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Alitalia, welcome to ITA.
The Italian airline, in great financial difficulty for several years, will cease all its operations on October 14th.
The next day, the public company Italia Trasporto Aereo will take over from the historical operator founded in 1946. It will start with a fleet of 52 aircraft, including seven long-haul aircraft, and will take over a large part of the Alitalia network. .
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As of Wednesday August 25, Alitalia no longer sells tickets for flights from October 15.
Travelers with a ticket for a flight scheduled after this date, whose number begins with 055, have several options detailed on the Alitalia website: changing the ticket before October 14 or having it refunded in full.
Nearly 250,000 travelers would be affected, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere
Della Sera
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Opening of sales at ITA
For travel from October 15, it is necessary to make a new reservation with ITA. Its website, temporary and with limited functionality for the moment, is available in Italian and English. The company will, for example, provide two daily round trips between the French and Italian capitals, with departures from Paris-CDG at 11:35 and 18:10 and departures from Rome-Fiumicino at 8:35 and 15:10. In 2025, ITA plans to serve 74 destinations through 89 lines departing from its bases in Milan-Linate and Rome-Fiumicino.