Alitalia says 1,500 flights in Italy hit by air traffic controller strike |
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Tue, 22 May 2007 17:10
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MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Fifteen hundred flights to and from Italy have been hit by the eight-hour strike by air traffic controllers, said Alitalia SpA.Alitalia pointed out that it does not employ the air traffic controllers.The number of Alitalia flights cancelled today was 394, as announced earlier, and included 30 flights cancelled because of a separate strike by Alitalia flight attendants, it said.'The strike by ENAV (air authority) flight controllers has not allowed any airline to fly between 10.00-18.00, penalising all national air transport and involving about 1,500 flights,' it said.Earlier today, the Assaereo association of airlines said it estimated the cost of the strike and the block on air traffic at 50 mln eur.nigel.tutt@thomson.comnt/jsaCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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Alitalia cancels nearly 400 May 22 flights because of strikes 