Kuwait Airways to launch Sarajevo flights

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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 Only Ryanair publicly showed any interest - which it has since withdrawn.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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Kuwait Airways to launch Sarajevo flights

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Kuwait Airways will launch a new seasonal service between Kuwait City and Sarajevo this summer season. The airline plans to run two weekly flights from the Kuwaiti capital to Sarajevo starting July 3, each Wednesday and Saturday, with the Airbus A320neo aircraft. The flights, originally planned to commence last year, will be maintained until August 28. The service is aimed at Kuwaiti tourists visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kuwait City is Sarajevo Airport’s busiest unserved route with over 23.000 passengers flying indirectly between the two cities in 2019. Further flight details can be found here.

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Anonymous16:39
Bravo Sarajevo
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Yogi Po21:57
Sarajevo Airport is on fire this year. Hopefully they will these routes will gather more routes to new destination. This can be very good for tourism in B&H.
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