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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.) 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)) |
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Alliance | SkyTeam | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Alitalia CityLiner | ||||||
Fleet size | 102 | ||||||
Destinations | 97 (April 2016) | ||||||
Company slogan | Vivi, ama, vola... | ||||||
Parent company | Compagnia Aerea Italiana (51%) | ||||||
Headquarters | Fiumicino, Rome, Italy | ||||||
Key people |
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Chairman Cramer Ball, CEO |
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Revenue | €3,594 million (2012) | ||||||
Operating income | -€119 million (2012) | ||||||
Net income | -€280 million (2012) | ||||||
Employees | 14,036 (3 March 2014) | ||||||
Website | alitalia.com |
Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana (Alitalia – Italian Air Company), operating as Alitalia (Italian: [aliˈtaːlja]), is the flag carrier of Italy. The company has its head office in Fiumicino, Rome, Italy. Its main hub is Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome, and a secondary is Linate Airport, Milan. Other focus airports are Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, Milan-Malpensa Airport, Palermo Airport, Turin Airport and Venice Marco Polo Airport. In 2014, it was the eleventh-largest airline in Europe. The name "Alitalia" is an Italian portmanteau of the words ali (wings), and Italia (Italy).
On 2 May 2017, the airline filed for bankruptcy.
In 2008, a group of investors formed the "Compagnia Aerea Italiana" (CAI) consortium to buy the bankrupt Alitalia – Linee Aeree Italiane ("old" Alitalia) and to merge these with Air One, another bankrupt Italian carrier.
On 30 October 2008, CAI offered €1 billion to acquire parts of the bankrupt airline, amidst pilots' and flight crew members' opposition to labour agreements. 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 the majority shareholder of the bankrupt airline. Alitalia's profitable assets were transferred to CAI on 12 December 2008 after CAI paid €1052 million, consisting of €427 million in cash and the assumption of responsibility for €625 million in Alitalia debt.