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Alitalia is breathing again

Alitalia’s passenger revenues increase continues the growth trend. The Italian airline reported in April 2019 the seventeenth consecutive month of growth, with a 5.9 per cent increase in passenger revenues, compared to April 2018.

The growth was driven in particular by the excellent performance on long-haul routes: in April, Alitalia increased the number of passengers carried on intercontinental flights by 4.0 per cent.

Total revenues increased in April by 4.3 per cent, compared to same month of 2018, and led to a growth by 3.7 per cent in the first four months of 2019, compared to the same period of the previous year.