Italy: the national airline Alitalia will disappear

The Italian company Alitalia is operating its very last flights. She will indeed disappear on the evening of Thursday, October 14. In great difficulty for many years, the company suffered the final blow with the health crisis, which practically suspended all air traffic for months. Alitalia was losing up to 1 million euros per day. In total, Italian taxpayers have paid 13 billion euros in 20 years, to no avail.

The first flight of this company dates from May 1947. Since then, Alitalia has landed on all continents. It has transported, in total, nearly a billion passengers throughout its history. It has even been the official company of Italian stars and popes since Paul VI. A few days ago, the current sovereign pontiff François regretted this bankruptcy on his return from Slovakia.

Monday, October 11, the employees ofAlitalia, marched in Rome (Italy). There are 10,500, and for the vast majority, the short-term prospect is unemployment. “We want the 10,500 employees to find a job, and not just as advertised”, demands Isabella My pretty, hostess for Alitalia. In fact, 2,800 employees would be taken over by ITA, the company low cost who will succeed Alitalia. But this would lead to lower wages, the end of benefits in kind and above all a halving of the number of planes and routes.