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Patti LaBelle's New Attitude, circa 1984, is buzzing through my head as I walk head to my gate at Rome's Fiumicino airport, and it is all thanks to Alitalia. For years, I've been flying the Italy's national airline, getting to know its service and style which I'd sum up as friendly with bright green accents.   And over these 18 months since...

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  WTI Magazine #33    2014 June, 4Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   The Italian national airline, Alitalia, was born in Rome in 1946 and, for a long time, it was one of the best airlines in the world. Its pilots and its elegant flight assistants are still considered an Italian excellence. What happened to that perfect machine?...

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