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> Alitalia was drowning in debt for years before the pandemic, but Francavilla said that the future is bright for ITA, calling the airline "right-sized" both in

• Animats 5y ago
  > Isn’t this just a rebranding of a restructuring? Yes. IAC Aircraft Painting has done one aircraft paint job for ITA, but most of the fleet will bear the old Alitalia logo for a while.[1] Big layoffs. Alitalia had around 10,000 employees; ITA will start with about 2,800. [1] https://www.italy24news.com/business/219410.html https://www.italy24news.com/business/219410.html
• bjohnson225 5y ago
  Alitalia went bankrupt so this is technically a new company that has purchased some Alitalia assets. The staff they hired were not all from Alitalia. I hope it’s a success and they’re able to grow because right now many Italy to Europe routes are served only by Ryanair (sure, they’re often cheap, but you get what you pay for).
  • mmarq 5y ago
    Alitalia used to be very expensive and much worse than Ryanair. Personnel was extremely rude and unprofessional, they were striking more often than not, they were as unreliable as EasyJet if not worse. I stopped using them when they destroyed my bag, I called the callcenter to get a refund and the operator told me, with a very thick regional accent, that they weren’t going to reimburse me and that if I weren’t happy about it I had to sue them.