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brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 03:45 PM Oct 2021

Italy reveals its new national airline

CNN

(CNN) — They've long dominated the food and fashion worlds, this year they've dominated sports, and now they're aiming for the skies.

Italy's new national airline, ITA Airways, launched on Friday with a promise to bring pride back to its national flag carrier, after Alitalia, Italy's legacy airline, went bankrupt and ceased operations a day earlier.

Executives unveiled plans for the new network, airplanes, staffing and livery at a press conference livestreamed from Rome.

The first thing to know: everything will be centopercento italiano.

The new ITA Airways planes will be colored sky-blue, with staff wearing uniforms by top Italian designers.

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Italy reveals its new national airline (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2021 OP
Alitalia FirefighterJo Oct 2021 #1
"I am interested what Ita's acronym will be"... mitch96 Oct 2021 #2
That s the official one FirefighterJo Oct 2021 #4
Another one FirefighterJo Oct 2021 #5
How many do you want FirefighterJo Oct 2021 #7
SAS FirefighterJo Oct 2021 #8
A defunct Honduran airline, SAHSA nilram Oct 2021 #9
It officially means jmowreader Oct 2021 #11
It's a airline... qazplm135 Oct 2021 #3
It a airplane underpants Oct 2021 #6
I always heard it referred to as..... brooklynite Oct 2021 #12
Yes FirefighterJo Oct 2021 #14
TACA rso Oct 2021 #10
New one FirefighterJo Oct 2021 #13

FirefighterJo

(355 posts)
1. Alitalia
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 03:51 PM
Oct 2021

Was for us frequent travellers the acronym ’ArrivaL
In Tokyo, All Luggage In Amsterdam’, I am interested what Ita’s acronym will be

mitch96

(14,652 posts)
2. "I am interested what Ita's acronym will be"...
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 04:02 PM
Oct 2021
ITalian Airline? Anything else I can think of would probably get deleted..
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FirefighterJo

(355 posts)
4. That s the official one
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 04:19 PM
Oct 2021

I am awaiting the frequent traveler one... For instance... TWA is officially Trans World
Airlines. I didn't fly them but my mother flew them all the time... It became Try Walking Again 😉

FirefighterJo

(355 posts)
7. How many do you want
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 04:26 PM
Oct 2021

Frome my home... Sabena... Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation et Navigation Ariènne... Or... Such A Bad Experience Never Again

nilram

(2,978 posts)
9. A defunct Honduran airline, SAHSA
Sat Oct 16, 2021, 05:48 PM
Oct 2021

Servicio Aéreo de Honduras S.A.

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