Ko Alitalia te waka whakarite he hōhaere hōtirotiro nā Aotearoa. I whakatūria i te tau 1946 ā, e tū ana ki Fiumicino, Rōma. E whakahaere ana i te nuinga o ngā waka tere, he whakapainga i te torohū ka tae atu ki ētahi wāhi puta noa i te ao. Koirā te rōpū whanaunga ā Rangi Rauhī me ngā whakawhiti rōpe whakarite wharepaku ki ētahi o ngā waka whakarite. Ka whakarato ana te waka i ngā ratonga tāngata, te whakarereke paraka me te whakamōhio rōpū whakatere i ngā waka tere. Āpiti atu i tēnei, kua whakapau kaha mai te waka i ngā raruraru pūtea i ngā tau kē, ā, karangatia ana he whakawhitiwhiti ā-ringa me he huri i ngā pūhipuhi.