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Alitalia Ends the Year By Sucking as Usual
I couldn’t let this year finish up without squeezing in one more post on Alitalia. It’s just too much fun. The airline has finished up the year just as it started, by being completely and totally awful...
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Meet the New Alitalia, Same as the Old Alitalia
Just remember, today is your last chance to vote in the 2008 Weblog Awards. You can vote once per day, so even if you’ve voted before, head on back and do it one more time. Voting ends at: 9a in Sydney...
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The New Alitalia Has Low Loads, Big Losses, and New Competition
Time flies, doesn’t it? It seems like just yesterday that Alitalia was finally being privatized, but it’s actually been a few months. I thought it was time to check in on the airline to see how it’s...
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Alitalia is Still Losing Money
It’s been way too long since my last Alitalia post, hasn’t it? It’s actually been pretty quiet over there as the new management team tries to figure out how to make something of nothing. There’s no...
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Alitalia Posts Profit, Hell Freezes Over
I have never written a more surprising post than this one. Alitalia, the queen of red ink, has actually, shockingly, found that by making more money than it was spending, it could post a profit. This...
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Checking in on Alitalia, Because It’s Been Too Long
I never thought things could get any worse for Alitalia, but they have. No, no. It’s not that they’re performing worse. It’s that they’re no longer feeding me with excellent fodder to support my claim...
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Mexicana Surpasses Alitalia as the Worst Airline Ever
Today is an historic day. For the first time in years, Alitalia is no longer the worst airline ever. Mexicana’s slow and painful demise has caused so many problems for so many people that the airline...
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Alitalia May Try to Sell Itself to Air France/KLM
It’s time for an Alitalia update, and I can’t say I’m happy about this one. Not only is Alitalia making money, but it may try to sell itself to Air France/KLM (even though success seems unlikely). This...
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Air India is Now the Worst Airline Ever
It’s time for some sad, sad truth. Alitalia, long the worst airline ever, is no longer deserving of the title. Sure, it continues to lose a bunch money, but there simply isn’t the same level of...
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Alitalia Regains Its Crown As Losses Mount
I know you were expecting a follow up post to Tuesday’s discussion about Farelogix, but that’s going to have to wait. Very soon after my post went live, Sabre sent me a note to say that “Much of what...
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Air France/KLM Rejects an Alitalia Acquisition While the Vultures Circle
I’ll admit that the last couple of years have been rough for me. Alitalia, which I long ago dubbed the worst airline ever, has been very quiet. It was under new leadership, working on combining with...
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Etihad is Now the Worst Airline Ever, Thanks to the Transitive Property
The long-awaited day has finally arrived. After years of begging Air France/KLM to give it more money, Alitalia has finally shifted its glances in a different direction. The perennially-struggling...
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Now That the Alitalia Deal is Done, Etihad Lays Out Its Vision For Its Newest...
I have some bad news. I’m afraid it might be time to shut down the blog after 8 years. At least, that was suggested to me yesterday upon learning that the Alitalia CEO job is now available. Clearly...
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