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Whose on strike today? Sciopero.  List of Italian Public Holidays

Printable list of Italian strikes

Monday, June, 7, Airport personnel and baggage handlers 10-6pm, this is the strike that was originaly scheduled for the 14, May and goes country wide. Alitalia, Air One.

3/30/2010  Alitalia pilots and flight attendants, 24 hours, Monday, 3, May, 2010.
3/27/10 Friday, April, 16, 2010 all Italian airports baggage handlers on strike for 24 hours. Workers have been working without a contract for two years. Make life easier for yourself, change flight now before everyone else. Unions who proclaimed strike are FILT, CGIL, FIT CISL, Uiltrasporti. Any information on this strike would be appreciated, please email us. contact@easytravelreport.com.  Airline passengers need to know what to expect that day.
And,
24 hours, Friday, April 23 all rail transportation, Trenitalia, workers and bus services, of local public transport companies.

Italy this weeks public transportation strikes.
Monday
March 22 Alitalia pilot and flight attendant strike. Was 24 hours now 12-4pm. Some baggage handlers will strike same time, all major Italian airports?

Tuesday
Tuesday 23 March railway staff of Trenitalia. From 21 on Tuesday 24 hours for regional trains in Piedmont, Liguria and Tuscany are subject to delays and cancellations.
Naples 23 March  public transport and service Anm not be' guaranteed from 9 to 1pm, Sepsa are subject to delays and cancellations 8-2:30

Wednesday
Buses will stop for four hours, from 12.30 to 16.30 on Wednesday 24 March, a strike called by FILT-CGIL, FIT-CISL, UIL Transport, Fais-Cisal, UGL, SDL Tpl and RdB. Rome Metro strike from 8.30 to 5pm and from 8pm to end service.
Rome three strikes are planned which will involve the subway, the three railways to Ostia-Viterbo, Civita and Gardens, and some bus lines in the area south of the city: the coordination Machinists Metro Roma protest from 8.30 to 5pm and from 8pm to end service, at-risk urban rail and buses serving the area south of Rome, between 8.30 and 12.30.


24 hours, Friday, April 23 all rail transportation workers and bus services, of local public transport companies.


February, 16, 2010 Alitalia personnel 12-4pm
January, 23, 2010 Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate on strike for 8 hours 4-7am and 10-3pm.  Just enough to interupt your travel plans.
January, 15, 2010 Alitalia personnel 12-4pm
General strike Italy, 24 hours, private and Government, public sector, 23, October, 09
Airone Cityliner 24 hours.
Alitalia has cancelled 6 flights, domestic only, between the hours of noon to 4pm.  See front page

11, October, Alitalia personnel pilots, flight attendants and ground crews. UGL union, 12-4pm, call airline, Alitalia looking to put passengers on other flights and
Airone pilot strike, four hours 12-4pm

October 11, 2009 Trenitalia personnel will be on strike for 24 hours, from 9.00 pm of October 10th, to 9.00 pm of October 11th.

Wednesday, 30 September, 09 Pilots strikes by Meridiana, Alitalia and Eurofly. All 24 hour strikes.

Friday, 18 September, 09 Alitalia, 24 hours, SDL union. personale.
Saturday, 19, September, 09 San Gennaro (Naples, only, public holiday)

20 July, 2009 Big day for strikes in Italy.  see list
20 July, Italy,  Alitalia 24 hour strike.times?
Monday, 15 June, 2009 Alitalia 24 hours

12 February, 09 Alitalia workers blocked road to airport which forced passengers to get out of taxi's and tourist buses and walk carrying  luggage the half mile to the airport!  Police later removed blockade.

1/18/09 Welcome to the new Alitalia, strike press release for 1/19/2009
first 24 hour strike by flight attendants, Alitalia said it had not canceled any flights before the walkout.

Nov 08, Alitalia , Air Italia as it's sometimes called, currently has some 20,000 employees, while the new company will have 12,500 — taking into account the 3,500 working for Air One. From November 10th to 20th airline lost 20 million Euros, losing about 2 million Euros a day

new company will serve 23 domestic and 47 international destinations, of which 13 will be intercontinental.

The new Alitalia will operate 670 flights a day, compared with 1,050 previously.

The success of the relaunched Alitalia will depend heavily on a foreign partner, and the European giant Air France-KLM is expected to acquire a stake of up to 25 percent.


Alitalia pilots and flight assistants could be on strike 6 Dec,

December 12, strike, has been announced for all day by main unions while CGIL has fixed it for only four hours.

12/23/08  Wildcat strike by Air traffic controllers, baggage handlers and maintenance staff stopped work .  46 planes are up for sale if your interested. 

