Alitalia normally operate from Heathrow 2x daily to Milan LIN and 3x daily to Rome FCO. They also fly from London City to Milan LIN 6x on weekdays and 3x at weekends. They requested slots from ACL for 7x daily departures from Gatwick, but were given slots for just 5x weekly flights
About 5 years ago, Alitalia sold their slots to an airline in the UAE and then leased them back. That UAE based airline did a purchase-and-leaseback of Heathrow slots with Jet Airways as well... when Jet went bust, the UAE based airline and Air Serbia had to increase flights to Heathrow to avoid forfeiting the slots under the use-it-or-lose-it rule. Eventually those slots were sold/leased in late 2019 to BA/AA
I'm wondering if Alitalia (or a certain airline in the Middle East) is trying to sell or lease out those Heathrow slots to another airline and we might see Alitalia moves its LHR operations completely to Gatwick
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 14th Jun 2020 at 22:47.