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 Italy is to offer Europe's first "coronavirus-free" flights to the United States for passengers who have tested negative for Covid-19, scrapping the obligation for new arrivals to quarantine https://www.thelocal.it/20201126/italy-to-launch-first-virus-free-flights-between-us-and-europe Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:00:51 +0100 italy-to-launch-first-virus-free-flights-between-us-and-europe Alitalia is offering two flights a day exclusively for passengers who have tested negative for coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.it/20200916/italian-airline-begins-covid-tested-flights-from-rome-to-milan Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:30:41 +0200 italian-airline-begins-covid-tested-flights-from-rome-to-milan Passengers are now able to buy tickets for US-Italy flights, but they are often turned away at the airport due to continued (and often confusing) travel restrictions. So who exactly is allowed to fly these routes? https://www.thelocal.it/20200701/flights-from-the-us-to-italy-are-back-on-but-will-you-be-allowed-to-board Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:39:20 +0200 flights-from-the-us-to-italy-are-back-on-but-will-you-be-allowed-to-board The Italian government announced plans on Thursday to inject at least three billion euros ($3.2 billion) into Alitalia to help save it from collapse in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.it/20200508/italy-insists-3m-for-alitalia-is-not-another-rescue Fri, 08 May 2020 11:52:34 +0200 italy-insists-3m-for-alitalia-is-not-another-rescue After reports of flights still operating between Italy and the UK during lockdown, many wonder who on earth is on them. But while these are not quite "ghost planes", they’re not exactly living, either. https://www.thelocal.it/20200421/why-are-planes-still-flying-to-and-from-italy-during-lockdown Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:43:13 +0200 why-are-planes-still-flying-to-and-from-italy-during-lockdown The Italian government has said it plans to re-nationalise the bankrupt former national carrier Alitalia as part of its emergency economic rescue plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.it/20200317/italy-announces-plan-to-re-nationalise-struggling-alitalia-airline Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:36:19 +0100 italy-announces-plan-to-re-nationalise-struggling-alitalia-airline More than 300 flights to and from Italy were cancelled on Friday due to a planned one-day strike by workers from Alitalia and Air Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20191213/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-italian-airline-strike Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:41:54 +0100 hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-italian-airline-strike A strike by air traffic controllers on Monday afternoon is set to effectively close down much of Italy's airspace, meaning cancellations or delays to hundreds of flights. https://www.thelocal.it/20191125/dozens-of-flights-cancelled-as-strikes-close-italian-airspace Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:34:53 +0100 dozens-of-flights-cancelled-as-strikes-close-italian-airspace Some 200 international and domestic flights have been cancelled this week ahead of yet another strike at Italy's troubled Alitalia airline. https://www.thelocal.it/20191007/alitalia-strike-200-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled Mon, 07 Oct 2019 17:59:44 +0200 alitalia-strike-200-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled A planned strike by the Italian national carrier Alitalia, set to cause travel chaos for passengers flying through Italian airports on Friday, has been delayed. https://www.thelocal.it/20190725/italian-airline-strike-planned-for-friday-now-delayed-until-september Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:44:40 +0200 italian-airline-strike-planned-for-friday-now-delayed-until-september Italy's state railway Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) on Monday said it had chosen the Atlantia transport group and US airline Delta as partners to reboot the ailing carrier Alitalia. https://www.thelocal.it/20190716/italy-picks-us-airline-delta-and-atlantia-to-give-ailing-airline-lift-off Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:07:16 +0200 italy-picks-us-airline-delta-and-atlantia-to-give-ailing-airline-lift-off Italian airline Alitalia has begun cancelling scores of international and domestic flights in preparation for a 24-hour strike on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190520/alitalia-strike-half-of-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled Mon, 20 May 2019 14:57:44 +0200 alitalia-strike-half-of-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled Passengers flying to or from Italy on Monday should prepare themselves for disruption, as airline employees go on strike nationwide. https://www.thelocal.it/20190325/scores-of-flights-cancelled-as-italian-airline-workers-strike Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:07:02 +0100 scores-of-flights-cancelled-as-italian-airline-workers-strike Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) said on Wednesday it was in talks with Delta Air Lines and EasyJet over a rescue of troubled airline Alitalia. https://www.thelocal.it/20190214/italy-railways-company-ferrovie-dello-stato-delta-easyjet-alitalia Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:47:50 +0100 italy-railways-company-ferrovie-dello-stato-delta-easyjet-alitalia Air France is pulling out of a deal that would save struggling Italian airline Alitalia for “political reasons”, Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20190208/air-france-may-pull-out-of-alitalia-rescue-deal Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:17:46 +0100 air-france-may-pull-out-of-alitalia-rescue-deal The Italian government is proposing that the state take a 51 per cent stake in the struggling airline and make it a flagship of 'Italo character'. https://www.thelocal.it/20180719/italian-government-wants-to-renationalize-alitalia-airline Thu, 19 Jul 2018 18:57:24 +0200 italian-government-wants-to-renationalize-alitalia-airline Italian airline Alitalia, which went into administration last May has seen a rise in passenger turnover for the second month in a row, one of its bosses said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180708/surge-in-passenger-number-helps-struggling-alitalia-take-off Sun, 08 Jul 2018 19:04:40 +0200 surge-in-passenger-number-helps-struggling-alitalia-take-off EU anti-trust regulators on Monday opened an in-depth probe to establish whether a massive rescue loan by the Italian government to troubled airline Alitalia constituted illegal state aid. https://www.thelocal.it/20180424/did-italy-illegally-bail-out-alitalia-eu-investigation Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:37:39 +0200 did-italy-illegally-bail-out-alitalia-eu-investigation Lufthansa emerged as the number one candidate to take over Alitalia on Monday after an Italian government minister called the German airline's bid the "most promising". https://www.thelocal.it/20180416/lufthansa-offer-alitalia-most-promising Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:59:42 +0200 lufthansa-offer-alitalia-most-promising Troubled Italian airline Alitalia said Tuesday that it has received three takeover offers, including one by a consortium led by British low-cost carrier EasyJet. https://www.thelocal.it/20180411/easyjet-and-two-other-airlines-in-the-running-to-take-over-alitalia Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:14:51 +0200 easyjet-and-two-other-airlines-in-the-running-to-take-over-alitalia