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2011 - Bought by Southwest Airlines, AirTran fleet transferred to Southwest and thereby AirTran becomes an inactive subsidiary; Alaska Airlines. 1986 - Acquired Jet America Airlines; 1986 - Acquired Horizon Air, which continues to operate as a separate airline; 2018 - Acquired Virgin America. The merger made Alaska a dominant U.S. carrier in ...
In November 2003, Alitalia announced that it would cut 2,700 jobs over the next three years to prepare the airline for a merger with Air France and KLM. In April 2004, Alitalia acquired Gandalf Airlines , a bankrupt regional airline , to gain additional slots at several European airports, mainly in Milan (Linate) and Paris (Charles De Gaulle).
Air France-KLM bought 25% of Alitalia for €323 million under a cooperation accord on January 12, 2009. The French as well as the Italian boards agreed to the sale. [23] On January 13, 2009, Alitalia restarted and merged with Air One. The new Alitalia is a private company of Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI) and a 25% participation of Air France ...
Italy’s former national carrier Alitalia has started procedures for the collective dismissal of its remaining 2,059 employees, its administrators told unions. The move comes as the successor to ...
Flight cancellations from what was unofficially dubbed Winter Storm Elliott were inevitable, creating chaos at most airlines for a day. But for Southwest Airlines and its outdated crew-scheduling ...
Alitalia Express Embraer 170. The airline was established as a subsidiary of Alitalia and started operations on 1 October 1997. It was founded from the defunct Avianova.It was announced that Minerva Airlines would be acquired by Alitalia in March 2003 and that Alitalia Express's fleet would be transferred, but the plan did not go through.
Southwest Airlines, the pioneering low-cost carrier, is facing a campaign by an activist investor to overhaul a business model it says is outdated, putting pressure on CEO Robert Jordan and ...
After the deadline ended on 23 May 2022, only MSC/Lufthansa and Air France-KLM/Certares bid for ITA. [34] As of 31 August 2022, the Italian government has stated their preference for the Air France-KLM/Certares bid, initiating exclusive talks with the group. [citation needed] In its first year of operation, the airline carried 9 million passengers.