Alitalia leaves SkyTeam on May 21st
Alitalia is reported to leave the SkyTeam transatlantic joint venture on May 21. That revenue stream will now disappear, but Alitalia will be free to pursue its own commercial strategy or to join another alliance or joint venture. All other SkyTeam transatlantic carriers will operate under a newly-created joint venture that now also includes Virgin Atlantic, in which Delta Air Lines owns a 49 percent stake.