Ljubljana Airport launches free Covid vaccination

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EU competition regulators have given the green light to a slimmed down successor to Alitalia and said the new state-owned airline was not liable for repaying 900 million euros in illegal state aid received by its predecessor. The approval of Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) will be greeted with relief in Rome, which has been negotiating for months to prevent the decision on the 900 million euros of loans from hindering the launch of the new airline. Alitalia is unlikely to repay that aid, plus interest, as the carrier's coffers are empty and money it may collect from the sale of assets is not expected to be enough. ITA will operate with less than half of Alitalia's fleet of aircraft and will only be allowed to take over limited parts of its predecessor's handling and maintenance businesses. Alitalia's brand and its loyalty programme will be sold in an open tender, said the European Commission, which oversees the EU's competition policy. The new carrier is due to start flying in place of Alitalia on October 15 and plans to employ only a small part of its predecessor's 11.000 total workforce under a new, less generous labour contract. The uncertainty over the future of thousands of workers has sparked protests. The Italian government has set aside a total of 3 billion euros for ITA, but the Commission only gave a green light to an initial 1.35 billion euros capital injection by Rome into the carrier over the next three years.
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Ljubljana Airport launches free Covid vaccination

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Passengers travelling from Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport can now get vaccinated against the coronavirus Covid-19. Inoculations will be available for both locals and other EU citizens, with no prior bookings or registration required. Vaccinations will take place at the terminal building on Mondays (09.00 - 12.00), Wednesdays (11.00 - 14.00) and Fridays (17.00 - 20.00) with the single-dose Janssen vaccine. Slovenian citizens require their health insurance card and an ID, while foreign citizens need to produce their EU health insurance card and an ID in order to get vaccinated. “Airport operator Fraport Slovenija has decided to offer vaccination free of charge to all passengers and others because safe and responsible travel requires meeting the criteria of having been vaccinated against, tested for or recovered from coronavirus”, the operator said.

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Anonymous13:38
For who? Those 10 passengers a day that are getting?
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