Word: alitalia
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They're Still Just Winging It Alitalia has crash landed in a field of Catch-22s. The majority state-owned Italian carrier, which loses about €1.2 million a day, desperately needs a government bailout to avoid bankruptcy. But any rescue plan risks a veto from Brussels on antitrust grounds. Labor Minister Roberto Maroni promises the government will sign an emergency decree this week, reportedly set to dole out €120 million to Alitalia and Italy 's smaller carriers this year. That would keep the flagship airline afloat and avert disastrous labor strife. But even if the bailout gets past...
...test run of the new system on 600 trucks, it's unclear whether the government will restart the contract. In the meantime, the humble windshield stickers will be reintroduced - one German technology that's still reliable. A Flight Plan For Alitalia He is Silvio Berlusconi's most trusted bad-weather pilot. Cabinet Under Secretary Gianni Letta, a veteran of thorny negotiations among political factions and labor unions, was chosen last week to end the ongoing stalemate at Alitalia. Italy 's national air carrier has faced a series of strikes (another 24-hour stoppage is planned for March 5) after chief...
...appointments. Doctors, who are planning a two-day strike in March, complain that the government hasn't renewed their contract and is trying to replace the national health-care system with a strictly regional one. The strike was just the latest in a lengthening list, including walkouts by Alitalia employees and public-transport workers upset about salary freezes and job cuts. In Genoa, steelworkers clashed with police over some 700 expected layoffs, and magistrates angry about a proposed justice-system reform called a strike for next month. "You've got factory workers, professionals, working-class and middle-class people...
...INDICATORS Blue Sky for Jumbo Deal European and U.S. regulators green-lighted the merger of Air France and Dutch carrier KLM, creating the world's largest airline and encouraging further consolidation. Alitalia also wants to join forces with Air France...
...Then the Italians arrived. An Alitalia jet made a terrible landing: port wheel first, followed by starboard, then both together. More smoke was produced from those tires on the tarmac than in the whole of Haight-Ashbury in 1967. Further entertainment was still to come, courtesy of a rattled Biman pilot. He made the turn early and as a result ended up out of position on the runway. I could hardly bear to watch...