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What we compareAlitaliaItalia Trasporto Aereo
Country in archiveItalyItaly
FoundedSeptember 16, 19462020
FounderGovernment of Italy and British European AirwaysGovernment of Italy
HeadquartersFiumicino, Lazio, ItalyRome, Lazio, Italy
Name originAlitalia 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.Italia Trasporto Aereo is the legal name of the company, meaning Italy Air Transport in Italian. The brand name ITA Airways is formed from its initials plus the English word Airways.
HighlightsRome Fiumicino hub, Linate hub, SkyTeam membershipRome Fiumicino hub, Milan Linate focus city
Earliest archived brand logo19462020
Latest archived logo20182021
Archived logo assets75

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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