Alitalia
Proper noun
Meaning
Alitalia
The national airline of Italy.
Examples
In Thursday’s interview, O’Leary noted that rival European airlines Thomas Cook and Flybe have gone bust, Germanwings has been closed down and Alitalia has cut capacity by 25%.
Baggage storage is located near Alitalia and Olympic Airlines and is available from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. The approximate cost ranges from *$4 to $16 per day, depending on size.
This is indeed a woman-has-midlife-crisis-and-finds-romance-in-Italy story, but it is so resolutely unsentimental, even antisentimental, that you won’t be dialing Alitalia anytime soon.
Similar scenarios are playing out in Germany, France and Scandinavia, while China has already nationalised the parent of Hainan Airlines, as is Italy with bankrupt flag-carrier Alitalia.
By contrast, the Italian government’s 3 billion-euro support plan targeting Alitalia had no similar conditions.
Passengers on an Alitalia flight from Rome to Mauritius decided to return home after being told they would have to go into quarantine.