12/1/08 The administrator overseeing the Italian airline's bankruptcy told state radio the 427 million-euro ($541 million) purchase, expected to close on Nov. 30, had been delayed for technical reasons.

The NEW Alitalia will launch December 1, not so fast.... 13 Jan 09

11/25/08 Reductions in domestic and international flights, intercontinental flights no change. Alitalia said passengers holding tickets on the canceled flights will be re-booked on other flights.

18 Nov 08 Alitalia will cancel 100 flights a day for the rest of November. 

15 Nov. Saturday.  Still the same, cancelling flights.  From Monday till today a total of 440 flights cancelled.  Increase in employee sick leave. Government, Maurizio  Sacconi, says " Blocking roads and airports and taking hostage innocent third parties should be criminal!" Fiumicino hundreds of bags unloaded from flights that had been grounded.  Airport police continue to get complaints about/from passengers...

13 Nov. 08 Alitalia Airlines,  Strike misery.  Same old, same old at Alitalia website today.  Fourth day of  flight disruptions, delays, cancellations.  Italian carrier Airone, no flights canceled, but inline with Alitalia

12 Nov 08 Like Olympic Airlines, Altialia gone from state owned to private investors,CAI, consortium of Italian investors.The European Union's transport chief on Wednesday approved the proposed takeover of the bankrupt Italian airline Alitalia by a group of private investors.  Alitalia will still owe $380 million to the Italian state, aid for last bail out.  Will the new investors want to pay that back?

12 Nov.  Italy, Alitalia Airlines strike another day, long lines, delays, cancelations, heated police called, same as yesterday.

11/11/08 Italy, (US?) Rome, Alitalia, 200ft lines at check in. Several flights scrapped. Nothing on website

Nov 10, Alitalia Airlines, sudden strike, cancel flights today.  Workers protesting, blocked the entry way for flight staff at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Monday, canceling about 95 flights and delaying others.Flights were also canceled in Milan.

11/9/08 Italy, Unions for Alitalia pilots and flight attendants have called a strike for Nov. 25.first in a series of one-day strikes

11/4/08  Alitalia Unions playing up again.  Four unions representing flight attendants and pilots dislike rescue plan, want to cancel previous agreement.  Flight attendants union walked out of the meeting. 
All nine unions representing Alitalia workers agreed to the outlines of the plan in late September. Alitalia is losing about three million euros (4.3 million dollars) a day and has debts totaling some 1.2 billion euros.

The new Alitalia Airlines will need the participation of an established foreign airline to remain viable, and Air France-KLM, Lufthansa and British Airways have indicated interest, either as stakeholders or, in BA's case, as a partner.    afp.google.com

11/1/08 Rome, New Alitalia up and flying by Dec 1, operational by December 1 when its foreign partner will have been chosen, the administrator for the CAI group that is taking over the Italian flag carrier
Air France, Lufthansa and British Airways have been approached to take a minority stake. CAI would buy 64 of its aircraft and acquire the leasing contracts for another 29. Alitalia has a fleet of 173 planes.

10/27/08 Ryanair From March of 2009, the Irish budget carrier will launch 11 new routes from the Bologna airport, in a move that followed its announcement of major route expansion from Sardinia. .carrentals.co.uk

10/24/08  Ugly duckling no more, rescued Alitalia turns heads  reuters.com

10/7/08  Alitalia is to seek bankruptcy protection as it tries to agree a deal to ensure its survival, its financial adviser says..haber27.com

10/1/08 All unions accept reconstruction.  .carrentals.co.uk
9/30/08 Lufthansa meets Alitalia's unions etravelblackboard.com
9/29/08 Alitalia investor deal nears total union support reuters.com

9/28/08 Rescue deal for Alitalia takes shape iht.com

9/26/08 Representatives of Alitalia's flight attendants on Friday agreed to a rescue plan for the bankrupt airline as the government continued talks to bring all unions on board. etaiwannews.com

9/26/08 Lufthansa CEO in Italy for Alitalia talks enews20.com/

9/26/08 Alitalia's long-awaited rescue plan was poised for takeoff on Friday as the government struggled to get diehard pilots and flight attendants on board.afp.google.com

9/24/08 Air France-KLM in talks to join Alitalia bidder-source forbes.com/

9/24/08 ALITALIA: ANGELETTI NOT VERY OPTIMISTIC  agi.it

Venezuelan airline Aserca is believed to be making an offer for distressed Italian national flag carrier Alitalia.

