The new plan to turn around
struggling Italian airline Alitalia features around 2,000 job
losses among ground staff, sources said Friday. The plan also
entails the hiring of 500 flight personnel - cabin crew and
pilots - in 2019. It also will see the former flag carrier buy
eight new aircraft in 2019, on top of one that went into use
last month, for around 10 new long-haul routes.
Trade unions representing Alitalia workers said Friday that
they will stage a one-day strike on April 5 after a meeting with
management on the plan.
"We confirm the strike, it will be on April 5," said Claudio
Tarlazzi of the UIL Trasporti union.
Alitalia said Friday that 40% of its national and
international flights scheduled for Monday will be cancelled due
to industrial action by some unions representing air-traffic
controllers. Several unions are set to take action between 13:00
and 17:00 while that CUB Trasporti union is set to strike all
day.
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