{"id":70901,"date":"2018-03-26T14:27:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=70901"},"modified":"2018-03-26T14:27:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:27:05","slug":"qatar-airways-airitaly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/qatar-airways-airitaly","title":{"rendered":"Air Italy aims to become Italy's new national airline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\"\u00a0<em>Air Italy will be offering a <strong>international network<\/strong>a <strong>quality of service<\/strong> and a <strong>reliability<\/strong> comparable to that of <strong>Qatar Airways<\/strong>. <strong>Air Italy<\/strong> will be a new carrier with service standards worthy of our ambitions\u00a0<\/em>\"promised <strong>Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker<\/strong> referring to the Italian carrier in training. The company will take delivery of <strong>Boeing 737-Max 8<\/strong> and initially<strong>Airbus A330-200<\/strong> for the long-haul network. \"\u00a0<em>They will be replaced by Boeing 787-8s from 2019.<\/em>\u00a0\"said Akbar Al Baker.<\/p>\n<p>The carrier's ambition is to serve a network of domestic and European routes inherited from <strong>Meridiana<\/strong>\u00a0but also to develop long-haul routes. \"\u00a0<em>We have selected for hub <strong>Milan Malpensa<\/strong>where the market offers the most potential. But we'll be doing a lot of business in <strong>Rome Fiumicino<\/strong>. Our ambition is to become Italy's national airline<\/em>\u00a0\"warned the CEO of Qatar Airways.<\/p>\n<p>But would Qatar Airways be too optimistic about its Italian investment, given the difficulties facing the main transalpine airlines? \"\u00a0<em>I don't think so. We have a <strong>solid strategic plan<\/strong>The 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 of<strong>Alitalia<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\"said Akbar Al Baker in an aside.<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/qatar-airways-boycott-qsuite-20180322.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the qatari carrier's ambitions<\/a> 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. <strong>stake in IAG<\/strong>of which it is now the main shareholder with 20%.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meridiana, the regional carrier acquired by Qatar Airways, has become Air Italy. 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