Wizz Air to launch new Croatia 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 Only Ryanair publicly showed any interest - which it has since withdrawn.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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Wizz Air to launch new Croatia flights

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Wizz Air will launch new seasonal flights from Vienna to both Split and Dubrovnik. Services will commence on July 16 and July 18 respectively, and run twice per week until late September. At the same time, Wizz has shelved its planned new service from Oslo to Split after downsizing its operations from the Norwegian capital. Further flight details for the new Vienna - Split service can be found here, while additional information for the Dubrovnik flights can be viewed here.

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Anonymous15:12
Another slap to OS-OU tandem
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Anonymous18:20
.........And then cancel them at the last minute.
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Anonymous20:27
Oh finally!

Hopefully soon 100 EUR return insted of outrageous 350 EUR return with OS and OU!

Just a big shame this is just for 2.5 months...
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