Irish no-frills airline
Ryanair was forced to correct its website Wednesday after it
claimed that Sicily's capital has been dominated by the Cosa
Nostra for "many years".
"Palermo is a forgotten treasure," said Ryanair in the
tourist guide section on its website, "dominated for many years
by the Mafia and poverty, the city has reclaimed a place among
European cultural cities".
The description sparked outrage in Sicilian regional
tourism alderman Cleo Li Catzi and Fabio Giambrone, president of
the Gesap company managing Palermo's Falcone-Borsellino airport.
Ryanair marketing manager Giuseppe Belladone said "we are
removing the content in question, this is content supplied to us
by a third party and this detail escaped an internal check".
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