This is the well known airlines in Italia. At the history, Alitalia original name was Aeroline Italiane Internazionali. It is created in 1946 and started operating in 1947. It has the office center at Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Rome. This commercial airline also joined some alliance like SkyTeam and Trans-Atlantic Joint Venture which was created by Air France. Besides joining some alliances which help the company growth, Alitalia Airlines service some routes abroad and regional route.
At the first time it was created, the operational service just started on 5 May 1947 which covered by Fiat G-12 aircraft. This aircraft served the airline service from Torino to Rome and Catania. The interesting fact here is, Alitalia Airlines started their official International airlines service on July at the same year. The destination was to Oslo, Sweden by using Savoia Marchetti SM 95 and delivers 38 people only.
In 1950, the cabin crew of this commercial airplane has an innovation of their uniform. The uniform that was designed by Sorelle Fontana at the first time was successfully got a good reputation from the passengers’ satisfaction. At the same decade, this airlines add the new aircraft called Douglas DC-4. Linee Aeree Italiane finally merged to Alitalia and this combination makes the Alitalia’s aircrafts become more vary and also had some additional employee. At this time the maximum route that Alitalia able to reach is up to 100.000 km. This makes an improvement in their world rank from 20 become 12.
In 1960s, this commercial airline is appointed by the government to be an official partner to support Rome Olympiad 1960. Finally, this agreement made Alitalia Airlines more successful. They quickly increase the amount of passengers and successfully carry over than 1 million passengers at the same year. By this successful achievement Alitalia was trying to be on the top list of the biggest airline business in the world. They also created some discounts. So, it will make the possibility of the customers to get cheap Alitalia tickets.
If you plan to use their service for having a great holiday experience, you must do a booking first. Alitalia Airlines booking can be done as easy as pie. In fact, you can simply perform your booking request through online. You can also get cheap Alitalia Airlines tickets if possible. Sometimes this Airlines has a special discount in a certain moment like on Christmas Eve and many more.
Alitalia Airlines low airfare can be possibly got by booking it on legal ticket sellers which legally cooperated with this airline or you can get it from the company directly through online booking. However, you must pay attention to buy the ticket or book the seat only in a legal place. In fact, online world is fulfilled by many scammers. So, beware !
For conclusion, Alitalia is a beneficial company for you who wish to go regionally or abroad. It has already served millions of passengers and already grabbed nice reputation through their excellent service.
Aircraft Types
- A319
- A320
- A321
- A330-200
- 777-200ER
Baggage Allowance and Information
The maximum weight of the free bag may not exceed 23Kgs for tickets issued in Classica - Economy Class and Classica Plus - Premium Economy Class, and 32Kgs for tickets issued in Ottima - Business Class and Magnifica - Business Class. For further details on costs please check below table.
Kahanovych
2017-11-14 02:32:57
Palermo to Amsterdam via Milan. Flying Alitalia was a horrible experience for me. There is nothing positive to mention. Badly organised boarding, rude, impatient and cranky cabin crew. The food is a salty or sweet snack, the sweet is kind of ok, the salty is tasteless. Drinks of sodas, coffee or tea only. There is no legs pace. Even creating a bit more space by removing the magazines didn't give me enough space to sit straight. And they wanted me to put my laptop backpack below my seat.
Laurent Charpentier
2017-11-14 02:30:02
Palermo to Amsterdam via Milan. Flying Alitalia was a horrible experience for me. There is nothing positive to mention. Badly organised boarding, rude, impatient and cranky cabin crew. The food is a salty or sweet snack, the sweet is kind of ok, the salty is tasteless. Drinks of sodas, coffee or tea only. There is no legs pace. Even creating a bit more space by removing the magazines didn't give me enough space to sit straight. And they wanted me to put my laptop backpack below my seat.
Pakantalli
2017-11-14 02:29:31
Palermo to Amsterdam via Milan. Flying Alitalia was a horrible experience for me. There is nothing positive to mention. Badly organised boarding, rude, impatient and cranky cabin crew. The food is a salty or sweet snack, the sweet is kind of ok, the salty is tasteless. Drinks of sodas, coffee or tea only. There is no legs pace. Even creating a bit more space by removing the magazines didn't give me enough space to sit straight. And they wanted me to put my laptop backpack below my seat.
