Feel bad for the thousands of Alitalia pilots and crew members. I guess Ryanair, Air One and other local carriers like Eurofly and Myair will pick up the crews as they expand to fill in the void.
Why???
A huge part of Alitalia's problems are down to their staff, aircrew, engineering and ground living for the past numbers of years with their heads in the sand.
Reality, in terms of T&C does not feature in the Alitalia employees' mindset. They still cling to the 60's T&C with nonsensical restrictions on just about every aspect of their jobs.
The Italian government has, year on year, bailed out this white elephant and the sooner it is allowed to die the better for all working in aviation.
The Alitalia staff are in for some real eye-openers if they move to other operators - but know doubt the Italian government (except that it is you and me who will pay as the money will come from the EU) will fund huge payoffs so as to ease the pain for their employees.