Alitalia

Rome - Moscow A320. Good flight good food for lunch and good crew. Would definitely use again for short haul flights.

Both onward and return journey were delayed by 1 hour. On arrival at Rome airport there was no transit assistance offered as connecting flight to Bari was due to take off in 20 minutes. Security personnel in transit area not helpful and won't give fast track access when explained that we will miss our connecting flight if we join the long endless queue. Tried to speak to an Alitalia stewardess who totally ignore our calls for help. Finally we had to exit the terminal and walk to the departure terminal security and passport control run to the Gate number on our boarding pass and realised that they have made a late change to Gate number. Luckily the flight to Bari was also delayed and we didn't miss the flight. We didn't need to have this hassle if there was Alitalia attendant at hand to assist people on connecting flights.

Booked flight from JFK to Reggio Calabria with a stop in Rome. Flight left JFK over an hour late for no apparent reason other than waiting for late passengers. We originally would have 70 minutes to transfer in Rome. Because we left late we only had 30 minutes. My son and I ran to get to our gate and were able to arrive with 10 minutes to spare only to be told that our baggage will not make the transfer and we were not allowed to board without our baggage. We had to wait 4 hours for the next flight at 5.15 which did not board until after 5.20. Coming home was not any better. Flight from Reggio Calabria to Rome left over 30 minutes late and the flight from Rome back to JFK left over 20 minutes late. The only flight on time seemed to be the one that we were not allowed to be on.

First experience of split flights - stop overs in FCO on way out and LIN on way back (LHR-CAT return). Booking flights only possible via Expedia (avoid) - simply did not show up on Alitalia website which also not good for non-Italian speakers. On line check in a delight. Ground staff not great - on way back told we were too early for check-in. Main problem was both initial flights were delayed an hour taking off and connection times were tight causing anxiety. In the event pilots radioed ahead flights were connected with and baggage no problem. Be aware there is no food on Millemiglia flights.

This was my first time flying with them to Milan. The lounge at JFK was the smallest I've ever been to and unfortunately the amenities was minimal there and forget using the toilet I swear the toilets at Penn station was cleaner. I didn't think this flight experience was going to be better but I was very impressed with the level of efficiency it took the crew to help everyone to their seats and the flight took off on time. Service was excellent and the food was impressive for airline food. The new Magnifica cabin was clean and spacious. The new pods were very comfortable and each seat has a massager and sleeps flat. Suffice to say we were well pampered from beginning till the end of our flight which arrived 45 mins early.

FCO-LAX in business Magnifica Class. Fast check-in good service in Alitalia Lounge in Terminal 3 (FCO) priority access to the recently refurbished B772. Helpful and gentle cabin crew excellent food and wine. The IFE has the same choices of the Economy class but is enough to entertain you even on a 13 hours flight.

Aug 16 Boston - Rome FCO AZ 615 departure 5.10 pm. First stood 1 hour at the gate due to mechanical issues. After we finally took off the pilot informed us the landing gear was malfunctioning and after a fuel dump we would return to Boston. After an hour of circling above the greater Boston area he informed us to divert to New York JFK. No information yet. Three hours after initial departure we made and emergency landing at JFK. They kept us in the plane for an other hour let us wait for our luggage and let us stand in line form more then 3 hours to get hotel vouchers and rebooking to other flight. No drinks or beverages provided staff very unfriendly and uncoordinated.

13 Aug Rome to Bucharest. Flight scheduled to leave at 21.30 and we waited on board until about 22.30 for the aircraft to leave. Cabin crew unfriendly and we were only given a small bag of taralli and a drink. Arrived at the airport (around 00.40) only to discovered one of our bags did not arrive.

LHR-FCO-NRT / NRT-FCO-LHR. Generally ground staff at LHR and NRT were good and same for inflight cabin crew. Ground staff at FCO were unbelievably rude asking me questions about where I was going and why without even a "I hope you enjoyed your trip!".

Milan - London LHR. A320 in Air One colours Leather seats but very dirty. Entire row of 6 had no inflight magazines two seats (out of 6) had a sick bag safety cards had chewing gum stuck to it. For over 2 hrs flight we were given A CHOICE of tiny pack of biscotti or salty snacks and a drink. Cabin crew spoke proper English but were not interested in any kind of service. I flown low costs with much better service than this.