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 The Local has launched a new travel-focussed Facebook group and we’d love you to share your insights. You’ll also be in with a chance to win flight vouchers. https://www.thelocal.it/20181218/join-the-locals-new-travel-group-on-facebook Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:07:24 +0100 join-the-locals-new-travel-group-on-facebook 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 Italy's flagship airline Alitalia has changed its rules to ensure there are two people in the cockpit at all times, after French investigators said a Germanwings plane was intentionally downed by a co-pilot. https://www.thelocal.it/20150327/alitalia-brings-in-two-person-cockpit-rule Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:04:03 +0100 alitalia-brings-in-two-person-cockpit-rule German airline Lufthansa hit out on Monday at plans by Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways to buy debt-laden Alitalia, saying it amounted to covert state aid. https://www.thelocal.it/20140203/lufthansa-hits-out-at-etihads-alitalia-plans Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:12:04 +0100 lufthansa-hits-out-at-etihads-alitalia-plans 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 dont-sell-alitalia-to-the-sheikhs-lufthansa-ceo