Pakantalli
2017-11-14 02:26:44
Paris to New Delhi via Rome. Alitalia is starting operations in India from 30th October 2017. I had booked tickets in July for my travel to Switzerland and Paris then return back to Delhi. Booked with this airline as the tickets were cheap. But now they are changing my return dates. Orginal return is on 27th Nov they changed it to 26th Nov without informing me. Now their new email says your flight for 26th has also been cancelled, please contact (a telephone number is given) to change your reservation. When contacted they don't speak English (just Italian, i don't understand italian). When you will check the website for the tickets on same date, tickets were available but were 5 times more costly than for what i have booked. Clearly seems like issue of overbooking and making out money by cheating on customers. Really bad experience before flying, god help me don't know what the flying experience would be.
Indranil
2017-11-14 02:24:26
New York to Rome. I have flown Alitalia for years, but it is just getting worse. I thought by upgrading to premium economy it would be much better, but no. For twice the price of economy, you do get easy check-in (thank God, because economy check-in must take about an hour), but after that, very little difference. The seats are a bit larger wth 7 seats across instead of 9, but they are just as hard and uncomfortable. The food is the same as economy , which is awful. I love Italian culture, particularly the food, but how can the national airline of Italy have such bad food? (All 4 meals round trip). And beware Americans, this airline does not stock vodka on board, even for an 11 hour flight. Also, flight attendants are cool and impersonal, very un-Italian. As far as in flight entertainment was concerned I had never heard of any of the films on offer. Overall, a mediocre to bad flight experience.
Johnson
2017-11-14 02:23:21
Rome to Catania. First time on Alitalia as part of a trip from Düsseldorf to Catania via Rome. I only learned of the insolvency of the airline after booking so was a bit apprehensive. But everything turned out fine. We were assigned an emergency exit seat without any cost and were served a drink for free. Took off too late because of typical Italian discussions about hand luggage. I don't understand why they allow hand luggage bigger than my luggage on hold on board. Took ages before it was settled because the plane was full. Arrived only five minutes too late in Catania though. All in all it was a good flight. The only reason why I don't recommend is the insolvency.
Olivia Walcott
2017-11-14 02:22:44
This was a second part of a journey from from Cagliari to London via Milan. This flight was delayed but only by about 40 minutes due to the late arrival of the inbound aircraft. I really enjoyed this flight but was not so happy with the very crowded transfer bus and the stampede to board and people with far too much hand luggage! The cabin crew were very nice and the Embraer city liner was ideal for this length of flight. The interior was nicely decorated in Alitalia colours and I must say the flight was quiet. Arrival into London City was well managed and the crew bid passengers farewell. I will gladly use Alitalia again. The hot drink served was appreciated
Yahana
2017-11-14 02:21:56
Poor experience with Alitalia on Moscow-Rome-Naples-Palermo-Moscow route. Disorganised check-in in Moscow and Naples, where very few counters were open, led to very long waiting time. Moscow to Rome was delayed for 50 minutes for no apparent reason. Flight crew were quite nice, but the food was appalling - only a small muffin on a 3.5 hour flight is simply unacceptable. No spirits, wine or beer. The aircraft was very old, some seats had duct tape around the armrests. Seat pitch was uncomfortable, though after asking the crew I was reseated to another row. Due to the delay I have missed the connection to Naples and had to be rebooked to the next flight, which only came 4,5 hours later.
Thomas
2017-11-14 02:21:30
Flew Milan Linate to London Heathrow. As a frequent flier I tend to choose budget airlines because they are affordable and user friendly, with tiers of services that almost feel customized to everyone's needs. However, seeing as these days Alitalia's tickets can be affordable too, I thought I'd give it a try! Well, I'm saddened to say that nothing was smooth about the experience and I even ended up with additional unforeseen charges that made my journey way too expensive for how little enjoyable it's been. I massively regretted having chosen Alitalia and will not chose it again. And here's why: - Alitalia's website doesn't have a check-in button on the home page, you have to navigate the website and think creatively of where they might have placed the online check-in. When you find it, you understand that you will not find a visible button. What will take you to the check-in page is an hyperlink within a thick text. Excellent! 10 minutes wasted right there, just to find the check-in page.
