Compare airlines brands

Explore their origins, identifying marks and logo archives side by side.

Origins and Logo Archive

What we compareAir OneAlitalia
Country in archiveItalyItaly
Founded1983September 16, 1946
Founder—Government of Italy and British European Airways
HeadquartersFiumicino, Italy, ItalyFiumicino, Lazio, Italy
Name originAir One is a portmanteau of the English words "air one" and the Italian word "airone," meaning heron, which was depicted in the airline's logo and used as its callsign.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.
Highlights—Rome Fiumicino hub, Linate hub, SkyTeam membership
Earliest archived brand logo19831946
Latest archived logo19832018
Archived logo assets17

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.

Sources & editorial review

More Brand Comparisons

Explore brand and vehicle rankings →