Here are all the blue champions who have their names printed on the fuselage of an ITA Airways plane
A few days ago the "Naming Azzurri" survey, an ITA Airways initiative by which users were asked to [...]
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A few days ago, the survey "Azure Naming", an initiative of ITA Airways by which users were asked to nominate the names of non-active blue champions and champions to be named after the planes with the new livery.
The first aircraft to enter the fleet with Blue livery was the Airbus A320 dedicated to the champion Paolo Rossi, operational since last December 24, 2021. Since the beginning of 2022, however, it has been the turn of the two A319s dedicated to Peter Mennea e Gino Bartali and the A320 dedicated to Fausto Coppi.
These were the four names chosen by the company. On January 24, 2022, the ball was passed to ITA Airways followers who were pleased to nominate their blue champions and champions.
"The survey was a huge success," explain ITA, "and testified how the choice of putting the customer at the center of its business is a winning one, because it makes customers feel like protagonists and above all puts into practice in the service offered the choice coming from those who will use it. In addition, the survey confirmed how the flag carrier's tricolor is a value felt also by the world of the web, which testified to the spirit and importance of feeling and being Italian and the pride of seeing ITA Airways' blue sports champions flying on its planes."
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From the many nominations received from followers, ITA Airways has chosen the following blue champions and champions for its 22 aircraft with the new livery:
- Joseph and Carmine Abbagnale
- James Agostini
- Michele Alboreto
- Alberto Ascari
- Roberto Baggio
- Gino Bartali
- Enzo Bearzot
- Novella Calligaris
- Deborah Compagnoni
- Fausto Coppi
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Marcello Lippi
- Andrea Lucchetta
- Paolo Maldini
- Dino Meneghin
- Tazio Nuvolari
- Adriano Panatta
- Federica Pellegrini
- Flavia Pennetta
- Gigi Riva
- Valentino Rossi
- Francesca Schiavone
- Sara Simeoni
- Marco Simoncelli
- Gustav Thoeni
- Alberto Tomba
- Francesco Totti
It is not only ITA that has chosen this path, other carriers have also made similar decisions, for example, Air Serbia named one of its planes after tennis champion Novak Djokovic.
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