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Aviaction · 04-30-2008, 06:31 AM

It's a shame we are losing airlines like Sabena, Swissair and now both Alitalia and Olympic are in severe financial difficulty.
Apart from the continuing fall-out since 2001, the biggest problem is the EU.
Due to their stupidity to "protect" airlines' competiveness, it is illegal for governments to subsidise their national airlines.
Alitalia and the Italian Government are/have been investigated over illegal subsidies. So they can't be bailed out.
The final crunch is current $Barrel oil price, which has already created casualties (Maxjet,EOS et al)
They will just disappear into history along with Aliatalia and Olympic.
So sad because another nameless carrier will be formed to take over, but the heritage will be gone.

04-30-2008, 06:31 AM	#7
Aviaction aka Goonybird Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 221	Re: Alitalia, a.k.a. "The never ending story" It's a shame we are losing airlines like Sabena, Swissair and now both Alitalia and Olympic are in severe financial difficulty. Apart from the continuing fall-out since 2001, the biggest problem is the EU. Due to their stupidity to "protect" airlines' competiveness, it is illegal for governments to subsidise their national airlines. Alitalia and the Italian Government are/have been investigated over illegal subsidies. So they can't be bailed out. The final crunch is current $Barrel oil price, which has already created casualties (Maxjet,EOS et al) They will just disappear into history along with Aliatalia and Olympic. So sad because another nameless carrier will be formed to take over, but the heritage will be gone. __________________ FLY TW@