News Alitalia Bankruptcy: Italian Govt in Crisis

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Alitalia has canceled 40 flights due to a four-hour strike organized by a small union opposing a rescue plan that includes longer working hours, layoffs, and cuts to routes and aircraft. This situation highlights the airline's struggle for survival amid union resistance to the proposed terms by potential investors. The ongoing strikes in Italy raise concerns for the government, with some suggesting that the current fuel crisis may ultimately benefit the European aviation market by eliminating weaker national airlines and paving the way for budget carriers like Ryanair and EasyJet to thrive. There is also a desire expressed for similar market dynamics to occur in the U.S. airline industry.
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http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hiS01TQeSzfxEsuoijIuUCZF-RMw

ROME — Bankrupt Alitalia canceled 40 flights Wednesday after a small union called a four-hour strike against a rescue plan, as hundreds of workers protested at Rome's main airport. The Italian airline is fighting for its survival as unions balk at accepting terms of the rescue plan by potential investors, including longer hours, layoffs and reductions in routes and in the number of aircraft.

This sure must be a worry for the Italian government.
 
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http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hiS01TQeSzfxEsuoijIuUCZF-RMw

ROME — Bankrupt Alitalia canceled 40 flights Wednesday after a small union called a four-hour strike against a rescue plan, as hundreds of workers protested at Rome's main airport. The Italian airline is fighting for its survival as unions balk at accepting terms of the rescue plan by potential investors, including longer hours, layoffs and reductions in routes and in the number of aircraft.

This sure must be a worry for the Italian government.
Italy has more assinine strikes than any other country I am aware of. When I dated a guy there it seems there were constant train strikes, trucking strikes where they would block public roads, it seemed that there was always someone striking.
 
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This sure must be a worry for the... you could fly Singapore airlines from LA-NY!
 

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