They only have one. Why is that? Will they get rid of it or get a few more? Where do they fly it to?

EI-WLA mainly flies between FCO and GRU, but was used on the FCO-JFK route last summer. It's feen ferried to Abu Dhabi on the 9th of January (probably for maintenance?).

From memory, they were planning to use the 77W on Rome-Buenos Aires route but not sure if this has changed. I think they got the sole 77W from Etihad and read somewhere that Alitalia was planning to operate 4 or so 77Ws, sourced from Etihad, but not sure if this plan has changed due to Etihad's financial difficulties.

Alitalia is struggling financially with little support from Etihad. Delta and EasyJet have made it known that they are interested in acquiring parts of Alitalia. In DL's case it would probably be much like the VS deal 49% deal. The financial struggles have more then likely had a major effect on the modernization (or rather lack of) of their fleet with the 777-300ER.

kengo wrote:

From memory, they were planning to use the 77W on Rome-Buenos Aires route but not sure if this has changed. I think they got the sole 77W from Etihad and read somewhere that Alitalia was planning to operate 4 or so 77Ws, sourced from Etihad, but not sure if this plan has changed due to Etihad's financial difficulties.

The 77W is a leased ex Air Austral plane, it is not from Etihad (you might be thinking of the A345 that EY gave the Italian government which has now apparently been stored for the past 6 months) who has yet to get rid of any 77Ws other than the ones they were leasing from Jet Airways. I believe the plan was to acquire more, but then Alitalia had one of their major bankruptcies.

Polot wrote:

kengo wrote:

From memory, they were planning to use the 77W on Rome-Buenos Aires route but not sure if this has changed. I think they got the sole 77W from Etihad and read somewhere that Alitalia was planning to operate 4 or so 77Ws, sourced from Etihad, but not sure if this plan has changed due to Etihad's financial difficulties.

The 77W is a leased ex Air Austral plane, it is not from Etihad (you might be thinking of the A345 that EY gave the Italian government which has now apparently been stored for the past 6 months) who has yet to get rid of any 77Ws other than the ones they were leasing from Jet Airways. I believe the plan was to acquire more, but then Alitalia had one of their major bankruptcies.

Thanks for the correction. I assumed it was from EY based on an article I read a couple of years ago where it stated the 77Ws would come from EY or from other partners. Considering EY owns 49% of Alitalia(not sure now) and was looking to down size their fleet , I thought the 77W came from EY.

alesfr wrote:

EI-WLA mainly flies between FCO and GRU, but was used on the FCO-JFK route last summer. It's feen ferried to Abu Dhabi on the 9th of January (probably for maintenance?).

Routings change with demand/seasons. Right now, WLA is flying 3x w night time to EZE and 1x w daytime to GRU. I'd think it will return to the JFK runs with the peak summer North Atlantic season, when South America demand drops.

Flightguy123 wrote:

Alitalia is struggling financially with little support from Etihad. Delta and EasyJet have made it known that they are interested in acquiring parts of Alitalia. In DL's case it would probably be much like the VS deal 49% deal. The financial struggles have more then likely had a major effect on the modernization (or rather lack of) of their fleet with the 777-300ER.

When will we hear which proposal Alitalia has chosen?

I would like for LH to take over Alitalia.

Airlines0613 wrote:

I would like for LH to take over Alitalia.

Don't be cruel to the Germans....

MalevTU134 wrote:

Airlines0613 wrote:

I would like for LH to take over Alitalia.

Don't be cruel to the Germans....

Lmao

MalevTU134 wrote:

Airlines0613 wrote:

I would like for LH to take over Alitalia.

Don't be cruel to the Germans....

Swiss, Austrian and Brussels were in serious economic situations and Lufthansa took them forward, LH is a smart airline, they always look for ways to stay profitable

RainerBoeing777 wrote:

MalevTU134 wrote:

Airlines0613 wrote:

I would like for LH to take over Alitalia.

Don't be cruel to the Germans....

Swiss, Austrian and Brussels were in serious economic situations and Lufthansa took them forward, LH is a smart airline, they always look for ways to stay profitable

Agreed, LH would be the best choice. Delta shouldn't even be allowed to put in an offer. They need to be busted up as it is. Theynhave way too much influence on foreign airlines they have invested in and the consumer is paying through the nose for it.

TTailedTiger wrote:

RainerBoeing777 wrote:

MalevTU134 wrote:

Don't be cruel to the Germans....

Swiss, Austrian and Brussels were in serious economic situations and Lufthansa took them forward, LH is a smart airline, they always look for ways to stay profitable

Agreed, LH would be the best choice. Delta shouldn't even be allowed to put in an offer. They need to be busted up as it is. Theynhave way too much influence on foreign airlines they have invested in and the consumer is paying through the nose for it.

Oh... and you think Lufthansa would be more beneficial to the consumer because...?

dcajet wrote:

TTailedTiger wrote:

RainerBoeing777 wrote:

Swiss, Austrian and Brussels were in serious economic situations and Lufthansa took them forward, LH is a smart airline, they always look for ways to stay profitable

Agreed, LH would be the best choice. Delta shouldn't even be allowed to put in an offer. They need to be busted up as it is. Theynhave way too much influence on foreign airlines they have invested in and the consumer is paying through the nose for it.

Oh... and you think Lufthansa would be more beneficial to the consumer because...?

Because Delta would just engage in even more price fixing across the Atlantic. LH would probably just us AZ for intra Europe ops.

LH is by far not a welfare company ,they would use their stacks in AZ mainly to reduce intra-european competition.That might not affect the TATL flights directly but it is still far away from being good for the civil aviation.

TTailedTiger wrote:

dcajet wrote:

TTailedTiger wrote:

Agreed, LH would be the best choice. Delta shouldn't even be allowed to put in an offer. They need to be busted up as it is. Theynhave way too much influence on foreign airlines they have invested in and the consumer is paying through the nose for it.

Oh... and you think Lufthansa would be more beneficial to the consumer because...?

Because Delta would just engage in even more price fixing across the Atlantic. LH would probably just us AZ for intra Europe ops.

And don't you think LH does the same over the Atlantic with United?

Please keep the thread on topic.

✈️ atcsundevil

Will they get a few more B777-300ERs?

I remember they once ordered 5 B747-400s and they cancelled the order since they failed to reach an alliance with AF. VS took them

United Airline wrote:

Will they get a few more B777-300ERs?

I remember they once ordered 5 B747-400s and they cancelled the order since they failed to reach an alliance with AF. VS took them

Considering the Horror News from Rome for the past Months, i wouldnt put a bet on AZ getting any new Planes soon let alone B77W's

according to the last news, DL plan for alitalia foresees to eliminate 1 or 2 long range planes. Which means the B77W is a perfect candidate.