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Alitalia is the national airline of Italy. Its headquarters is in Rome, and Alitalia’s main base is Malpensa International Airport, Milan, with a hub at Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Rome. Presently, Alitalia serves 102 airports with 2960 flights per week. In India, Alitalia flies to Mumbai.
Alitalia came into being on September16, 1946 as Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali (popularly known as Alitalia). Alitalia started its operations on May 5, 1947 with the inaugural flight between Turin and Rome. It started its international operations in 1948, with flight between Milan and cities in South America. On October31, 1957 Alitalia merged with Linee Aeree Italiane and took on the name of Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane. In 1997, Alitalia set up a regional subsidiary Alitalia Express and in 2001 it became a member of the SkyTeam Alliance. In April 2004, Alitalia took over bankrupt regional airline Gandalf Airlines to gain additional slots at several European airports.
As of July 2005, Alitalia’s fleet consisted of 12 Airbus A319-100, 11 Airbus A320-200, 23 Airbus A321-100 , 13 Boeing 767-300, 10 Boeing 777-200, 5 McDonnell Douglas MD-11, and 72 McDonnell Douglas MD-82.