For over a year now, Alitalia has been more or less bankrupt. Last March, Alitalia announced a restructuring plan, given how much money the airline was losing. Employees voted against this plan, given that they didn't want lay-offs or pay cuts. While…
Alitalia might be in bankruptcy and on perpetual life support, but that won't stop them from looking fashionable. In-mid 2016, Alitalia rolled out new uniforms for their employees, which were inspired by Etihad. This was part of a larger rebranding for…
This doesn't have huge practical implications, though symbolically this is a big move. For years, Etihad was focused on "Etihad Airways Partners," which was the group of airline partners they invested in, including airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles,…
There are several airlines that offer free stopover programs. Perhaps the two most popular are Icelandair and WOW Air. Both airlines are based in Iceland, but their business model is based primarily around transporting people from the US to mainland…
Alitalia filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, after employees voted against pay cuts and layoffs. The Italian government gave them a six month bridging loan, as the airline tries to find new investors. While over six months have passed, it doesn't…
This year two of Etihad's big investments -- airberlin and Alitalia -- are falling apart. Airberlin's collapse was incredibly fast. The airline filed for insolvency in mid-August, and will operate their last flight before the end of the month. That's…
Alitalia has just announced a generous bonus promotion for travel this fall. Alitalia is offering MilleMiglia members up to 15,000 bonus miles if they book a trip between July 6 and 10, 2017, for travel between October 1 and December 31, 2017. Specifically,…
It was announced earlier today that Alitalia is beginning the process of filing for bankruptcy, which shouldn't come as a surprise, given what has been happening at the airline so far this year. I've been receiving lots of questions from readers regarding…
This shouldn't come as a surprise. Alitalia has been in a terrible financial situation for a long time, though it has been especially bad lately. They’ve been on the verge of liquidation, but for political reasons got a new business plan approved by…
As I wrote about yesterday, Alitalia employees essentially just voted in such a way that the airline will shortly be going out of business (or perhaps the way they see it, they're calling the bluffs of management and the government and expecting to be…
Well, I think it's fair to say that Alitalia's employees have just called the government's bluffs, and don't think that the government will let them fail. They may be right, or they may all be out of jobs in the coming months. Alitalia has been in a…
The Maldives can be a tricky place to get to using miles & points, so it’s great to see that there’s soon going to be yet another option for getting there. Alitalia will be launching 3x weekly flights between Rome and Male as of October 31, 2017. The…
After flying Singapore Suites from Frankfurt to New York (a flight I've reviewed before, though won't be reviewing this time around), I flew Philippine Airlines from New York to Vancouver. I arrived in New York from Frankfurt shortly before noon, went…
In late February I wrote about how Alitalia is on the verge of running out of cash. Without a new investment or business plan, they were expected to run out of cash by the end of March. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, given that they’ve been…
Well this should get interesting. In late February I wrote about how Alitalia is on the verge of running out of cash. Without a new investment or business plan, they were expected to run out of cash by the end of March. This shouldn't come as much of…
Well, unfortunately it looks like Etihad's investment in Alitalia isn't working out quite as either party had hoped. A few years back Etihad bought a 49% stake in Alitalia, and there's no doubt they improved their onboard product, in terms of business…
The US American Express Membership Rewards program is offering a 40% bonus on points transfers to Alitalia’s frequent flyer program through December 31, 2016. The transfer ratio is usually 1,000:1,000, so through this promotion you’ll instead get 1,400…
Etihad Airways' expansion strategy has largely been based around having equity stakes in foreign airlines, rather than growing their own fleet too much. Etihad has invested in airberlin, Air Serbia, Alitalia, Jet Airways, etc. While I understand the…
Over the weekend Alitalia devalued their program overnight, and implemented new pricing for SkyTeam partner awards with seemingly no notice. I wrote about MilleMiglia in November of 2014, and noted that Alitalia had a separate award chart for SkyTeam…
While Emirates has been focused on growing their own airline, Etihad has taken a different growth strategy. They're keeping Etihad (relatively) small, and instead investing in foreign carriers. The collection of these eight carriers is known as Etihad…
The US American Express Membership Rewards program is offering a 25% bonus on points transfers to Alitalia's frequent flyer program through October 31, 2016. The transfer ratio is usually 1,000:1,000, so through this promotion you'll instead get 1,250…
