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When in a hole, dig deeper!

Berlusconi: "Fallimento Alitalia? Vediamo, voglio approfondire", dice il presidente del Consiglio.

Burlesconi: "Failure of Alitalia? We'll see, I want to go deeper" says the Prime Minister

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Sep 18th, 2008 at 12:08:56 PM EST
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Re: Alitalia Swan Song (none / 1)

L'Alitalia continuerà a volare anche dopo che sarà ufficializzato il ritiro dell'offerta avanzata dalla Cai: saranno i lavoratori a garantire la continuerà aziendale a tutela della clientela e dei suoi interessi. E' quanto ha dichiarato il segretario nazionale dello Sdl Paolo Maras

Can the SDL trade union guarantee that fuel will be supplied? That was the reason advanced over the weekend for why Alitalia might not be able to fly already last Monday.

Also, Alitalia could lose its licence to fly due to insolvency.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Sep 18th, 2008 at 12:11:42 PM EST
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Re: Alitalia Swan Song (none / 0)

It's a big question. No gas, no fly. How do they expect to pay current bills?

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Thu Sep 18th, 2008 at 12:27:55 PM EST
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Re: Alitalia Swan Song (none / 0)

ENAC has convoked the commissioner Fantozzi for Monday to verify if there are the conditions necessary to keep their flight license.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Thu Sep 18th, 2008 at 12:32:37 PM EST
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Re: Alitalia Swan Song (none / 0)

As you can see it's a shouting match.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Thu Sep 18th, 2008 at 12:12:41 PM EST
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