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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Where ITA fly their A221 apart LIN-LCY ? Right now, nowhere else. They’ve only received one so far (EI-HLA) and it is dedicated to the LCY route. When EI-HLB arrives, hopefully within the next few weeks, they will use it to increase LIN-LCY frequencies from 3 to 4 daily. Come January, it is schedul...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

AZ tried and failed to make MXP a hub in the 2000s.[…] The Milan/Rome conundrum has always been at the core of the former AZ and now ITA's structural problems. I was always under the impression that the “failure” to make MXP work as a hub and move back to FCO in 2008 was caused by multiple factors:...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Of course, loads only tell part of the story. Yields matter very much also. Agreed. While NYC is generally a popular destination, I think AZ’s competitors on MXP-JFK/EWR have either significant advantages in terms of network connectivity (AA, DL, UA) or product/reputation (EK), or they serve specif...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Alitalia tried a hub at MXP. It does not work because business travelers hands-down choose LIN when that's an option. The best way for ITA to turn Milan into a giant money-burning operation would be to move their flying at LIN out to MXP so someone else can use their slots at LIN. Indeed. MXP would...

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Re: Long delays in getting new and renewals of Passports

In Italy, waiting times have increased exponentially as there is still a huge backlog following the pandemic hiatus. There is a lack of personnel and additional infrastructure to cope with the the surge in demand. I have more than a few friends who are having huge problems getting their passports in...

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Re: Airport Mistakes

Someone mentioned BER a few posts back. I think it is a good airport that suffers from being essentially a 1990s design that opened in a 2020s reality. ⋅ For one, there is little space between check-in and security, and in general there are a number of structural bottlenecks that won't be ...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

How or why did ITA choose the blue color for the fuselage? I think it was an homage to the Italian football team color ... which, in turn, derives from the blue traditionally associated with the House of Savoy (Savoia), the ruling dynasty in Italy. Aside from the sporting field, it retained use aft...

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Re: Your most extreme airports by Latitude and Longitude

North: BVJ - Bovanenkovo, Russian Federation: 70°18′55″N South: CHC - Christchurch, New Zealand: 43°29'22"S East: WLG - Wellington, New Zealand: 174°48′19″E West: YVR - Vancouver International, Canada: 123°11′02″W Prime Meridian: LCY - London City: 000°03′19″E Equator: BGI - Bridgetown, Barbado...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

I very much miss Ettore Bilotta's uniforms. So classy and outstanding. It's interesting how differently those uniforms were perceived, depending on whom you ask. As an Italian, whilst I do acknowledge that they conveyed some degree of glamour, I always found them too garish for their own good - ste...

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Re: ITA Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Looks like it could be tomorrow (20/1), FR24 is currently displaying AZ1781 FCO-PMO as being operated with the NEO.

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Re: Have you FLOWN the alphabet (delayed from 31-12-2021)

0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 4G, 4U 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 8I 9 - A - A2, A3, AA, AB, AC, AF, AP, AZ B - BA, BD C - CX D - DL E - E8, EN, EW, EY F - FI, FR G - GQ H - I - IB, IR J - JU K - KL L - LA, LH, LX M - M2 N - NZ O - OA, OE, OM, OS P - PD Q - QF, QO R - S - SN, SU T - U - U2, UA, US V - V7, VA, VE, VO, VS, ...

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Re: Airbus A220 Production/Delivery Thread - 2022

Apparently ITA’s A220s will enter service in this simplified white livery because no painting slots could be found at short notice. Makes sense to start operations as quickly as possible and then repaint them at the next available opportunity.

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Re: Heavier Shopping Emphasis in Non-US vs. US Airports

Well for instance, you can’t shop duty free if youre traveling domestic, which is a bigger chunk of traffic in the US. In Europe most likely most flights will be international. I would also add that a large chunk of traffic in Europe is intra-EU and thus within the EU VAT area. If you're travelling...

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Re: Condor launch new livery

https://twitter.com/Condor/status/15110 ... 24/photo/1

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Re: Condor launch new livery

I'm torn between "gross" and "genius". But it's certainly different.

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Re: Updated ITA/Alitalia News and Discussion Thread

bostonvancouver wrote:
i like the blue but shouldn't there be some sort of design in the tail?

It's there, if you look closely - but only barely visible. It was much more prominent in the renderings when they unveiled the new livery last year.

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Re: Icelandair new livery

Ok so it looks like maybe they aren't going with pink and instead will use a lighter blue/aqua color. That is much more tolerable but i won't ever understand why they would ruin it with humongous lettering. The four schemes. https://flugblogg.is/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1315066-1160x773.jpg I lik...

