The baggage handlers and maintenance staff walked off the job on Monday to protest over negotiations with CAI, the group of investors that plans to relaunch a smaller, more efficient Alitalia next month. Referring to the stranded passengers, Matteoli said on the information he had received, it seemed that the difficult situation would be resolved quickly with the least possible discomfort to travellers. Alitalia buyers signed an agreement on 12 December concluding the takeover of the insolvent carrier’s main assets, paving the way for the sale of a stake to Air France-KLM Group or the German carrier Lufthansa. CAI’s top executives have said they hope to propose their choice of a foreign partner to the consortium’s board by the end of the year in order to have a deal in place when the airline is formally relaunched on 13 January.
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ROME (AP) — Alitalia has canceled about 140 flights at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci in the last two days because of a wildcat strike that left holiday travelers stranded, news reports said Tuesday. The baggage handlers and maintenance staff walked off the job Monday to protest negotiations with CAI, the group of investors that plans to relaunch a smaller, more efficient Alitalia next month. The strike stranded scores of passengers, with many sleeping on airport benches or standing in long lines Tuesday morning waiting for flights out. About 100 flights were canceled during the walkout Monday, and another 40 Tuesday as officials tried to reschedule the flights from the day before, the ANSA news agency and other reports said. As part of the launch of the new airline, Alitalia formally put 46 aircraft up for sale Tuesday.
ROME - Holiday travelers are scrambling to find flights out of Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport a day after dozens flights were grounded because of a wildcat strike. The baggage handlers and maintenance staff walked off the job Monday to protest negotiations with CAI, the group of investors that plans to relaunch a smaller, more efficient Alitalia next month. The walkout stranded holiday travelers, many of whom were still sleeping on airport benches or standing on long lines Tuesday morning waiting for flights out. As part of the launch of the new airline, Alitalia formally put 46 aircraft up for sale Tuesday.
