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sn26567 wrote: 22 Jan 2020, 14:53 Alitalia managing director Giancarlo Zeni is mulling a new restructuring plan which includes a review of lease contracts, eight fewer aircraft, and 1000 lost jobs.

I'm afraid that will not be enough to get the airline out of the red figures...
And it won't be accepted by the unions either.

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Italy’s Senate approved a government decree granting a public "loan" of €400 million to Alitalia...
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sn26567 wrote: 02 Feb 2020, 00:05 Italy’s Senate approved a government decree granting a public "loan" of €400 million to Alitalia...
Don't worry André. In a few months time, RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) will "invest" €800 million into Alitalia. And €400 million of that investment will be used to repay the government loan from today.

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Passenger wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 15:46
sn26567 wrote: 02 Feb 2020, 00:05 Italy’s Senate approved a government decree granting a public "loan" of €400 million to Alitalia...
Don't worry André. In a few months time, RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) will "invest" €800 million into Alitalia. And €400 million of that investment will be used to repay the government loan from today.
:lol: that's the spirit.
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Alitalia's record flight time aided by Storm Ciara jet stream.
Alitalia made record time crossing the Atlantic on 9 February, recording a flight time of six hours and 38 minutes between New York and Rome.
The Boeing 777, which took off from JFK airport at 17.18 (23.18 in Italy) on 8 February, landed at Leonardo da Vinci airport at 5.56 the next morning, more than an hour ahead of schedule.
The record, which saw the plane beat the normal flight time of seven and a half hours, was aided by a particularly intense jet stream blowing from America to Europe, helping the aircraft to reach speeds of 1,164 km per hour.
Alitalia also made history the same night in Milan after a flight from New York to Malpensa took just six hours and 12 minutes, compared to the average time of just over seven hours.
Furthermore
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/02 ... -alitalia-

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Off Topic News,
A month ago McKinsey & Company recommended an investment of 400 million Euros in Air Italy to keep it going.
The Aga Khan is head of the Ismaili Muslims who are forbidden to take on any debts they may not be able to repay. This was the case with further investment in Air Italy.


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Alitalia to reduce fleet

The de facto bankrupt Italian carrier announced that it will reduce its fleet in the upcoming months, as it struggles to keep its head over water.

Affected are 4 A320s and 2 A321s, which will be returned to their lessors. Also affected is the carrier's biggest aircraft, the sole B777-300ER - almost-eleven-years-old EI-WLA is on lease from Aercap, with the leasing causing monthly costs of 675.000 USD. Alitalia shareholder Etihad also gets two aircraft returned: one A330 in May and June each.

Source: Austrian Aviation.Net
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Alitalia has won a lawsuit against the tax authorities for more than €675 million, however, its future remains uncertain pending an EU judgment over a bridge loan from the state.
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Reason: Changed the $ figure into €, which is the official currency of the EU and Italy
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TLspotting wrote: 21 Feb 2020, 20:10 Alitalia has won a lawsuit against the tax authorities for more than €675 million, however, its future remains uncertain pending an EU judgment over a bridge loan from the state.
Do you have more details about this? A reliable source? A double check? Because €675M really is a whole lot of money for an Italian tax dispute. On top, it's about a loss making company, hence most probably it's no dispute about taxes on their financial result...

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Alitalia will have its debts siphoned off in order for the government to accelerate the sale of the carrier. Also, some narrowbodies will be sold soon.

And who will pay for the debts? The Italian taxpayers again?
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It can be speculation but if Coronavirus suddenly spreads, I don't think that Alitalia will survive.
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TLspotting wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 22:03 It can be speculation but if Coronavirus suddenly spreads, I don't think that Alitalia will survive.
Don't worry. The Italian government will give Alitalia a 2019-nCoV loan.

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Passenger wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 22:12
TLspotting wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 22:03 It can be speculation but if Coronavirus suddenly spreads, I don't think that Alitalia will survive.
Don't worry. The Italian government will give Alitalia a 2019-nCoV loan.
And then they will give Alitalia to Switzerland ? :?
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Passenger wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 22:12
TLspotting wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 22:03 It can be speculation but if Coronavirus suddenly spreads, I don't think that Alitalia will survive.
Don't worry. The Italian government will give Alitalia a 2019-nCoV loan.
I'm sure the EU will allow government aid if an national airline is in danger because this epidemic problem.
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lumumba wrote: 25 Feb 2020, 09:52
Passenger wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 22:12
TLspotting wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 22:03 It can be speculation but if Coronavirus suddenly spreads, I don't think that Alitalia will survive.
Don't worry. The Italian government will give Alitalia a 2019-nCoV loan.
I'm sure the EU will allow government aid if an national airline is in danger because this epidemic problem.
Nope. Have you read on the homepage here what the EU just has decided for a Romanian state loan to Tarom? The €36M must be refunded/recovered within six months. That's something that Alitalia is unable to do.
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/taro ... ier-tarom/

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Passenger wrote: 25 Feb 2020, 12:42
lumumba wrote: 25 Feb 2020, 09:52
Passenger wrote: 24 Feb 2020, 22:12
Don't worry. The Italian government will give Alitalia a 2019-nCoV loan.
I'm sure the EU will allow government aid if an national airline is in danger because this epidemic problem.
Nope. Have you read on the homepage here what the EU just has decided for a Romanian state loan to Tarom? The €36M must be refunded/recovered within six months. That's something that Alitalia is unable to do.
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/taro ... ier-tarom/
But this has nothing to do with the Corona Virus let's see when airlines will be in problems because this virus.
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On february 28th interested parties may bid, other than the way before by buing a stake in a newco, but
by either biddung for one or more sectionss of Alitaloa: aviation, handling, maintenance
(vendita in spezzatino).

Among the bidders expected are: Efromovich, Lufthansa, probabilmente Delta, Airfrance.
Source: ilMessagero.it (paywal) or ilmattino.it/economia/alitalia

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Welcome to Aviation24.be, uweploch.

In other news, Alitalia is being investigated for entering into “inconsistent agreements, unreasonable and harmful to the interests of Alitalia” in favour of Darwin Airline (Switzerland), during 2014-2017.
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Alitalia is now mulling dividing the company into three units — the mainline unit, maintenance and ground handling — in hopes to entice potential investors.
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