Etihad, Alitalia boost codeshare flightsCodeshare partners Alitalia and Etihad Airways have announced an increase in direct Rome-Abu Dhabi services from four flights per week to five, in addition to an expansion of codeshare destinations for customers of each airline. E More… |
Alitalia begins direct Rome-Abu Dhabi serviceAlitalia, Italy’s flag carrier has begun direct services from Rome to Abu Dhabi with a celebratory flight to the UAE capital arriving last night. Flight AZ854 touched down at Abu Dhabi International Airport at 7.55pm local t More… |
Etihad, Alitalia to launch Rome-Abu Dhabi flightsEtihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, and Alitalia, Italy’s flag carrier, have announced the launch of direct Rome to Abu Dhabi flights, starting December 1. Subject to government approvals, Alitalia will op More… |
Alitalia, Etihad ink code share agreementAlitalia, a leading Italian airline has signed a codeshare agreement with UAE national airline Etihad Airways that will allow Etihad customers around the world to fly to two new Italian destinations - Rome and Naples. The code share agreem More… |
Emirates seeks more Italian airport slotsDubai's government-owned Emirates airline wants to sharply increase its flight slots at Italian airports, the government said, describing this as a move that could boost tourism to Italy from Asian and Gulf countries. Emirates, which h More… |
Alitalia scraps 40 flights over strikeAlitalia will cancel 40 flights on Wednesday because of a strike by a small union but not because of problems buying fuel for the near-bankrupt airline, an Alitalia spokesman said. Alitalia's bankruptcy commissioner has warned that Italy's More… |
Emirates denies Alitalia interestDubai airline Emirates has said it was not interested in taking part in a possible bid for Italy's struggling Alitalia. 'We are not interested,' a spokeswoman said. 'We are focused on our own organic growth.' Italian dailies Corri More… |
Alitalia agrees sale to Air France-KLMAlitalia has agreed to be bought by Air France-KLM, the world's biggest airline by revenues, in a deal valuing the near-bankrupt airline's equity at just 138 million euros -- far less than expected. The sale of the loss-making airline is a More… |
Emirates 'not bidding for any airline'Emirates is not bidding for any airline, a spokesman said after newspapers said the airline could be interested in buying Alitalia shares. Alitalia shares have been put on sale by Italy's Treasury. "We are not bidding for any airli More… |








