Roundup: Good news for Alitalia; Las Vegas airport flight delay tool; photos of a peaceful D.C.

Good morning, travelers!

Airline news | It didn’t look good for Alitalia after a third rescue plan to save the bankrupt airline fell through. Italy’s largest airline resorted to putting for-sale ads in newspapers, and the silver lining came at the last minute when Italy’s largest union, CGIL, withdrew objections and finally agreed to the plan, which includes the Italian Air Co. (CAI) investor group offering its billion-euro ($1.45-billion) offer for the airline. Read: Alitalia rescue plan poised for takeoff.

Las Vegas | You heard about Mandalay Bay’s Minus 5 opening yesterday. If that sounds a little too icy for your taste, here is an additional list of October events going on in Vegas. Sometimes McCarran International Airport can get pretty packed. Use this handy TSA-calculated flight delay tool to figure out what your likely wait time will be at the security checkpoints.

Travel website |  All eyes and ears are glued to Washington as we wait for more news about whether the bailout will pass and if there will be a debate tonight. On a lighter note, Elizabeth at the Go Green Travel Green Blog gives us a much more serene look at Washington, D.C. in her photo post, Walking the Monuments of Washington, D.C. at Night.

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

[Photo: Corporate.Alitalia.com]

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