Reroute plane without telling passengers - go to jail!

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Here's a link to an article (in Italian) about the matter. Just to clarify about the objections that have been raised here:

-The airplane departed at 23.55 from Milan, when Cagliari airport was due to close at 00.00. Air One had obtained an extention only for 20 minutes. So when the flight departed they already knew (management and pilots, that is why they all got sentenced) that the flight would not have made it to Cagliari in time.
-The reason why the matter was considered a fraud (the judge explained) is that the pax cannot be considered like "freight", but "thinking human beings" and had the right to chose if they wanted to take the flight or not given the circumstances (and not lied to saying they were going to Cagliari when they knew full well they weren't).