Alitalia eyes the east - while the spat between the Gulf and US carriers heats up

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Sorry to lump two fairly unrelated air stories together here ? but both caught our eye this morning. Alitalia has stared to unveil its new long haul services, no doubt meaning that cargo competition out of Malpensa is on its way to becoming quite heated. Its first routes are to Seoul, from Rome, and to Shanghai and Beijing from Milan. More are expected in the revitalisation plan agreed, no doubt, with new shareholder Etihad.

Talking of Etihad (there’s the link) ? ...