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What we compareItalia Trasporto AereoAlitalia
Country in archiveItalyItaly
Founded2020September 16, 1946
FounderGovernment of ItalyGovernment of Italy and British European Airways
HeadquartersRome, Lazio, ItalyFiumicino, Lazio, Italy
Name originItalia 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.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.
HighlightsRome Fiumicino hub, Milan Linate focus cityRome Fiumicino hub, Linate hub, SkyTeam membership
Earliest archived brand logo20201946
Latest archived logo20212018
Archived logo assets57

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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