Tough times at Alitalia as it parks nearly 13% of its fleet

Alitalia has temporarily parked twenty-two of its aircraft. Though it still officially claims to operate 137 aircraft, extensive ch-aviation ACARS research has shown that the Italian national carrier has over the past two weeks parked two A319-100s, four A320-200s, thirteen A321-100s, two A330-200s in addition to one Air One A320-200.
Most of the aircraft are at least temporarily stored at Rome Fiumicino. Earlier this year, Alitalia phased-out one A320-200 (joined by another which was damaged in a landing incident at Fiumicino) and an A321-100.
Collectively, Gruppo Alitalia, which consists of Alitalia,  Alitalia CityLiner, Alitalia Express, Air One and Volare Airlines, now operates 120 aircraft namely twenty A319-100s, fifty-one A320-200s, nine A321-100s, ten A330-200s, ten B777-200(ER)s, fifteen EMB-175s and five EMB-190s. The move comes at a delicate time for Alitalia as it presses ahead with a controversial EUR300million (USD408million) capital-raising drive required to keep it afloat.
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Photo:Ton Jochems - AMS