13 January, 2009

Alitalia: same old story

Tuesday 13th January, and we know what that means, don't we? YES... it's the day that Alitalia finally gets going. You will remember that after a couple of false starts last year the CAI consortium finally took over Alitalia on Monday 12th, but had to spend its first day on the ground while the pointy heads checked the planes. So, today it's all GO!!!

Er... no, in fact. All the takeoffs from Linate and Malpensa (Milan and some distance away from Milan) have been suspended because the staff don't like the choice of Air France as partner.

Air France, which was a pretty dreadful airline even before this, is going to regret its dalliance with the Italian unions.

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