As Italy plans to establish a new airline, ITA, to be its flag carrier, the EU Competition Commissioner warns to seek independence from the ailing Alitalia....
Air Italy abruptly declared bankruptcy in February 2020, after alleged conflicts between its investors. Now, however, the airline has applied to continue to serve the United States market....
While Flybe bankruptcy came as a surprise to many, the regional carrier is joining a list that is getting less and less surprising, as many more carriers have announced their bankruptcy since 2019....
Qatar Airways increases its stake and now owns 25.1% of International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of multiple European carriers including British Airways and Iberia. ...
With the backing of Qatar Airways, the growth plans of Air Italy were very ambitious. However, the airline has reportedly hit a financial wall, which requires more cash to climb over to keep operating....
While the plans to grow were more than ambitious when Air Italy announced its rebranding from Meridiana, the carrier has reportedly hit a wall: a shareholders meeting will decide the future of the airline....
Air Italy and Oman Air announced a curious codeshare partnership. Amidst the new destinations available to Oman Air passengers, two US cities are present. Is the new agreement a demonstration of soft power?...
The national carrier of Iran, Iran Air, announced the return of a route between Tehran and Rome at the beginning of December 2019. Earlier in the month, Italy banned Mahan Air, another Iranian carrier, from its airspace following diplomatic pressure from the United States....
In the long-lasting trade conflict between the United States legacy carriers and the Gulf big trio, some U.S. airlines are stepping up to advocate for Qatar Airways, arguing that government interference might cause retaliation, which could seriously harm their own expansion plans to Europe....
When Air Italy, the country’s second largest airline, announced early in December 2018, its plans to launch flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco, U.S. legacy carriers responded in outrage. What they see behind the small Italian carrier, formerly known as Meridiana, is the guiding hand of Qatar Airways, Air Italy’s current co-owner. Although Qatar has been investing into a range of foreign airlines for years now (most recently &min...
_-_qatar_airways_(a7-bai)_crop.jpg "Qatar Airways backed by US airlines before country’s government")
