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What we compareAir DolomitiAlitalia
Country in archiveItalyItaly
FoundedDecember 30, 1989September 16, 1946
Founder—Government of Italy and British European Airways
HeadquartersVillafranca di Verona, Veneto, ItalyFiumicino, Lazio, Italy
Name originAccording to Wikipedia, the airline's name derives from the section of the Alps known as the Dolomites.Alitalia is an Italian portmanteau of ali (wings) and Italia (Italy). The company was founded in 1946 under the longer name Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali, and the short popular name became the brand.
HighlightsVerona Villafranca Airport, Munich and Frankfurt servicesRome Fiumicino hub, Linate hub, SkyTeam membership
Earliest archived brand logo19911946
Latest archived logo20122018
Archived logo assets27

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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