Record traffic between Serbia and Montenegro

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Alitalia brand on sale

ITA will start flying on October 15 as Italy's new flag carrier, replacing a bankrupt Alitalia, but hardly anyone has heard of it. That's not the case for Alitalia - a storied brand, albeit tarnished by years of labour troubles, inefficiency and serial bankruptcies. Which is why the head of ITA Fabio Lazzerini (a former Alitalia man) plans to buy the brand in a tender the Italian government announced last week. ITA will be flying the old airline's aircraft, using many of its slots in Milan and Rome, and be staffed by the slimmed-down remnants of the old carrier's workforce. That's not the way ITA is being spun by Brussels and Rome. The European Commission determined last week that ITA and Alitalia are separate entities - so-called economic discontinuity. As a result, the new company is not liable for €900 million in illegal state aid received by its predecessor, which also allows Rome to inject €1.35 billion of fresh money into the new company. Just a few weeks before its maiden flight, search engine results for “ITA” bring up everything from the Italian Trade Agency to Amsterdam’s International Theatre. That makes the Alitalia brand crucial for the new company. ITA chief Lazzerini said he’d “do everything” to win the auction, which starts at €290 million. Only Ryanair publicly showed any interest - which it has since withdrawn. Industry figures say there’s been little appetite among competitors for the troubled brand, although reports say Italian ministerial officials are expecting some interest. Only companies “having a net worth … of not less than €200 million and holding air transport operating licenses or air operator certifications” are allowed to bid.
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Record traffic between Serbia and Montenegro

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Montenegro Airlines and Air Serbia have registered record numbers on flights between Belgrade, Podgorica and Tivat during the first three quarters of the year. According to Belgrade Airport, the two carriers handled a combined total of 411.674 passengers, an increase of 2.7% on last year. Montenegro Airlines continued to maintain an edge against its larger counterpart by welcoming 209.958 travellers on board its aircraft on flights between the two countries, compared to Air Serbia's 201.716 passengers. The two airlines are set to finalise a wide-ranging codeshare agreement in the coming weeks, which would see Montenegro Airlines boost its operations to Belgrade and place its flight numbers on over thirty of Air Serbia's destinations.

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Anonymous20:40
BEG-AUH, BEG-FCO and BEG-TXL will be amongst them for sure. But how will people from Crna Gora go to NYC if the flight leaves late from TGD and no connection from BEG to Amerika¿?
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