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Updated ITA/Alitalia News and Discussion Thread

They should have at least named it ITALIA. It would make sense as the name would be in the native language. But, unfortunately, the name ITA Airways for me as a passenger appears temporary and unreliable. (Who would in their right mind use FRA, ESP, NED, BEL, GER, etc., for a national airline?) It ...

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Re: Brussels Airlines “New Chapter”

It's official now, and it's hideous. It's like 1990s Sabena meets Jat Airways circa 2003. https://press.brusselsairlines.com/brussels-airlines-confirms-its-position-in-the-market-with-a-new-brand-identity# https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/37f069f3-af9e-4d7e-a125-075babd44d64/-/resize/2216x/-/quality...

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Re: Skytrax: the new BER airport is horrible

The entire west of the city requires way longer travel times to BER. Südkreuz straight south fast to BER is critical to get more people to the airport. But with 4 hours (!) check in time, only recently suggested during the "surprising" fall break peak, fast rail looks like being ranked lo...

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Re: Skytrax: the new BER airport is horrible

BER is telling passengers not to drink from the taps because fecal material was found in the water. Maybe this is the airport management's way of raising funds by selling overpriced bottled water. :lol: :devil: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/faekal-bakterien-festgestellt-ber-warnt-reisende-da...

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Updated ITA/Alitalia News and Discussion Thread

Italavia! Or is that too close to Belavia? Too close to the defunct Itavia (negatively associated with flight 870, which crashed in the Thyrrenian Sea in 1980 under still unclear circumstances - possibly accidentally shot down in what is known as “strage di Ustica” or “Ustica massacre”). Plus it so...

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Re: New Italian airline: ITA Airways

https://www.itaspa.com/content/itaspa/i ... epage.html

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Re: Skytrax: the new BER airport is horrible

Could the check-in problems be resolved through the use of pre-arrival online check-in? Apparently, this is a bit more of an issue with destinations (mostly non-Schengen) where airlines cannot currently offer online check-in due to COVID checks. The one issue that I cannot forgive is designing the ...

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Re: New Italian airline: ITA Airways

I don’t understand the blue in the livery. It looks like it was designed by someone who thinks color = great design (eg half of A.net). The Italy national football team is called Azzurri, which means blue, and the jerseys are that colour. So ITA is trying to associate themselves with other Italian ...

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Re: Skytrax: the new BER airport is horrible

Seriously what do you expect from an airport run by states that would not mind having no airport at all? You can not even get a cab at BER and if you do, the price you will pay depends on the number plate and if it says "B" or "LDS". The cab thing drives me mad. A symbol of the ...

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Re: Skytrax: the new BER airport is horrible

If it is so easy why don't they manage to get it done after so many years? Drama? Yes, but because what mess it is. At super high costs. This needs to be debated for sure and not being silenced. Those bloody S-Bahn trains take forever and not all scheduled trains are running in the real world. Did ...

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Re: What would it take for you to move Jobs

I’ve been with my current company for nearly 10 years and I’m quite happy - I think I am well respected and get along splendidly with my colleagues, there’s still room to grow professionally, and there is always something new to do. The commute to the office right in the centre of the city also take...

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Re: Reuse/repurposeing of former Airport terminal buildings

Berlin Tempelhof, used as a convention centre, hosts fairs, exhibitions etc. Berlin Tegel, although it seems like it is still up in the air, it will probably also be repurposed as an exhibition centre and office spaces. Berlin Schönefeld, just closed for commercial flights in February. I believe th...

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Re: Air Italy 2.0 with Sukhoi and A321LR aircraft with OLB base in the works

This is the same Oleg Evdokimov who was supposedly interested in reviving Adria Airways with a fleet of... you guessed it: Sukhoi Superjets. Of course, we all know that those plans came to wonderful fruition. Sounds more like an SSJ broker desperate to place a few jets rather than someone with a sou...

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Re: Pope Francis visit to Irak

3BNBE wrote:
Airdolomiti wrote:
Visit to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius: AZ FCO-MPM, MD TNR-CIA

TNR-MRU was on MD and MRU-TNR was on MK's A330-900

That's right, and he also flew LAM (737-700) on MPM-TNR. I only included outbound and inbound flights from/to Italy in my post as otherwise the list would have been too long.

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Re: Pope Francis visit to Iraq

Unrelated to the topic. But, I noticed the A330 that AZ using for this flight has Irish tail registration (EI-EJK). After further checking on FlightRadar24, noticed all AZ planes now on the air have Irish registration. When did Alitalia go Irish? Most of Alitalia’s fleet is leased from Irish-regist...

