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Old May 3, 2011, 2:00 am
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abhilife2001
 
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Alitalia is new 9W partner

Originally Posted by abcx
I'm not surprised. I'm guessing it's going full in the DEL-MXP direction? Wonder if Jet interlines with someone on the other end. To be completely honest, I find their strategy quite bizarre. Of all the places they could start service, Milan? Really? There can't be that much O&D traffic and I don't think they can offer good connections from Milan. (My Dad tells me that they're trying to build Milan as another hub but I don't know where he read this. He says it's because slots and landing/parking costs are lower in Milan, which sort of makes sense I suppose, but again, I don't have numbers.)
Got this in the mail today..
http://www.jetairways.com/EN/IN/JetP.../Alitalia.aspx

Quote '' A fleet of 150 aircraft among the most modern in Europe, nearly 250,000 flights per year and more than 23 million passengers carried. ''
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