" Air Italy will be offering a international networka quality of service and a reliability comparable to that of Qatar Airways. Air Italy will be a new carrier with service standards worthy of our ambitions "promised Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker referring to the Italian carrier in training. The company will take delivery of Boeing 737-Max 8 and initiallyAirbus A330-200 for the long-haul network. " They will be replaced by Boeing 787-8s from 2019. "said Akbar Al Baker.
The carrier's ambition is to serve a network of domestic and European routes inherited from Meridiana but also to develop long-haul routes. " We have selected for hub Milan Malpensawhere the market offers the most potential. But we'll be doing a lot of business in Rome Fiumicino. Our ambition is to become Italy's national airline "warned the CEO of Qatar Airways.
But would Qatar Airways be too optimistic about its Italian investment, given the difficulties facing the main transalpine airlines? " I don't think so. We have a solid strategic planThe unions are following us because they are involved in our carrier's financial results. And this at a time when uncertainty continues to reign over the future ofAlitalia "said Akbar Al Baker in an aside.
In-flight service and catering will adopt Qatar Airways' standards, a quality which Akbar Al Baker believes will make Air Italy a success. All this combined with the qatari carrier's ambitions which continues to diversify its activities in Europe. Air Italy is in fact Qatar Airways' second major investment, with its acquisition of a stake in the company. stake in IAGof which it is now the main shareholder with 20%.
