Talk:Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane

message: The airline information seems to be completely out of chronology, and someone should probably try to make everything in order, and perhaps all under "History".
NagamasaAzai (talk) 01:07, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More Chronology?

message: This sentence: While more money may be needed in early 2005, the airline seems to have avoided the threat of bankruptcy.
is out of date.  Can anyone update the article? :: Salvo (talk) 04:12, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Update?

message: Alitalia has evolved into a budget airline and operates in Europe as such. Cheap fares, lack of customer services and no real food served on the planes all form the characteristics of a budget carrier.Kalpha 08:45, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a matter of whether passengers consider them a budget airline, it is whether they are modeled as a low-fare carrier. Unless you have evidence to this, they will not be listed as such in the article. Dbinder 14:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Like I said, the quality of service is not a factor. Low-fare airlines have simplified fleets, an emphasis on point-to-point over hub-and-spoke flights, a simplified fare structure, and a number of other characteristics that Alitalia doesn't have. Iberia's service isn't any better (I found it worse), but they aren't a low-fare airline either. Dbinder 09:35, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Alitalia is certainly NOT a budget/low-fare carrier. They are the national/legacy carrier for Italy and neither their fare nor route structure resemble that of a budget carrier. As a sidenote, all Alitalia flight attendants wear uniforms provided by Armani...that alone should tell you they are not a budget airline. Kalpha obviously takes issue with Alitalia and their service, which is fine, but doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Thedjb 17:41, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

text: I confirm that Alitalia is a full fare airline: flies long range, has the usual full fare ticket structure, and operates connections hub-and-spoke; as for no food being served in economy... you didn't really travel on any other full fare airline in Europe recently, did you ? --Raistlin 10:24, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alitalia is a budget airline 

message: I have restored the complaints and lawsuits section. Someone removed most of the content without any discussion. It is well documented on the web and should remain in this article. Please discuss major changes here in the future.--Kalpha 13:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I loudly disagree with your vision. This is an encyclopedia: stating an airline has some complaints and lawsuits (as all other airlines) is all but encyclopedical. Moreover, stating it is not reputable or infamous for something, is just your personal opinion. Take a look at Wikipedia's policies. --Fertuno 11:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Complaints and lawsuits 

message: I restored the livery section.  I know its a stub, and it doesn't provide much information, but especially with an airline as old as Alitalia a livery section is an important piece of history.  I don't have the knowledge to expand it, but I'm leaving it in there to suggest it to be added. —Cliffb 04:40, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Livery Section 

message: I would just like to point out that a user has established that Venice Marco Polo International Airport in Venice is Alitalia's third hub. I have permitted myself to correct the error, because the airline's primary hubs are Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa (and in the near future, Rome Fiumicino is destined to be the airline's sole).
The fact that Alitalia operates several flights in and out of Venice does not mean that the city serves as a hub for the airline. Furthermore, it is not we who establish whether a city/airport is a hub or a focus city, rather the airline itself.  Radarino (talk) 08:45, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hubs and focus cities 

message: the sukhoi superjets page says alitalia placed orders...can anyone confirm this?Duhhitsminerva (talk) 23:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the orders for Sukhoi jets were from the airline ItAli. 80.176.88.21 (talk) 17:24, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  sukhoi superjets 

message: The airline is now to be renationalised and renamed, possibly to Alitalia-TAI. The article for the "new" Alitalias will therefore include Alitalia-CAI, SAI and TAI, which seems a bit arbitrary. There is no longer any clear distinction between an "old" pre-2009 and "new" post-2009 Alitalia, just a series of reorganizations and restructuring, where each time the brand, public perception, staff, fleet, website etc were all carried over to the "new" airline. Therefore I propose that this article be remerged with the main Alitalia article, which should cover the airline's entire history from the 1940s to today. I will start work on this soon (perhaps a draft) if there are no objections. Speed74 (talk) 04:30, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Update: I'm going to start work on a draft ASAP and I'll start a formal merge request (including tag at the top of Alitalia and Alitalia-LAI articles) once it's ready. Speed74 (talk) 03:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree. Chesipiero (talk) 15:20, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

text: Sorry to say it, but this project is currently on hold until it becomes clearer what form the relaunched Alitalia will take. The relaunch has been delayed somewhat and the situation isn't clear at present. 109.158.244.145 (talk) 06:54, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I forgot to log in. The above comment was left by me. Speed74 (talk) 06:55, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree with the merger. To be honest, I'm here because I wanted do the same request. The page "Alitalia" should talk about the airline (so, the brand) and not the owner. I rewrote the page in the Italian Wikipedia a couple of years ago. However we made a page about the "History of Alitalia". This page should talk about ":it:Linee Aree Italiane", the airline which existed before Alitalia. I think also here we can take inspiration about it.wiki, if you agree. Even if the future is unclear, the page should be merged and then update. --Wind of freedom (talk) 03:01, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I was originally planning to clean up the article in mostly minor ways at the same time as merging it, but maybe it would be better to messily merge it without changing anything first, and then clean up the newly merged article. In the new year I will think about what to do and maybe start a formal merge request, if no one else has taken charge. Speed74 (talk) 12:15, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-merge with Alitalia