I have seen that somebody this year (2018_) already wrote an entry concerning Alitalia. Back then in February, he stated that at Fiumicino they'll delete long haul destinations.

But since near LIMJ we can observe a huge bunch of shredded concrete, which was not there in February, I have tried to understand what has happened to the (former) Italian flag carrier. This topic btw originally was the reason why I am here in the forum today.

With Alitalia, It goes way deeper than only a smaller long haul schedule since February 2018. I did what I always like to do, I opened the German wiki for Alitalia. And what did I find. "Alitalia hat im Mai 2017 Insolvenz angemeldet." In English: "Alitalia has published bankruptcy in May 2017." Period. That was the first time when my mouth stood open. That was completely new for me! Alitalia (est. 1946), together with LH once a founding member of the 747 club (between 1970 and 2002), is bankrupt! The Italian government has ...