Delta won't speculate on Alitalia partnership 

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 10/28/2018 at 10:46 • Filed to: None

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After rumours that Delta may rescue it s SkyTeam partner, by buying a chunk of it, Delta CEO declined to comment on the matter.

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I think it’s an effort to keep Alitalia in SkyTeam(after Air France - KLM dropped the idea of saving Alitalia), because Lufthansa taking control of the Italian carrier would also see them switching to Star Alliance.

bob and john > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/28/2018 at 10:57

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awwww I liked the lancia stratos in those colors.....

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/28/2018 at 11:13

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For decades various partners have tried to save Alitalia, and m y only question is ‘W hy? ’ Is it really worth it? Like Swissair and Sabena (amongst others), perhaps it’s time to let this critically ill patient die and let something new spring up in its place. If the whole idea is to preserve your alliance, you have to question the health of said alliance if dumping several hundreds of millions of dollars into a perpetual loser is what is required...

fhrblig > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/28/2018 at 11:14

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They should merge and change their name to Al Delte.

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/28/2018 at 11:35

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If the whole idea is to preserve your alliance, you have to question the health of said alliance if dumping several hundreds of millions of dollars into a perpetual loser is what is required...

Sounds like the European Union.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/28/2018 at 11:48

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If one of your family members is sick, do you help them out or shoot them  in the face?

someassemblyrequired > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/28/2018 at 12:06

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Alitalia’s beyond saving, and has been for years. It’s unions will create untold problems, and that’s before you get into the corporate/government corruption and strong (and increasing) mafia influence in many parts of Italy. As Alitalia stands s hooting it in the face would be a mercy killing. Delta isn’t thinking clearly unless it will move most of Alitalia out of Italy and base it in another EU state.

someassemblyrequired > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/28/2018 at 12:10

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All I could think of when I saw that was this old Saturday Night Live fake ad:

https://view.yahoo.com/show/saturday-night-live/clip/4639522/bad-idea-jeans

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/28/2018 at 12:21

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If it’s a cold or the flu, I help them. If it’s stage IV lung or colon cancer, as friends and family have experienced, you do what you can and then get them into hospice when the inevitable takes its course . Alitalia has been on life support for years, and at some point you have to pull the plug and donate the organs.

Alitalia is a company, and not a person or a nation and therefore, dare I say it, not worth the same efforts to save it. Is there really a social role to a company that makes it worth saving? I thought the days of the government run company with the primary purpose of employing people were over.

Tell me - in your honest opinion, why should Alitalia be saved? Other than an illustrious history, what do they offer to their target market?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/28/2018 at 12:51

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From the SkyTeam point of view, Alitalia is valuable because it’s their only member left in that region, after A egean preferred Star Alliance. For the people of Italy, Alitalia is sometimes the only choice on less busy, less profitable routes. For the Italian government, it’s a matter of national pride. For your average world traveler, it’s another choice on routes to Italy. Nobody would really win if Alitalia collapses. Except for Quatar backed Air Italy.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 10/28/2018 at 19:32

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Do you have any experience flying with Swiss air? or j us t their overall business

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 10/29/2018 at 12:16

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No first-hand experience flying with them, but I was a business analyst in the airline industry for years. Swissair wasn’t a customer of mine, but Swiss, the follow on a carrier when Cross air stepped up to do the international flights left vacant by the defunct national carrier, was.

The only memorable experience I had with SR was being right next to the runway as an SR MD-11 l lost an engine on takeoff, scaring the crap out of me when it exploded. I did have my scanner on and listened to all of the communications until the aircraft returned. Pilots were totally unfazed at the whole scenario and treated it like it was routine. That's what proper training gets you.