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Re: Pope Francis visit to Iraq

Not sure, but from what I gather it may have to do with the fact that CIA is smaller and easier to handle in terms of security upon arrival. However, there have been exceptions such as the 2019 flight back from Japan. International departures from FCO are the norm, and a requirement for long haul tr...

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Re: Pope Francis visit to Irak

Since 1964 and Pope Paul VI on one way the popes use Alitalia and on the way back a national carrier of a country they visited. So it is just a tradtion to do it that way. Not anymore. Last decade or so AZ both ways Yes and no. It's been a mix of both AZ and local carriers on the way back: 2015 &sd...

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Re: Pope Francis visit to Irak

As mentioned earlier, his trip back from Baghdad to Rome Ciampino on March 8 is confirmed to be on AZ too, presumably due to IA being banned from EU airspace (they do operate flights e.g. to BER, but these are all operated with leased aircraft). However, the Pope will be flying IA on several domesti...

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Re: Pope Francis visit to Irak

He’s flying Alitalia from Rome to Baghdad and back, but internal flights will be on Iraqi Airways and military helicopters.

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Re: Vintage Airline Commercials - Global Edition, 1970's and 1980's

https://youtu.be/5aswaRTO3z4

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Re: Livery to honor airlines' employees

Alitalia had/has an A320 EI-DTJ which was signed all over with employee signatures. Not only signatures, but short notes from each employee from the looks of it. Unfortunately I can't find a picture that's zoomed in enough to make out the actual text- I'd love to know what these notes say. I can't ...

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Re: BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

I believe the LH lounge is open, as is the Tempelhof lounge at the southern end of the main pier. When I visited about ten days ago it had already been contracted by Qatar Airways as well as (if memory serves) Turkish Airlines and Finnair. The Tegel lounge will most likely open next year.

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Re: Terminals Still Closed Due To COVID?

I think most terminals at CDG remain closed except 2A, 2E and 2F.

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Re: TXL closed - last flight today [08 NOV 2020]

I was on the final AF flight yesterday - certainly one of the more emotional moments I've witnessed in aviation. I was very fond of Tegel, with its eccentric architecture, the ridiculously short distances from kerb to gate that saved me from missing many a flight while travelling on business, and of...

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Re: BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

Sorry, please define "first day of regular operations" correctly. [...] BER is still not fully open, second runway is still closed, not all airlines have moved from Tegel to BER, this will be done /completed in next days. First "regulärer" day will mean: first day after day, whe...

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Re: BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

No, it doesn’t. It looks perfectly generic and sterile, like any other DB station in the country. You want grimy, then go to the station at Terminal 5 for some authentic DDR charm. Sorry Sir : what you expect of two aircrafts landing and one departing ? The 5000 pax mostlikely departed of the socal...

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Re: BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

Out of curiosity I was checking the list of shops and it is extremely short. https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/cafes-shops-service/ Not that I am a big fan of airport shops (and I wonder who buys a Moncler coat or a Rolex in an airport) but it is extremely limited nonetheless. The list of chain shop...

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Re: BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

The train station (3:50) is grimy. It looks like out of the DDR. No, it doesn’t. It looks perfectly generic and sterile, like any other DB station in the country. You want grimy, then go to the station at Terminal 5 for some authentic DDR charm. Is there yet a trip report? I'd like to know how the ...

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Re: BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

Oddly used old runway to land, and it was foggy so no simultaneous landing. Also does anybody know what other two easyjet planes were doing? Note that that southern runway won’t start operations until November 4. A special one-off permit had been granted for today’s (eventually scrapped) parallel l...

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Re: BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

Hard to believe this day has arrived. Hello from Terminal 1!

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Re: BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

Dominion301 wrote:
Out of curiosity, will Friday be the last day that SXF will be used as an IATA airport code?

SXF is already history, the code ceased to exist with the switch to winter schedules and was replaced by BER last Sunday.

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BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

Any info regarding lounges? I know BA used to run a Lounge at TXL, will they run their own lounge at BER or will use a thrid party? Since most oneworld carriers at BER (ex-TXL) run non-Schengen flgihts it might make sense to place the lounge after passport control at the non-Schengen area. Regardin...

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BER News and Discussion Thread - 2020

It’ll be interesting to see what, if anything, can be done about the escalators. The S-Bahn platform has two, the other platforms each have four. I have no idea whether there is any way to permanently change the direction of, say, half the number of available escalators that doesn’t require replacin...

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