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Alitalia (Italy)
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| Founded | 22 August 2008 | |||
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| Commenced operations | 13 January 2009 | |||
| Hubs | Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport | |||
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| Frequent flyer program | MilleMiglia | |||
| Member lounge | Club Freccia Alata Welcome Air One Sky Team Elite |
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| Alliance | SkyTeam | |||
| Subsidiaries | Volare Airlines | |||
| Fleet size | 149 (+54 orders) | |||
| Destinations | 74 | |||
| Parent company | CAI (75%) Air France-KLM (25%) |
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| Headquarters | Rome, Italy | |||
| Key people | Roberto Colaninno (Chairman) Rocco Sabelli (CEO) |
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| Website | www.alitalia.com | |||
Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (Italian for Alitalia - Italian Air Company), operating as Alitalia, is an Italian airline, 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 Rome, Italy.[1] Their main hub is Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Rome.
Headquartered in Rome, it operates services to 25 domestic and 48 international destinations in 37 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. Alitalia is the world's 19th largest passenger airline by fleet size. Its fleet operates under five separate Air Operator Certificates: Alitalia-CAI (Alitalia) [IATA Code AZ], CAI-First (Alitalia Express) [IATA Code XM], CAI-Second (Volare) [IATA Code VE], Air One and Air One CityLiner [IATA Code AP].
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History
On 26 August 2008 a group of Italian entrepreneurs along with Intesa Sanpaolo, one of the major Italian banks, founded Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI) with the aim of buying the trademark and some of the assets of the bankrupt Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane and to merge these with Air One, another Italian carrier.
On 30 October 2008 CAI offered 1,100 million to acquire parts of the bankrupt airline. The offer was submitted to Alitalia's bankruptcy administrator despite refusal by some pilots and flight attendants' unions to agree to the rescue plan. The bankruptcy administrator and the Italian government, major shareholder of Alitalia, agreed to CAI's offer on 19 November 2008. Alitalia's profitable assets were transferred to CAI on 12 December 2008 after CAI paid 1.052 billion ($1.33 billion), consisting of 427 million in cash and the assumption of responsibility for 625 million in Alitalia debt. CAI then bought Air One as well and adopted the Alitalia trademark for the merged company.[2][3]
On 13 January 2009 the new Alitalia re-launched operations.
In January 2010, Alitalia celebrated its first birthday since the relaunch. It carried 22 million passengers in its first year of operations and hopes to increase this number in 2010.[4]
On 1 February 2010, it was announced that Alitalia crew will go on a four hour strike over wages. This was the first strike action for Alitalia since the relaunch. Alitalia said this is ok as it is only a four hour strike and the only strike for 13 months of operations and also said that the company is still making great progress and should break even by 2011.[5]
In February 2010, Alitalia announced that, starting from the summer season, it will use Air One as a "low-fare" airline, with operations based in Milan Malpensa, focused mainly on national and holiday international routes. With initially 5 airplanes (A320), and 10 by 2012, Alitalia hopes to carry 3 million passengers in 2012 from Milan Malpensa (compared to 1.5 in 2009), of which 2.4 million will be carried by the new Air One. The new website is flyairone.com, but the tickets are available from Alitalia.com aswell, starting at 25 one way[6].
On 12 January 2009 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.[7]
Finance and load factors
Alitalia revealed that their load factor for the first quarter of 2009 was 51%, around 20% lower than major carriers like Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa who all varied from 70-75%.
Second quarter results show Alitalia with an increase in load factors rising from 51% to 65%, a 14% increase.[8]
In the first quarter of 2009, Alitalia announced they had lost 210 million, but in the second quarter they said they had lost 63 million, which shows a decrease in losses.[9]
On 29 July 2009, Alitalia released financial report for their first 6 months of operations.[10] Alitalia is the largest domestic airline in Italy, and the third airline for international flights from/to Italy.[11]
In the second semester of 2009, a break-even situation was announced, with losses for 2009 therefore amounting to approximately 270 million euros, most accumulated in the first quarter of the year. The load factor was up to 74% in the summer season while the year average amounts to about 65%. Rocco Sabelli, the CEO, said that he expects an 'uphill struggle' for 2010 while a return to profit should be possible by 2011, in line with plans.[12]
Destinations
Alitalia serves 74 destinations, 25 domestic and 49 international, in 37 countries (at February 2010)[13]. The new Air One, now part of the Alitalia group, serves 1 new domestic and 2 new international destinations, during the summer only.
