Alitalia operates flights to Italy from London Heathrow Airport.
Milan Linate (LIN) |
Rome Fiumicino (FCO) |
25 Mar 2009 |
Air France-KLM completes the purchase of a 25% stake in Alitalia. |
Aug 2008 |
Alitalia goes bankrupt. |
The word "Ali" means "wings" and "Italia" means "Italy".
11 Jun 2009 |
Maria Sacconi is appointed country manager for Alitalia for the Baltics, Ireland, the UK (United Kingdom) and Scandanavia. She replaces Maurizio Dello Monaco who is being transferred to Greece. Ms Sacconi has most recently worked as area manager for central Italy, but worked as UK general manager for Alitalia 6 years ago Ms Sacconi will be based in London. |
1969 |
Alitalia is the first airline in Europe to have only jets in its fleet. |
1960 |
Alitalia is the official airline for the Olympic Games in Rome. |
Oct 1957 |
Linee Aeree Italiane merges with Alitalia Airlines to form Airlines Linee Aeree Italiane. |
1950 |
Stewardesses perform duty for the first time on Alitalia flights. |
5 May 1947 |
Alitalia operates its first flight in a Fiat-G12 Alcione. |
Sep 1946 |
An airline called Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali is established, which would become known as Alitalia. |