Hanachova
2017-11-14 02:20:55
Rome to Brindisi. It had been many years since I had flown with Alitalia and my expectations were low. I was pleasantly surprised by what was after all a domestic flight. The seats were comfortable, with an above average pitch. The crew were friendly and helpful. On a relatively short domestic flight they offered a beverage service. The only downside was having to take a bus to the aircraft. Overall, a better than expected flight.
Mallen
2017-11-14 02:20:16
We have not yet even flown with Alitalia but experience so far has been very poor indeed. We had been warned about the airline but we had no choice in the matter. The forthcoming long flight due in January persuaded us to book comfort seats so we had extra leg room. Not cheap at £75 each on each flight. When I rang I was told I couldn't book these seats because I am over 65 (my wife is younger). When challenged they told me it was because the seats were by the emergency exits. After much discussion they said they would book them but could not guarantee that I would be able to board the plane. She said this is explained on their website. I checked and this is not so, it just says that passengers must be fit and able which I am. Emailed to complain about this but no reply. Tried again but no reply. Eventually I contacted the Customer Services Manager (not possible to email CEO unfortunately).
Marikovic
2017-11-14 02:19:31
Rome to New York. Terrible customer service! We arrived at the airport over 2 hours before our flight was supposed to take off. It took over an hour of to get checked in since they will not let you use a kiosk. After the guy printed our tickets and took our luggage he said it was now unlikely we would make our flight because we stood in line for so long and then we had a long walk ahead of us to the gate. They also would not change our seats for my husband and I to sit together on our on honeymoon. Somehow we made the flight to find our multiple other couples around us had been separated from their family as well. Service on the flight was not amazing either. I would pay more to avoid flying with this airline in the future.
Roberto
2015-08-12 16:27:51
I flew with alitalia from london to bari and coming back from bari to london. The flight left in time, no major issue, staff was polite and planes were clean and tidy.
Marc
2015-08-12 16:27:05
I really love this company. I live in New York and I made a few trips with Alitalia and... the staff is very polite, the environment is fantastic... in few words... it's very very good!
Andrea
2015-08-12 14:09:39
Long haul flight from Marseille to JFK (stopping in Rome). Awful. Late. Lost luggage. Twice. And once for 7 days. Liars. Awful food. Rude (at every point of contact). I can't think of one positive thing to say about the experience, it was worse than my worst journey with Ryanair or Spirit. Don't fly at any price.
Ethan
2015-08-12 14:08:42
Long haul flight from Marseille to JFK (stopping in Rome). Awful. Late. Lost luggage. Twice. And once for 7 days. Liars. Awful food. Rude (at every point of contact). I can't think of one positive thing to say about the experience, it was worse than my worst journey with Ryanair or Spirit. Don't fly at any price. - See more at: http://www.airlineratings.com/passenger-reviews/45/alitalia#sthash.PYX3MPdC.dpuf
eleni
2015-08-12 14:08:09
I was on flight AZ0719 Airbus A321-100/200 and arrived at FCO, Leonardo Da Vinciand then transfered to flight AZ0610 Airbus A330 arrived at JFK, John F Kennedy Intl Both flights were good,the airplanes were quite empty and the service great. The negative were that the food wasn't really enough with a lot of choices etc and the chairs were not the most comfortable especially for a long flight. I really liked that the staff was smiley and social and that they gave me some extra snacks because I was quite hungry.
Terry
2015-08-12 14:07:21
My wife and I flew from Abu Dhabi to Rome on 1st March. On the flight we received conflicting advice to the procedure to follow at Fiumicino airport to catch a connecting flight to Venice at 1425.On landing, we asked for the flight transfer desk to be curtly told to get in the line which we found was for non-EU passport holders.When I noted some passengers getting priority passage through the control point, I again asked for assistance to be studiously ignored by one official and rudely told to keep in the line by another. When we finally arrived at the check in desk for the Venice flight at 1500, the attitude of the clerk was dismissive and unhelpful. We were obliged to buy two new tickets to get boarding passes for a later flight, our explanation for our late arrival was noted with a shrug of the shoulders, a smirk perhaps because our situation was amusing, and finally a very evident reluctance to speak in English. For a country that appears to encourage overseas visitors, the lack of a facility at Fiumicino airport for handling passengers transferring from international to domestic flights is astonishing. The attitude of the Alitalia ground staff needs to be given a shake up.
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