https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed As Italy opens up to tourism and eases coronavirus restrictions, many readers of The Local have got in touch to report last-minute flight cancellations. Here's what we know so far about the changing travel situation and how you can plan around it. https://www.thelocal.it/20210615/travel-why-are-airlines-cancelling-flights-between-the-uk-and-italy Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:21:35 +0200 travel-why-are-airlines-cancelling-flights-between-the-uk-and-italy You can take hand luggage, but you're not guaranteed an empty seat next to you. Here's what to be prepared for when you next fly to Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20200807/what-to-expect-when-youre-flying-to-italy Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:30:05 +0200 what-to-expect-when-youre-flying-to-italy As Italy begins to allow some international tourism, how many flights are available? (This article was updated on June 16th) https://www.thelocal.it/20200603/these-are-the-airlines-restarting-flights-to-italy-from-june Wed, 03 Jun 2020 11:00:01 +0200 these-are-the-airlines-restarting-flights-to-italy-from-june Airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights due to a 24-hour strike on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191024/hundreds-of-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled-in-transport-strike Thu, 24 Oct 2019 17:16:51 +0200 hundreds-of-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled-in-transport-strike Italy's antitrust authority on Thursday slapped fines on low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air over their cabin baggage policy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190222/italy-fines-ryanair-wizz-air-over-cabin-bag-fees Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:55:01 +0100 italy-fines-ryanair-wizz-air-over-cabin-bag-fees Meridiana, an airline based in Sardinia, launched its bid on Monday to become Italy's leading carrier with a new name: Air Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20180219/air-italy-meridiana-new-airline Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:28:37 +0100 air-italy-meridiana-new-airline British budget airline easyJet and German carrier Lufthansa both said on Monday they had submitted offers for parts of Italy's ailing Alitalia. https://www.thelocal.it/20171017/lufthansa-easyjet-bid-alitalia Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:10:27 +0200 lufthansa-easyjet-bid-alitalia The CEO of Germany’s Lufthansa has said the company would be interested in buying Italy's troubled flagship carrier if an opportunity arose to “to create a new Alitalia”. https://www.thelocal.it/20171013/lufthansa-would-be-interested-in-creating-a-new-alitalia Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:50:25 +0200 lufthansa-would-be-interested-in-creating-a-new-alitalia Ryanair has made a "non-binding offer" for its loss-making Italian rival Alitalia, the Irish no-frills carrier said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170724/ryanair-makes-non-binding-offer-for-alitalia Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:36:21 +0200 ryanair-makes-non-binding-offer-for-alitalia Hundreds of Delta passengers were grounded at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Monday after the American airline suspended all flights due to a computer failure. https://www.thelocal.it/20160808/delta-system-outage-hits-romes-fiumicino-airport Mon, 08 Aug 2016 14:47:00 +0200 delta-system-outage-hits-romes-fiumicino-airport A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire on Monday while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message, the carrier said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/panic-as-milan-bound-flight-catches-fire-upon-emergency-landing Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:25:23 +0200 panic-as-milan-bound-flight-catches-fire-upon-emergency-landing Two passengers were removed from a Rome-bound flight on Sunday after a couple complained that they “looked suspicious”. https://www.thelocal.it/20160516/two-men-removed-from-rome-bound-flight-due-to-looking-suspicious Mon, 16 May 2016 19:00:12 +0200 two-men-removed-from-rome-bound-flight-due-to-looking-suspicious A Delta Airlines flight from New York declared an emergency during the landing phase in Rome on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160427/delta-flight-declares-emergency-before-landing-in-rome-airport-new-york Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:47:30 +0200 delta-flight-declares-emergency-before-landing-in-rome-airport-new-york The EU’s 28 member states have agreed to collect information on airline passengers as part of anti-terrorism efforts, Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151204/eu-to-share-data-on-air-travellers-alfano Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:22:51 +0100 eu-to-share-data-on-air-travellers-alfano Italy’s state-owned Poste Italiane will invest €70 million in the struggling Alitalia as part of a plan to enable a merger with Abu Dhabi’s Etihad, the company said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.it/20140801/poste-italiane-to-invest-70m-in-alitalia Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:08:00 +0200 poste-italiane-to-invest-70m-in-alitalia Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airlines has set conditions for an investment in Alitalia that could see it take a 49 percent stake in Italy's struggling airline. https://www.thelocal.it/20140603/etihad-moves-closer-to-alitalia-deal Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:26:00 +0200 etihad-moves-closer-to-alitalia-deal The Abu Dhabi airline Etihad has approved a deal that will see it buy a stake in the ailing Alitalia, with Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi saying the move could be confirmed in “a matter of hours”, Il Messaggero reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140529/etihad-set-to-save-alitalia-report Thu, 29 May 2014 19:23:00 +0200 etihad-set-to-save-alitalia-report Christoph Franz, the CEO of the German airline, Lufthansa, has warned that the troubled Alitalia should "not be sold to the Sheikhs" as it would only become a "shuttle service towards the United Arab Emirates". https://www.thelocal.it/20131216/dont-sell-alitalia-to-the-sheikhs-lufthansa-ceo Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:37:00 +0100 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