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Old 6th Sep 2004, 16:32
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tarjet fixated
 
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just a couple of thoughts about the dinosaur:
2300 pilots ,more or less 150 aircraft of 9 different types (ATR,EMB 145,EMB 170,MD 80,A320,B767,B777,MD11 and B747);this alone should make you think about the business plan behinout the business plan behind such a fleet...no plan at all apart from pure obscure political reasons (Alenia through Finmeccanica makes parts of EMB aircraft as well as parts for airbus as well as boeing and is part of the ATR program).
Two hubs (rome and milan) with hundreds of crews deadheading from rome to milan daily to report for work (bare in mind that more than 70% of air traffic in Italy originates from the north of the country) so what's the logic behind such a huge base in rome?no logic at all apart from the obscure vicinity to the buildings of political power.
A few months ago agonizing AZ bought bankrupt Gandalf airlines with all its slots...how come a financially troubled company buys a bankrupt airline and all its slots when it cannot sustain its own business?mystery...they should have given those slots to an airline which would have actually revitalized those routes not let AZ buy it for a mere political and financial reason.
still i hope something positive will come out of this big mess.
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