Born in the post-Second War period, the history of Alitalia is closely connected with the history of Italy. For decades it has been an absolute first-rate player in the air transport market and has a full right in the history of world civil aviation. The Alitalia Team Virtual project aims to keep the memory alive and promote the knowledge of an Italian excellence that does not deserve to be forgotten.
We have tried to outline the most significant moments concerning the birth and evolution of Alitalia "in a nutshell".
However, its history is also marked by crises of various kinds: from the tensions of the 1970s (the so-called "wild eagle strikes") to the changed market situations of the 1990s with the opening of low cost companies to the crisis following the 2001. All these situations were followed by various maneuvers to try to keep the Company competitive: from the attempts of partnership or alliance with other giants of air transport (KLM, Skyteam, Ethiad ...) to privatization, to state interventions.
Alitalia's recent history is too long, complex and painful to be summarized here.
Anyone who wants can find a lot of documentation on the web through which they can deepen and maybe get a personal idea.
To us and to you, if you want to join us, will remain the satisfaction of keeping the Company operating in the skies of simulated flight all over the world!