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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 Only Ryanair publicly showed any interest - which it has since withdrawn.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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Trending in August

The following are the ten most read articles on EX-YU Aviation News throughout August according to accumulated statistics.

1. easyJet to end number of EX-YU routes
2. Inside Belgrade Airport's multi million euro transformation

3. Wizz Air suspends more EX-YU routes

4. Croatia Airlines to cancel A320neo order

5. Ryanair launching new Banja Luka and Pula service

6. Wizz Air delays Belgrade expansion until 2021
7. Aegean Airlines pulls out of three EX-YU markets
8. British Airways, easyJet to suspend over twenty Croatia routes

9. State to assist Air Serbia with Etihad Partners debt

10. Etihad Partners reject Air Serbia loan reduction proposal

The three most read trip reports in August:

1. Air Serbia: Belgrade - Zurich
2. Flydubai: Dubai - Belgrade
3. Air Serbia: Frankfurt - Belgrade

The most popular vintage photo published in August:

JAT B727 preparing for flight to Athens, Dubrovnik Airport, 1987

The most visitors by country:

1. Serbia
2. United Kingdom
3. Slovenia

4. Croatia
5. United States
6. Germany
7. Bosnia and Herzegovina
8. Macedonia
9. Switzerland
10. Canada
11. Australia

12. United Arab Emirates
13. Sweden
14. Montenegro
15. Austria

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Anonymous16:25
Interesting to see Montenegro on the list. Don't think I've noticed them before in the top 15 :D
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Anonymous18:04
im glad there is no Finland in the Top15
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