major European airline incumbents are facing a number of challenges as they adapt to the changing competitive landscape. However, by adopting a strategic framework that focuses on long-haul routes, cost reduction, hybridization, geostrategic positioning, and aggregation, major European airlines can improve their competitive position and achieve sustainable success.
Aliatalia crisis and strategic drifts
(Italiano) Crisi di Alitalia come errori strategici e gestionali
Alitalia’s crisis as a result of market dynamics and the effects of liberalization
(Italiano) La crisi di Alitalia come conseguenza delle dinamiche del mercato e degli effetti della liberalizzazione
An analysis of air market trends in Europe. The Alitalia paradox: any solution?
Title An analysis of air market trends in Europe. The Alitalia paradox: any solution? Author Riccardo Toso Abstract The following study wants to analyse the economic and managerial causes which have affected Italian carrier, Alitalia, in the last years. From the niche literature, some further evidence on its economic impact is provided: why the air […]
Sell it, close it or restructure it? Scenarios of the extraordinary administration of Alitalia
Author Ugo Arrigo Abstract The aim of the study is to analyse the prospects for resolving Alitalia’s crisis and to assess the various options of the government and of the company’s administration. There are three possible outcomes: the first is to sell Alitalia, the second is to close it, and the third is to restructure […]
The new crisis of Alitalia and the prospects for a solution
This study uses the information available as of 30.04.2018. It will be updated according to future availability of relevant data and information. The first part of the study examines the characteristics of the Italian air transport market in the period 2004-2016 and the role played by Alitalia in it. It also analyses the main economic […]
New Alitalia crisis and the extraordinary administration (2017-2018)
This note represents the update to the period of Alitalia’s commissioner and the attempt to sell the carrier of a previous study carried out in the middle of the year 2017. It therefore covers the period 2017 – the first part of 2018 and aims to analyze the reasons that led to the aggravation of […]
Alitalia and the Italian airline market over the period 2004-2016
Alitalia and the Italian airline market over the period 2004-2016 Ugo Arrigo, Andrea Battaglia, Giacomo Di Foggia Abstract This paper summarizes the characteristics of the Italian air transport market in the period 2004-2016 and the role played by Alitalia. It also analyzes the main industrial and economic results of the national carrier, comparing the costs […]