Beijing – Alitalia lands on Alibaba. The airline has opened a specialized store on Alitrip (also known as Fliggy), the portal for the purchase of flights and travels of Chinese e-commerce giant. Chinese passengers flying with Alitalia will thus have a dedicated site where they can organize and buy their flights to Italy, Europe and the many other destinations served by the company around the world. With hundreds of millions of Internet users, more and more Chinese passengers plan their travels online and thanks to this new store the Italian company will have access to the vast tourism market in China. According to the latest Istat data available, the number of Chinese tourists in Italy in 2015 exceeded 5.3 million. (9colonne)