Mar 28th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Is Alitalia, Italy's national carrier, the worst airline in the world? Anybody out there have awful experiences with them? I ask this because the other day I stumbled upon a recounting of one of the most nightmarish airline/airport sagas I've ever read, all focusing on the sheer ineptitude of Alitalia. I can hardly improve upon it. So, I'll just pimp it here and get out of the way. Journalist ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Alitalia: The world's worst airline company?
Mar 28th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Is Alitalia, Italy's national carrier, the worst airline in the world? Anybody out there have awful experiences with them? I ask this because the other day I stumbled upon a recounting of one of the most nightmarish airline/airport sagas I've ever read, all focusing on the sheer ineptitude of Alitalia. I can hardly improve upon it. So, I'll just pimp it here and get out of the way. Journalist ...Galley Gossip: Boeing Boeing grounded
Jan 6th, 2009 at 1:30PM: January 4, 2009 was a very sad day on Broadway in New York City. While it is said that all good things must come to an end, does that really have to include the critically acclaimed Broadway show, Boeing Boeing? I mean this was one trip I didn't want to end. Ever! But when the doors finally closed and the lights went to black, I was there (along with a full house) to say Buh-bye to an era of ...Alitalia may start canceling flights -- can't afford fuel
Sep 15th, 2008 at 7:30AM: Alitalia has been going through a bit of a rough patch of late. Even before the fuel crisis this past summer, Italy's national airline was already struggling with poor service, unhappy unions and terrible management. Now, with costs going through the roof the airline is in some serious financial trouble. Through the course of the summer, Alitalia has been looking for ways out of it's tangle. For a ...Alitalia deal dumped by Air France-KLM
Apr 4th, 2008 at 1:00PM: For a while there, it almost looked like Air France-KLM was actually going to buy Alitalia and dig them out of their ongoing financial problems. Alitalia has been losing $1.6 million a day for more than a year. Grant wrote about the KLM-Alitalia deal just a few weeks ago.
Unfortunately, Air France-KLM ended their negotiations with Aitalia after Alitalia's unions balked, The Wall Street Journal ...Alitalia flight diverts because of toxic fumes; finds minced onions
Mar 23rd, 2008 at 10:00AM: Alitalia has fallen on hard times lately. Business is down, morale is low and last week, Italy's government had to approve a takeover bid by Air France & KLM to help bail out their ailing national airline. I put forth a few possible causes for their demise in an article last week, but perhaps I was being too generous. Perhaps, rather, it's because they're idiots. Case in point: earlier last ...Air France and KLM conglomerate to usurp Alitalia
Mar 19th, 2008 at 8:20AM: It appears as if the days of Alitalia are almost over. Long steeped with financial trouble, Italy's national airline has slowly been edging down the slippery slope towards bankruptcy. One could blame the quality of their aircraft or the repeated tardiness of their flights or condition of their hub airport, Rome's Fiumicino for their slow spiral downward, but the fact of the matter is, they were ...Mahalo: How to Sleep on a Plane
Sep 16th, 2007 at 2:00PM: I've never been able to sleep on planes. Sure, I doze off occasionally, snapping my head forward every few minutes in a shot of confusion -- but I've never truly slept in a way that leaves me feeling refreshed upon landing. It's either too crowded, too loud, too hot, too cold, too comfortable; I can always find a reason to toss and turn. One of the only times I was able to really fall asleep was ...Italian Musician Bites Ear of Alitalia Airline Worker
Sep 27th, 2006 at 6:42PM: Alright, go on ahead and file this one under: World Gone Mad. These are the kind of news pieces you read and say to yourself "what on Earth was this person thinking?" Wait, they weren't thinking. Apparently, Italian musician, Raffaele Artesi, who could not board his flight to Naples due to overbooking, assaulted an airline worker by almost biting his ear off. As any educated traveler might guess ...
