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Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A.,[4][5] operating as Alitalia (Italian pronunciation: [aliˈtaːlja]), was an airline which was once the flag carrier and largest airline of Italy.[6] The company had its head office in Fiumicino, Rome.[7] The airline was fully owned by the Government of Italy since 17 March 2020. The airline operated a fleet of Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A330-200, and Boeing 777-200ER aircraft to over 34 scheduled domestic, European and intercontinental destinations. The airline operated from its main hub at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport. The airline was a full member of SkyTeam alliance and it had codeshare agreements with 42 airlines. In 2018, the airline was the twelfth-largest airline in Europe.
The airline entered extraordinary administration in 2017 following years of unprofitability.[8] On 24 August 2021, Alitalia announced that it would cease operations on 15 October 2021,[9] and that passengers with tickets for later flights could reschedule on an earlier flight or request a refund.[10][11] On 15 October 2021, its operations and assets were transferred to ITA Airways, a new state-owned flag carrier.[12]