Fleet
Current
The Alitalia fleet (Including all 5 AOC's) consists of the following aircraft (at 1 March 2010):[14][15]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Options | Passengers (Business or Magnifica*/Economy) |
Notes | Livery |
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| Airbus A319-112 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 126 or 138 (variable C/Y seating) | 12 - Alitalia | |
| Airbus A320-214 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 165 (variable C/Y seating) or 180 (0/180) (Air One a/c) | 11 - Alitalia 2 - Air One |
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| Airbus A320-216 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 165 (variable C/Y seating) | Deliveries ongoing | 27 - Alitalia 8 - Air One |
| Airbus A321-112 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 187 or 200 (variable C/Y seating) | 23 - Alitalia | |
| Airbus A330-202 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 275 (20/255) | 2- Air One | |
| Airbus A330-203 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 239 (38/201) | First two airplanes arriving June 2010 | Alitalia |
| Airbus A350-800 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 287 (??/???) | Entry into service: 2014 | Alitalia |
| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 148 (0/148) | Replacement aircraft: Airbus A320 | 1 - Air One |
| Boeing 737-400 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 162 (0/162) | Replacement aircraft: Airbus A320 | 12 - Air One |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 6 | 0 | 0 | 232 (20/212) | To be replaced (2011 or 2012) | 5 - Alitalia 1 - SkyTeam |
| Boeing 777-200ER | 10 | 0 | 0 | 291 (42/249) | 4 leased from GECAS | 10 - Alitalia |
| Bombardier CRJ-900 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 90 (0/90) | 10 - Air One CityLiner | |
| Embraer E-170 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 72 (0/72) | 6 - Alitalia Express | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 141 (variable C/Y seating) 164 (0/164) |
Being phased out Replacement aircraft: Airbus A320 |
19 - Alitalia |
| Total | 149 | 54 | 45 | Last updated: 1 March 2010 | 107 - Alitalia 1 - SkyTeam 6 - Alitalia Express 25 - Air One 10 - Air One CityLiner |
*Note: Magnifica is the name of the Business Class offered on wide-body aircraft
- On 17 March 2009, Alitalia received its first new aircraft since the merger with Air One, the aircraft was an Airbus A320-216 (EI-DTB).
- In May 2009, Alitalia painted one of their Boeing 767-300ER (EI-DBP) in a special SkyTeam livery.
- All A320 aircraft and soon all A319 and A321's were refitted with new "slim" Recaro seats, allowing to add two rows of seats in each case, without affecting legroom.[16] There seems to be PTV installed, but not fully functional yet.
Club Magnifica enhancement
In November 2009, Alitalia began to upgrade their Club Magnifica class on all aircraft. The upgrade consists of:
- New catering (regionally focused, including a new selected wine and spumante list which changes every month and in consultation with Italian Sommelier Association)
- New blankets / duvets / cushions / linens by Frette
- New amenity kits by Culti
- New china by Richard Ginori
The upgrade is initally only fully available on selected routes for North America, in parts on other routes.
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An Alitalia Airbus A319-112 landing at London Heathrow Airport, England. (2007) |
An Alitalia Airbus A320-214 takes off from London Heathrow Airport, England. (2007) |
An Air One Airbus A320-216 taxiing at Berlin Tegel Airport, Germany. (2008) |
An Alitalia Airbus A321-112 landing at London Heathrow Airport, England. (2007) |
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An Air One Boeing 737-400 taxiing Madrid Barajas Airport, Spain. (2006) |
An Alitalia Boeing 767-300ER in a hangar. (2006) |
An Alitalia Boeing 777-200ER docked at Tokyo Narita Airport, Japan. (2006) |
An Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-82 taxiing at Ruzyn Airport, Czech Republic. (2005) |
MilleMiglia
The airline's frequent flyer program is named "MilleMiglia", and is part of the SkyTeam alliance program, allowing passengers to collect miles and redeem them with free tickets across the whole alliance. 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.[17]
Incidents and accidents
Listed here are incidents since relaunch of operations of Alitalia on 13 January 2009.
- On 15 January 2010, Alitalia Flight 60, a Boeing 767-300ER, damaged its plastic bumper covering on the aircraft's tail skid whilst taking off from New York City's John F Kennedy International Airport. The incident was reported to ATC by Delta Air Lines pilots who then passed the information on to the Alitalia pilots. The Alitalia pilots decided to circle JFK for 1 hour to burn off enough fuel to make a safe emergency landing. The FAA said that the aircraft did not over rotate and that the passengers were never at any risk. They are continuing to investigate the incident.[18]
- 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.[19]
References
- ^ "E.T.L. CONSORTIUN (EUROPEAN TRANSPORT LAW)." Alitalia. Retrieved on 11 October 2009.
- ^ CAI - integration of Alitalia and Air One
- ^ The problems of the old Alitalia LAI + CAI's offers
- ^ Alitalia passengers 2009
- ^ Alitalia crew go on 4 hour strike over wages
- ^ Air One plans from Milan Malpensa, 3 million pax by 2012
- ^ "Air France-KLM buys 25% of Alitalia". Financial Times. 12/01/09. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/776c5c2c-e0ce-11dd-b0e8-000077b07658.html.
- ^ Alitalia Financial Report and quarterly load factors
- ^ Alitalia losses for 1st and 2nd trimester 2009
- ^ Alitalia Press Release Finance Report (first 6 months)
- ^ Alitalia - Top domestic airline, third internationally
- ^ Alitalia expects 270mln loss for 2009
- ^ Alitalia Destinations Map
- ^ Alitalia Fleet
- ^ Air One Fleet
- ^ Airline news, includes Alitalia refitting of planes
- ^ Alitalia's Mille Miglia program
- ^ Alitalia jet damages plastic bumper
- ^ Alitalia flight makes emergency landing due to bomb threat
External links
- Official website
- Aviazione Civile: Thread "News flotta Alitalia-CAI" - Italian language - First post continously updated with fleet composition
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