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“[Alitalia Airlines] was an Italian airline which was once the flag carrier and largest airline of Italy.[5] The company had its head office in Fiumicino, a Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.[6] The airline was owned by the Government of Italy from its founding in 1946 until it was privatized in 2009; after struggling with profitability while a private company, including failed negotiations to sell to other private parties, the Italian government took ownership of the airline in March 2020.”