The
first flight Ita AZ 1637 Milan Linate-Bari
landed at 7.35 am
.
On the runway of the Bari-Palese airport the baptism of the new company whose operators, on the aircraft, still wear the Alitalia uniform.
There were 60 passengers on board the Ita flight.
The same aircraft left for Linate at 8.30 with 98 passengers.
Instead, the first Ita flight (AZ2016) left Fiumicino airport took off at 8 am on time for Milan Linate, with 37 passengers on board. The D-day of the NewCo led by the executive president, Alfredo Altavilla, who just yesterday, at the conclusion of the public offer procedure, was awarded the Alitalia Spa brand and the domain www.Alitalia.com for a value of 90 million euros, marks the handover between Alitalia, which ceased to exist yesterday with the arrival just before 11.30pm at Leonardo da Vinci of the last flight from Cagliari (Az1586), and Ita born from the ashes of the first after a long negotiation with the European Union. Even if the NewCo actually takes the place of Alitalia, the European Commission has nevertheless requested a strong discontinuity between the two companies.
Among the 37 passengers who left this morning at 8 from Fiumicino to Milan Linate with the first Ita flight operated from the Roman airport to the Lombard capital, there was also Andrea Ballini, a young Milanese boy who arrived in Rome from Cagliari last night with the last flight Alitalia. "It was my desire yesterday to take the last flight of the old airline and then return home today with the new one and so it was. Yesterday we certainly experienced a moment of profound sadness. Today, however, also marks the The beginning of a new era. I therefore wish NewCo to have a bright future. I also hope - he added - that the situation of the old Alitalia staff who was excluded will be resolved and that everything can therefore be concluded happily also for who was left without work "."I have always traveled with Alitalia both on national routes, mainly on the Rome-Milan, but also on European and international routes. Knowing that I no longer have a national airline, or almost - commented Federico Tota, from Rome - saddens me. I think this is a sentiment shared by many other Italians as well. We now hope that the new company will be managed well. The conditions are good. Arriving at the airport, starting from check-in and up to the gate, I noticed with great amazement that everything already seems very well run-in. It seems, in fact, that Ita has always been there and this bodes well. The NewCo has also acquired the Alitalia brand. In short, more or less everything has remained as it was. Of course, the company it has changed. However, it is nice to see that something is starting up again. "I have always traveled with Alitalia both on national routes, mainly on the Rome-Milan, but also on European and international routes. Knowing that I no longer have a national airline, or almost - commented Federico Tota, from Rome - saddens me. I think this is a sentiment also shared by many other Italians. We now hope that the new company will be managed well. The premises I would say are good. Arriving at the airport, starting from check-in and up to the gate, I noticed with great amazement that everything already seems very well run-in. It seems, in fact, that Ita has always been there and this bodes well. The NewCo has also acquired the Alitalia brand. In short, more or less, everything remained as it was. Sure, the company has changed. However, it is nice to see that something is starting up again ".I have always traveled with Alitalia both on national routes, mainly on the Rome-Milan, but also on European and international routes. Knowing that I no longer have a national airline, or almost - commented Federico Tota, from Rome - saddens me. I think this is a sentiment also shared by many other Italians. We now hope that the new company will be managed well. The premises I would say are good. Arriving at the airport, starting from check-in and up to the gate, I noticed with great amazement that everything already seems very well run-in. It seems, in fact, that Ita has always been there and this bodes well. The NewCo has also acquired the Alitalia brand. In short, more or less, everything remained as it was. Sure, the company has changed. However, it is nice to see that something is starting up again ".mainly on the Rome-Milan, but also on European and international routes. Knowing that I no longer have a national airline, or almost - commented Federico Tota, from Rome - saddens me. I think this is a sentiment also shared by many other Italians. We now hope that the new company will be managed well. The premises I would say are good. Arriving at the airport, starting from check-in and up to the gate, I noticed with great amazement that everything already seems very well run-in. It seems, in fact, that Ita has always been there and this bodes well. The NewCo has also acquired the Alitalia brand. In short, more or less, everything remained as it was. Sure, the company has changed. However, it is nice to see that something is starting up again ".mainly on the Rome-Milan, but also on European and international routes. Knowing that I no longer have a national airline, or almost - commented Federico Tota, from Rome - saddens me. I think this is a sentiment also shared by many other Italians. We now hope that the new company will be managed well. The premises I would say are good. Arriving at the airport, starting from check-in and up to the gate, I noticed with great amazement that everything already seems very well run-in. It seems, in fact, that Ita has always been there and this bodes well. The NewCo has also acquired the Alitalia brand. In short, more or less, everything remained as it was. Sure, the company has changed. However, it is nice to see that something is starting up again ".Knowing that I no longer have a national airline, or almost - commented Federico Tota, from Rome - saddens me. I think this is a sentiment also shared by many other Italians. We now hope that the new company will be managed well. The premises I would say are good. Arriving at the airport, starting from check-in and up to the gate, I noticed with great amazement that everything already seems very well run-in. It seems, in fact, that Ita has always been there and this bodes well. The NewCo has also acquired the Alitalia brand. In short, more or less, everything remained as it was. Sure, the company has changed. However, it is nice to see that something is starting up again ".Knowing that I no longer have a national airline, or almost - commented Federico Tota, from Rome - saddens me. I think this is a sentiment also shared by many other Italians. We now hope that the new company will be managed well. The premises I would say are good. Arriving at the airport, starting from check-in and up to the gate, I noticed with great amazement that everything already seems very well run-in. It seems, in fact, that Ita has always been there and this bodes well. The NewCo has also acquired the Alitalia brand. In short, more or less, everything remained as it was. Sure, the company has changed. However, it is nice to see that something is starting up again ".We now hope that the new company will be managed well. The premises I would say are good. Arriving at the airport, starting from check-in and up to the gate, I noticed with great amazement that everything already seems very well run-in. It seems, in fact, that Ita has always been there and this bodes well. The NewCo has also acquired the Alitalia brand. In short, more or less, everything remained as it was. Sure, the company has changed. 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