Airlines, airports at SEAS 2016

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Alitalia brand on sale

ITA will start flying on October 15 as Italy's new flag carrier, replacing a bankrupt Alitalia, but hardly anyone has heard of it. That's not the case for Alitalia - a storied brand, albeit tarnished by years of labour troubles, inefficiency and serial bankruptcies. Which is why the head of ITA Fabio Lazzerini (a former Alitalia man) plans to buy the brand in a tender the Italian government announced last week. ITA will be flying the old airline's aircraft, using many of its slots in Milan and Rome, and be staffed by the slimmed-down remnants of the old carrier's workforce. That's not the way ITA is being spun by Brussels and Rome. The European Commission determined last week that ITA and Alitalia are separate entities - so-called economic discontinuity. As a result, the new company is not liable for €900 million in illegal state aid received by its predecessor, which also allows Rome to inject €1.35 billion of fresh money into the new company. Just a few weeks before its maiden flight, search engine results for “ITA” bring up everything from the Italian Trade Agency to Amsterdam’s International Theatre. That makes the Alitalia brand crucial for the new company. ITA chief Lazzerini said he’d “do everything” to win the auction, which starts at €290 million. Only Ryanair publicly showed any interest - which it has since withdrawn. Industry figures say there’s been little appetite among competitors for the troubled brand, although reports say Italian ministerial officials are expecting some interest. Only companies “having a net worth … of not less than €200 million and holding air transport operating licenses or air operator certifications” are allowed to bid.
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Airlines, airports at SEAS 2016

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A number of airlines and airports from the region will be taking part at the first Southeast Europe Aviation Summit (SEAS) in Belgrade on December 13 and 14. The summit will host key industry leaders to offer insights and provide a forum for discussing regional modernisation and expansion in the industry. The key note addresses include the Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, James Hogan, President and CEO of Etihad Aviation Group, with panel speakers Dane Kondić, CEO of Air Serbia, Michalis Kouveliotis, Chief Financial Officer at Aegean Airlines, as well as representatives from a number of airports, including those from Belgrade, Brač, Dubrovnik, Sofia, Pula, Niš and Zadar. Other notable participants will include the CEOs of aircraft maintenance companies Adria Airways Tehnika and Jat Tehnika, representatives from Bombardier and the Mitsubishi Aircraft Cooperation, as well as a further 300 delegates. More details can be found here.

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Anonymous20:39
Hmmm, nobody from Skopje or TAV? I wonder it that was on purpose.
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