	alitalia reports higher net profits italy s national airline alitalia spa azpi mi reporting a pct rise in provisional net profit said it carried seven pct more passengers on domestic routes last year but pct fewer passengers on flights from north america and canada alitalia said the drop in north american traffic had been due to a general fall in the numbers of american tourists visiting europe caused by fears of terrorism the airline reported provisional net profit rose to billion lire from billion in a spokesman said alitalia was hoping for an increase in traffic with the u s in it planned to increase the number of flights from italy to new york to per week to reinstate flights to boston and to re open the direct rome milan los angeles service the spokesman announced that from march alitalia would be starting a new weekly service to shanghai for its summer programme it would be adding extra flights to european destinations an increase of pct reuter 
