ITA Airways Join SkyTeam

Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby

ITA Airways that was born from the ashes of Alitalia has today joined the SkyTeam alliance. ITA Airways has already launched its frequent-flier program (read more here) that offers status matches from most programs. The airline has also purchased the name of Alitalia and Alitalia’s website addresses. MilleMiglia, Alitalia’s frequent flier program, is not yet […]

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ITA – Italia Transport Aero Starts Flying Today & Buys Alitalia Brand For 90 Million Euros

Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby

You can only be amused of the news coming out of Italy surrounding the end of the Alitalia that had its last flight on Thursday and the new ITA – Italia Transport Aero that begins flying today. ITA that will soon be called Alitalia, after purchasing the name and internet domain for 90 million euros, […]

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Alitalia Refunds Paid & Award Tickets

Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby

Alitalia will stop selling flights past October 14, 2021, from midnight tonight, and the new airline, ITA – Italia Trasporto Aereo, will begin selling flights on August 26 for travel from October 15, 2021. Existing Alitalia ticket holders will see their revenue and award tickets canceled if travel is not completed by October 14, 2021. […]

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ITA Cleared To Fly – May Rent Alitalia Brand

Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby

Today, Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) received an air operator certificate from Italy’s air regulator ENAC that cleared the airline to take off on October 15, 2021. ITA is becoming the new “flag” carrier of Italy, while the parts of Alitalia are auctioned off. According to the Italian press, the new ITA may end up licensing […]

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Alitalia Operations To End October 14 & Italia Trasporti Aereo (ITA) Begins October 15, 2021

Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby

There has been more information coming out of Italy and Brussels on how the Italian government plans to end the current misery of the loss-making Alitalia, which has been in administration since 2017, and form a new “national” airline of Italia Trasporti Aereo (ITA). Brussels has given the green light for Italy to fund the […]

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