I am not saying that Italy has no multinationals but that for its population, the number of multinationals that make the global 500 is very small.
and the point is?
so what if italy were to have a high number of fortune 500 global organisations? would that mean that alitalia should be in a position to operate a profitable domestic network, overcome the power of unions, strike action and the legacy of a state controlled organisation that knows little or nothing about private industry?
so what if alitalia is not a global player, it has cultural relevance, if only at least within the italian domestic market. not all airlines aspire to be global players and indeed when was alitalia ever a global player?