Washington authorizes Alitalia to exceptionally operate flights between Italy and the United States, as well as transport passengers of Etihad Airways and Kenya Airways who have arrived in our country. Among the tracks, however, are some that the new Alitalia – scheduled to take off from April 2021 – does not intend to operate, and others it plans to launch in the following years. Curiosity arises from reading documents exchanged before Christmas between US legal advisors for the Italian company and the US Department of Transportation. Requests
On December 4, attorneys for the specialist law firm KMA Zuckert – whose offices are a stone’s throw from the White House – asked the Transportation Department to agree to place the EY flight code on communications operated by Alitalia aircraft between Rome Fiumicino and New York – JFK, Boston, and Miami. , Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, and between Milan Malpensa and New York – JFK. Five days later they submitted another similar request, this time to enter the KQ (Kenya Airways) code for interchange flights between the Romanian airport and American cities. How it works
This means that travelers from Abu Dhabi and Nairobi to the United States will be able to purchase a ticket with the first flight operated by Etihad and Kenya Airways to Rome Fiumicino (and Milan Malpensa) and the second operated by Alitalia to the designated US cities. On the contrary, from the United States, a traveler can purchase a flight to Abu Dhabi and Nairobi that includes a stopover in Rome (or Milan) as part of trade exchange agreements, i.e. sharing flight codes. Green light
On December 22, officials from the Ministry of Transport responded to both requests, giving the green light under agreements between transport companies and states. But what Washington does not realize is that an undeclared mandate has a consequence. The industrial plan announced a few days ago by Italia Trasporti Aereo – the new public company created to relaunch the Alitalia brand – does not plan to operate commercial flights to Milan Malpensa, including those bound for New York. Roads
Not only. There is also some difference in the communications from Roma Fiumicino. Because if the New York, Boston, Washington, Miami and Los Angeles lines are expected to be rolled out immediately in the ITA business plan, other routes must start at a later time. For example, the flight to […]
