Ala Littoria
Italian national airline that operated during the fascist regime in the 1930s and 1940s
Ala Littoria S.A. was the Italian flag carrier that operated during the fascist regime in the 1930s and 1940s. The airline did not survive the fall of the Fascist regime and was replaced after World War II by Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali, later renamed Alitalia.
History
Background
The first scheduled Italian flight, operated by Società Anonima Transadriatica, took off from Venice-Lido Airport on 18 August 1926. It was headed to Vienna via Klagenfurt and was operated with Junkers G 24 trimotors. Initially carried out on an experimental basis, the service became regular on 1 February 1927. On 19 April, the route was extended to include three weekly flights to Vienna with Junkers G 24s.
Commercial aviation in Italy grew steadily in the following years. In 1928, the main civilian airport in Italy, Littorio Airport (now Rome Urbe Airport), was inaugurated in the presence of Benito Mussolini. Initially, it was operated by Compagnia Nazionale Aeronautica, a private company founded in 1920 by Count Giovanni Bonmartini. According to website "Century of Flight":
Like many other European nations did in their early phases of civil aviation, Italy initially formed several small companies that struggled to provide a modest level of passenger service.
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