9/24/08 Alitalia pilots express safety fears .telegraph.co.uk

9/23/08 Alitalia hangs out For Sale sign ap.google.com

9/22/08 last-ditch attempt to sell Italy's loss-making national airline on Monday by public tender before calling in the liquidators after a failed rescue bid. reuters

9/22/08 Hopes of rescue bid for Alitalia look slim telegraph.co.uk

9/20/08 THE bankrupt Italian airline Alitalia has one foot in the financial grave after a consortium of industrialists withdrew their offer to buy the carrier, spelling the end of a national symbol and dealing a blow to the reputation of Silvio Berlusconi..theaustralian.news.com.au

9/17/08 Alitalia: It Gets Ugly forbes.com

9/17/08 Alitalia unions given deadline to accept takeover proposals  afp.google.com

917/08 UPDATE 1-Alitalia scraps 40 flights over strike, fuel OK reuters.com

9/16/08 Alitalia: Negotiations continue  ansa.it

9/15/08 Alitalia scrambles for deal to avert collapse .rte.ie

8/15/08 Flight attendants at troubled Italian airline Alitalia said they would walk out on their jobs for exactly one minute on Sept. 6.postchronicle.com

9/15/08 Alitalia unions divided over draft deal to save airline france24.com

9/14/08 Alitalia's Larger Unions, Government Agree Partially on Bailout 
partial agreement on a rescue plan for the insolvent airline that was immediately denounced by labor groups excluded from the talks. bloomberg.com

9/11/08 Alitalia unions, investors in talks on airline's future afp.google.com

Pilots leave negotiations but don't break them.

9/9/08 Italy airports mull credit strategy for Alitalia .reuters.com

9/9/08 Air France-KLM ready to invest in new Alitalia iht.com

9/9/08 Union backs Alitalia plan, but deadlock looms guardian.co.uk

9/8/08 Moving to shaky ariline status, you're brave to book with them.

9/8/08  Alitalia unions reject new contracts  ft.com

8/29/08 Alitalia seeks bankruptcy protection, rescuers ready .guardian.co.uk

8/15/08 Flight attendants at troubled Italian airline Alitalia said they would walk out on their jobs for exactly one minute on Sept. 6. .postchronicle.com

8/6/08  Alitalia's fate hanging in the air. A company source said the airline is still waiting for the Italian government to decide whether or not it ought to file for bankruptcy -- as a long-awaited rescue plan by advisor Intesa Sanpaolo is expected to suggest as a first step. national post

7/31/08 question mark on the fate of Italy's flagship airline forbes

Alitalia convenes board ahead of rescue plan.  board has convened an extraordinary meeting for Wednesday as the troubled Italian airline awaits a new rescue plan being drawn up by its bank adviser, a company source said.  UK.Reuters

07/16/2008 PRICED OUT BY OIL
Cheap Airlines Are Losing Altitude
By Dinah Deckstein, Spiegelonlineinternational

5 July 08  The planes are run-down and the service is "appalling, .theglobeandmail.com

2 July 08  Toxic smell, hasmat suits, Crew diverted to Boston. 
turns out to be minced onions. thebostonchannel

6/30/08  Alitalia on 'last chance' for survival  ft.com
6/25/08  Reports: Alitalia adviser working on business plan to save ailing airline iht

6/11/08  EU to investigate Italian aid to Alitalia  iht

10 June 08, Bookings are up

The sale would relieve the state of its 49.9 percent stake in an airline that loses more than 1 million euros ($1.5 million) a day.reuters.com
5/30/08  Alitalia"The situation is so serious and urgent that the usual privatization procedures which failed in the past have to be ruled out," Tremonti told a news conference.  airwise

5/31/08  Alitalia Airlines Begins LAX-Rome Flights Sunday, June 1; Only Nonstop Service Between California and Italy  MARKETWIRE

5/28/08  Alitalia posts 2007 losses of €495 million, calls for capital to keep flying  iht

5/5/08  Lufthansa met with unicredit to discuss buying Alitalia.  Conditions are 1. Clear idea of the companies finances.  2.  Turnaround strategy.  3.  Italian investors remove union problems. 

4/24/08  The Italian government decided Tuesday to give Alitalia a 300 million euro (242 million pound) loan to keep it flying until a new buyer is found, after Air France-KLM (AIRF) pulled out. Alitalia looses a  million euros a day and the loan is expected to stave off bankruptcy.

4/3/08  Alitalia, emergency board meeting, edges closer to bankruptcy. 

Loosing one million a  day, may not survive the summer. 

4/2  Alitalia boss quits after Air France-KLM pull out bbc

3/31/08  Union representing Alitalia workers has walked out of talks with Air France-KLM putting the Franco-Dutch firm's takeover at risk.

3/16/08  Air France-KLM, Alitalia accepts offer. bbc

2/09/08  Pilots strike, cancels flights per bnet
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