arising from high fuel costs and recent regional troubles in Japan and North Africa. Alitalia have said in a press release that the prospects for 2012 are "still challenging".^[10][25]
• Alitalia was nominated as Europe's most punctual airline in 2010,^[36] and as one of the world's five most punctual airlines in 2011.^[10]
• As of 28 October 2010, Alitalia has 53% of the market share on domestic routes (based on seat capacity).^[28]

Destinations[link]

Alitalia, including flights operated by its subsidiary Air One Smart Carrier, serves 86 destinations; 27 domestic and 59 international, in 40 countries (at October 2011). Alitalia's Hub is at Rome Fiumicino Airport, and six other Italian airports are focus cities. Air One's operating bases are at Milan Malpensa Airport, Pisa Airport and Venice Marco Polo Airport.^[37]

Codeshare agreements[link]

Alitalia has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:^[38]

Fleet[link]

As of May 2012, the combined Alitalia fleet including Alitalia (AZ) and Alitalia CityLiner (CT) consists of the following aircraft:^[39]

Since 2009, Alitalia has renewed its fleet with the arrival of 34 new aircraft, while 26 older planes have retired. A press release has stated that Alitalia now has an average fleet age of 8.2 years. In 2012, at least 20 new planes will join and 16 old planes will leave the Alitalia fleet.^[10]

• All Airbus A320 family aircraft have been refitted with new "slim" leather Recaro seats. PTV screens are installed on some aircraft.^[27]
• Alitalia was in 2010 considering the Russian regional Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, with a possible order for 20, but in the end chose to order Embraer 190 aircraft to update its regional fleet instead, because the Superjets weren't available for immediate delivery, as they still needed to be certified.^[40]
• On 23 February 2011, Alitalia and ENAC announced the introduction of the Safety Card written in braille and characters in 3-D relief, which has been introduced on scheduled flights for the first time in the world.^[41]

Special liveries[link]

SkyTeam:

• In mid 2009, Alitalia painted one of their Boeing 767-300ER (EI-DBP) in a special SkyTeam livery.
• In March 2012, the Embraer E190LR with registration EI-RND was delivered in SkyTeam livery (EI-RND).
• In March 2012, the Boeing 777-200ER with registration EI-DDH was painted in SkyTeam livery (EI-DDH).

Other:

• On 19 July 2010, the Airbus A320-200 with registration EI-DSA, which had previously been in the Air One livery, was painted into a special "Alitalia.com" livery (EI-DSA).
• In April 2012, the Airbus A321-100 with registration EI-IXI was painted in historic livery Freccia Alata-Linee Aeree Italiane (EI-IXI).

Historical fleet[link]

Over the years, Alitalia has operated the following aircraft types (including Alitalia CityLiner, Alitalia Express and aircraft inherited from Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane):

Service[link]

Alitalia has four classes of service:^[42]

• Classica, the name given to Alitalia's economy class. On short and medium haul flights passengers receive a free drinks and a snack or light meal service, depending on the length of the flight. Personal TV screens for entertainment are present in each seat on some Airbus A320 and A319 planes. On long haul flights passengers receive a free meal service as well as, on most planes, Personal TV screens for entertainment.
• Classica plus is Alitalia's Premium Economy available on some long haul flights. The service is the same as Economy however passengers get some extra benefits such as extra legroom, dedicated check-in desk and higher baggage allowance.
• Ottima, Alitalia's short and medium haul business class, with an improved catering service and baggage allowance compared to Economy, as well as a dedicated check-in desk and access to the V.I.P. lounges in the airport.
• Magnifica is Alitalia's long haul business class, with special benefits since the recent upgrade:
  • New catering (regionally focused, changing monthly and including a new selection of wines and "spumante" changes prepared in cooperation with the Italian Sommelier Association)
  • New blankets / duvets / cushions / linens by Frette
  • New amenity kits by Bulgari
  • New china by Richard Ginori
  • New Magnifica Class seats on Alitalia's Airbus A330-200 aircraft deliveries are flat-bed seats which can be seen here. They are also being retrofitted on the 10 B777 aircraft.^[43]

SkyTeam[link]

A Boeing 767-300ER, registered as EI-DBP, is seen here in SkyTeam livery (2010)

The new Alitalia inherited Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane's membership of the SkyTeam alliance. Alitalia-LAI originally joined in 2001.^[44]

Alitalia has since opened up code-share agreements with SkyTeam members, allowing passengers to fly to numerous destinations using a single Alitalia ticket.^[45]

In July 2010, Alitalia joined leading SkyTeam members Air France, KLM and Delta's Transatlantic Joint Venture, meaning that the profits on flights across the Atlantic are shared between the four airlines.^[46]

MilleMiglia[link]

The airline's frequent-flyer programme is named "MilleMiglia" (thousand miles), and is part of the SkyTeam alliance programme, allowing passengers to collect miles and redeem them with free tickets across the whole alliance.^[47]

It also grants access to Alitalia's Privilege clubs, Ulisse, Freccia Alata, and finally Freccia Alata Plus, depending on how many miles you have collected in a year, with various advantages depending on the club. These clubs give access to SkyTeam Elite (Ulisse) and SkyTeam Elite+ (Freccia Alata, Freccia Alata plus).^[47]

Incidents and accidents[link]

Listed here are incidents since Alitalia's relaunch of operations on 13 January 2009:

• On 17 February 2010, an Alitalia flight from Rome to Cairo, Egypt with 157 passengers, had to make an emergency landing in Cairo after a reported bomb threat. A notable passenger on the flight was Egyptian Tourism Minister Zuheir Garana.^[48]
• On 24 April 2011 an attempt was made to hijack Alitalia Flight 329, en-route from Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France to Fiumicino Airport, Rome and divert it to Tripoli International Airport, Libya. The hijacker, reported to be an advisor to the Kazakhstan delegation to UNESCO, was subdued by cabin crew and other passengers. He was arrested and taken into custody after the aircraft made a safe landing at Rome.^[49]

See also[link]

	Rome portal
	Aviation portal
	Companies portal

• Transport in Italy
• List of airports in Italy
• List of companies of Italy

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alitalia

• Official website (Mobile)
• Alitalia Corporate
• Aviazione Civile: Thread "News flotta Alitalia-CAI" - Italian language - First post continuously updated with fleet composition

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