Berlusconi’s French Connection
Well, he has billions, virtually runs every aspect of Italy, and claimed that he wanted to save Alitalia for Italy, even if, after all the tooing-and-froing, one of Alitalia’s original suitors, namely Air France, mysteriously appears to have fallen back into favour.
Yes, that archetypal Italian, Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi, has decided to hand over part of Alitalia to the French. Strange in a way, because many Italians are not great fans of those who hail from the land of snails and h’orderves, but then what do you expect from someone who appears to shun Italian cars? And I bet you can’t guess what make one of Berlusconi’s first cars was. Read more
Alitalia the Zombie Airline
A bit like some recalcitrant zombie, Alitalia just will not lie down and die. The stuttering saga of Italy’s national airline wobbles on, and does not appear to be coming to an end.
The undead Airline which dear old Berlusconi promised to save from becoming, horror of horrors, foreign,
is still as strike prone as ever it was.
Heaven only knows how much it is costing Italy’s taxpayers to save the corpse of this behemoth. Read more
Alitalia RIP?
Things are not looking at all good on the Alitalia Italian national airline front.
Intransigent Italian unions have refused to back down in negotiations aimed at saving Italy’s beleaguered national carrier. The net result is that everyone who works for the company will probably lose their jobs. Nice move unions!
It looks as though Alitalia’s planes will soon be heading for the clouds one last time.
Is this then the last word? Read more
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