Alitalia, the once top tier Italian airline has gone into closure. What will happen to the Italian airline industry in the coming years? Ice711 discord server: / discord Insta: / ice711yt
I have flown Alitalia a few times in my life(back when i was a kid). All i could say is that, from what I remember) is even tho the cabin crew were great, the core product/experience kinda lacked personality. Which is sad cus Italy has so much history, buildings and cultural aspect that the Italian airlines could've played in on to kinda make it feel like you are in Italy already. I just hope ITA has more going for them.
I'd argue HSR has influenced the closure of Alitalia, since it is way too popular for them to keep up in regional flights, and COVID killed international travel
Alitalia hadn't come to Australia in many years, I think Emirates flew part of the way for them. I flew them twice Melbourne to Rome to Trieste return in '85 and'90 and even as someone who knew nothing of air travel, I wasn't impressed by the experience. Strange they stopped flying here so long ago as there were so many people who moved here from Italy - that's the only reason I flew Alitalia, because my Italian mother wanted an Italian speaking airline 🤷🏻♀️
Another factor hat contributed to Alitalia’s problems was the trains, to travel from Milan to Naples you’d rather take the high speed trains and get there in only 5 hours for a cheap cost, because of this local flights became less and less profitable
Also, don’t forget that a large chunk of Alitalia’s revenue came from local flights. And since that Italy invested pretty heavily on High-Speed Rail, it became way more convenient to travel by train rather than with Alitalia. For example, going from Rome to Milan takes only 3 hrs from centre to centre, meanwhile if you wanted to fly with Alitalia you had to go to Fiumicino and then fly to either Malpensa or Linate. And it just wasn’t worth the time or the money spent.
i flew ITA to and from rome-france when i was in europe on their a320neos. honestly a pretty great airline. never got the chance to fly alitalia but ITA (other than their long check in lines at roma-fiumicino) is definitely a solid step forward.
In 2020 me and my family were going to go to Italy in vacation, but it was only until early 2023 when they gave us the vouchers and we rescheduled to this winter break(summer break in north hemisphere) with ITA Airways. Had a fun time in south Italy and rome
I’m Italian and I loved flying Alitalia (it was my favorite airline), I sincerely think like that Alitalia is in some way ITA Airways’s father that passed away.
I reciently went to Roma (italy's capital) and on the Fiumiccimo Airpot, there are some Alitalia planes that are not painted with the ITA design for the moment, and also, when I was of the first going back flight (since my flight was made with one scale), one of that planes were behind my flight.
One thing you missed: ITA Airways doesn't need the Boeing 777 anymore. Instead, they focus to operating all Airbus fleet, which include newly Airbus A350 and Airbus A330-900. However, the old Airbus A330-200 will be slowly replaced by Airbus A330-900. Also, i heard some news that Lufthansa group will takeover ITA Airways from Italian government once the stake deal is finalised.
For those who don’t have a lot of time -ita is new Italian airline -Alitalia faced big competition from foreign airlines in Italy -the pandemic slowed business so they were even more broke -Alitalia was always late for arrival and departure -ita is different because it’s run by government unlike Alitalia -ita has more money put into it -ita has newer aircraft
2:04 so true lol. Actually they were a good airline tbh they had the world's first jetliner the De Havilland Comet they were such a good airline right? What are your thoughts on this incident Ice?
Also, Alitalia then and ITA now, register their planes in Ireland, because in Italy there are lots of taxes. I know because I was born there and lived some time. So you will see not so many I registered planes. I think that there are more EI registered.
“ALITALIA” Italian Air ; a hellish tale “Bon Giono” had been practiced, forever and a day, I really had perfected it for my Italian stay. With my tickets in a safe place and my lodgings all worked out. The countdown to departure was now over, bar the shout. With trepidations all abated, to the airport I did ride. And on arrival felt elated for my life’s dream gratified. My seat was in the back row, but this I did not mind, It’s only that the seat was fixed, and I could not recline. So, squeezed into my little space, I quickly looked around. In the hope of seeing if a spare seat could be found. With my thighs held tight together and my arms pressed to my chest, my ample fat kept spreading, finding nooks in which to rest. The trip was a disaster, unbelievable it would seem to someone who was not there, an incredible comedy scene. A drunk threw up all over me, a bag fell on my head, an elderly passenger was attacked, I thought that he was dead They ran out of meals, so it would seem. Thick smoke hung round like smog. Rude cabin staff seemed unconcerned, poor treatment for a dog. The toilets were disgusting, the service much the same. But Alitalia deny all this and find someone else to blame. You’d think that, that was all there was , unfortunately it’s not and if you’ve time to hear some more, I’ll explain to you the lot. Ive been to court and that is all us average folk can do. Unless you have big dollars, their motto is ‘screw you’ My compensation was a discount if I would fly first class But this my friends, you’d all agree was given a big PASS
According to that map, Italy is the MOST popular country in Europe 😂🫶🏻🔝😍 🇮🇹 I miss Alitalia so much 😢 only got one chance to fly with it way back in 2014…
I flew Alitalia from Milan to Geneva. It was an economy ticket but the whole plane was configured as business class. The food, drinks and service was incredible. Later I had to take a flight from London to Bari. I could only fly Ryanair, and guess what it was not only a rubbish flight but it took advantage and charged a fortune for the flight (about 300 pounds return, expensive even by Alitalia standards). Now Easyjet and Ryanair are basically the only choices you have. And they usually are not cheap (unless you want to fly out a 4am in the morning from Gatwick or Stansted). It seems now that Easyjet and Ryanair are the only airlines offering many internal flights in the EU, not just those from the UK. It seems that the EU is only working for the so-called cheap airlines. They think they are promoting competition; they aren't they are just creating new, and even more exploitative, monopolies.
update: after 2 years from when alitalia died, i still see some a320s with alitalia livery, they are so lazy that they won't even repaint the planes. I say this as an italian, the planes are cool and the livery is cool but they still have outadet planes
