ITA’s starting fleet

ITA’s starting fleet

by | Oct 18, 2021 | Airlines | 0 comments

Italians have a new airline, well a new name at least. This is what the fleet looks like at the start of the ITA Airways’ journey. All the aircraft listed are ex-Alitalia and should be delivered on October 21. As we can see several are parked and need to be...
The mess named South African Airways

The mess named South African Airways

by | Aug 26, 2021 | Airlines | 0 comments

We have shared the view before that, as a general rule, governments are better off staying out of the airlines business.  There are exceptions, but they are few and these few airlines are run, largely, on a commercial basis.  The poster children for state airline...
ITA’s starting fleet

ITA gets the go-ahead from Brussels

by | Jul 16, 2021 | Airlines | 0 comments

The Italian government has received approval from the European Commission to launch Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA), the successor to Alitalia. The new airline will commence services on October 15, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance has announced in a brief...