Split Airport handles millionth passenger

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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 Only Ryanair publicly showed any interest - which it has since withdrawn.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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Split Airport handles millionth passenger

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Split Airport handled its millionth passenger of the year in August by welcoming 494.240 travellers during the month. Over the January - August period, the airport processed 1.034.526 travellers, down 58.6% on the pre-pandemic 2019. Split is currently Croatia’s busiest airport and the first to surpass the million passenger mark in the country this year. Over the eight-month period, the most capacity out of Split was offered to Zagreb, followed by Amsterdam and Frankfurt. Croatia Airlines was the biggest carrier, offering 261.378 seats, followed by easyJet with 248.934 and Eurowings with 98.244 seats.

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Anonymous16:07
Bravo Hrvatska!
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Anonymous18:01
SPU-ZAG number will rise once Ryanair starts flying domestic in Croatia.
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