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 […]
Category: ITA – Italia Trasporti Aereo
ITA Launches Volare With 10,000 Bonus Points & Status Match Offer
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
The “new” Italian airline ITA that started its operations on Friday and will soon take the name of Alitalia after buying the brand and the website for 90 million euros has now launched its Volare frequent flier program. Volare members can earn 10,000 bonus points by joining the program by November 15, 2021, and taking […]
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, […]
ITA Tickets Now Available For Purchase
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
ITA – Italia Trasporto Aereo tickets have become available for purchase from today for travel on or after October 15, 2021. The tickets sold between now and October 14, 2021, are ticketed by the old Alitalia using the 055 ticket stock. ITA is supposed to have its own ticketing capability from October 15. You can […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]