Milan Linate (LIN)
3 daily

Rome Fiumicino (FCO)
4 daily

25 Mar 2009

Air France-KLM completes the purchase of a 25% stake in Alitalia.

Aug 2008

Alitalia goes bankrupt.

11 Jun 2009

Maria Sacconi is appointed country manager for Alitalia for the Baltics, Ireland, the UK (United Kingdom) and Scandanavia. She replaces Maurizio Dello Monaco who is being transferred to Greece. Ms Sacconi has most recently worked as area manager for central Italy, but worked as UK general manager for Alitalia 6 years ago Ms Sacconi will be based in London.

1969

Alitalia is the first airline in Europe to have only jets in its fleet.

1960

Alitalia is the official airline for the Olympic Games in Rome.

Oct 1957

Linee Aeree Italiane merges with Alitalia Airlines to form Airlines Linee Aeree Italiane.

1950

Stewardesses perform duty for the first time on Alitalia flights.

5 May 1947

Alitalia operates its first flight in a Fiat-G12 Alcione.

Sep 1946

An airline called Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali is established, which would become known as Alitalia.