DCSIMG
Site Map | Italiano  Italian Flag
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ALITALIA
1946-1948
1949-1957
1960-1961
1964-1967
1969-1973
1980-1984
1991-1994
1996-1997
1998-2000
2001-2002
2005-2006
2007-oggi
 In 1960, Alitalia’s status as Italy’s national airline is recognised when the Company becomes the official carrier for the Rome Olympic Games. In the same year, the Company takes delivery of its first jets (DC-8 and Caravelle) and the number of passengers exceeds one million for the first time. Its base is moved from Ciampino to Fiumicino. Leonardo Da Vinci airport officially opens on 11 January 1961, and during the same year the airport’s Flight Personnel Training Centre and the “Flight City” begin operations.
cronistoria_03