Ala Littoria Italy

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Ala Littoria was created in the summer of 1934 to give Italy a strong national airline. It was the result of a merger between SAM - Società Aerea Mediterranea, Navigazione Aerea - SANA and SISA - Società Italiana Servizi Aerei. In 1935, AEI - Aero Espresso Italiana, Società Adria Aero Lloyd in Albania (then de facto an Italian colony) and Nord Africa Aviazione, operating in the Italian colonies of Libya and Cyrenaica, were taken over. Ala Littoria built up an extensive European network, in addition to the "Linea dell'Impero" - the route to Eritrea and Abyssinia. After Italy entered the war on Germany's side in 1940, the airline acted as a transport unit for the Italian armed forces. It was never revived after the war.

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November 1, 1934
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)

April 1, 1935
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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BL

October 6, 1935
Network (route map) timetable
(System)
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December 1, 1935
Mediterranean routes
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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June 1, 1936
Mediterranean routes
(From the collection of Athanasios Gklavas)
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July 1, 1936
Venice edition
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October 4, 1936
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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October 4, 1936
Routes to Sardinia/Sicilia/Western Europe & North Africa
(From the collection of Perry A. Sloan)

October 4, 1936
Routes to Northern & Central Europe/Adriatic & Eastern Mediterranean
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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April 4, 1937
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)

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April 4, 1937
Network (route map) timetable
(System)
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April 4, 1937
Routes to Sardinia/Sicilia/Western Europe & North Africa
(From the collection of Michael Dawes)
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April 4, 1937
Routes to Northern & Central Europe/Adriatic & Eastern Mediterranean
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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Summer 1937
UK edition
(From the collection of Antonio Bordoni)
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Summer 1937
French edition
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)

Until October 2, 1937
German edition
(From the collection of Antonio Bordoni)
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October 3, 1937
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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October 3, 1937
Routes to Sardinia/Sicilia/Western Europe & North Africa
(From the collection of Antonio Bordoni)
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October 3, 1937
Routes to Northern & Central Europe/Adriatic & Eastern Mediterranean
(From the collection of Perry A. Sloan)

October 3, 1937
"Linee Africa Orientale" (Routes to/from and within East Africa)
Brochure with inserted timetable sheet
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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Until March 26, 1938
Trieste-Brindisi-Athens-Rhodes-Haifa route
(From the collection of Craig Morris)
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March 27, 1938
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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March 27, 1938
Network (route map) timetable
(System)
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BL

March 27, 1938
Routes to Sardinia/Sicilia/Western Europe & North Africa
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March 27, 1938
Routes to Northern & Central Europe/Adriatic & Eastern Mediterranean
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March 28, 1938
"Linea dell'Impero" (Routes to and within East Africa)
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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Summer 1938
French edition
(From the collection of Antonio Bordoni)
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Summer 1938
UK edition
(Courtesy of Klaus Vomhof)
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June 1, 1938
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June 1, 1938
Routes to Sardinia/Sicilia/Western Europe & North Africa
(From the collection of Perry A. Sloan)

June 1, 1938
Routes to Northern & Central Europe/Adriatic & Eastern Mediterranean
(From the collection of Perry A. Sloan)

BL

October 2, 1938
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October 2, 1938
Routes to Sardinia/Sicilia/Western Europe & North Africa
(From the collection of Perry A. Sloan)

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October 2, 1938
Routes to Northern & Central Europe/Adriatic & Eastern Mediterranean
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January 15, 1939

Until April 15, 1939
Network (route map) timetable
(System)
(From the collection of Perry A. Sloan)

April 16, 1939
(From the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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Undated (April/May 1939)
Poster timetable
"Linea dell'Impero" (Routes to/from and within East Africa)
(From the collection of Antonio Bordoni)
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October 8, 1939
Temporary timetable
(System)

November 1, 1939
Network (route map) timetable
(System)
(From the collection of Perry A. Sloan)

BL

November 15, 1939
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January 1, 1940
"Linea dell'Impero"
(Routes to and within East Africa)
(From the collection of Perry A. Sloan)

April 1, 1940
Temporary timetable
(System)
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(Images above from the collection of Germain Mentgen)
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For quick comparison with other Ala Littoria timetables,
visit the Ala Littoria page of Perry Sloan's "AirTimes" site.

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This page last updated January 6, 2024.