The Board of Directors is composed by the former CEO of Poste Francesco Caio (President) and yes Fabio Maria Lazzerini (CEO, formerly the carrier’s top manager).
Councilors are Alessandra Fratini (law degree at Sapienza, lawyer with office in Brussels), Angelo Piazza (former magistrate of the Tar), Lelio Fornabaio (former president of the Board of Statutory Auditors and mayor of Erg, Astaldi, Atlantia), Frances Vyvyen Ouseley (former CEO of Easyjet Italy), Simonetta Giordani (formerly Wind, Autostrade, Atlantia, Undersecretary for Tourism in the Letta government), Silvio Martuccelli (Full Professor of Private Law at Luiss) and Cristina Girelli (Head of Operations in Extraordinary Administration in Alitalia from 2017 to 2020, then in Air Italy, to special projects). The board of statutory auditors is made up of Paolo Maria Ciabattoni, Giovanni Naccarato, Marina Scandurra, Gianfranco Buschini and Serena Gatteschi.
“The newco represents the first step towards the establishment of a quality carrier capable of competing on the international market. We lay the foundations for the relaunch of Italian air transport, through the choice of top-level managers and great competence able to develop and implement a solid and sustainable industrial plan “, he declares Gualtieri.
Here is the Minister of Transport, By Micheli: “The new national airline is born today, in clear discontinuity with the past and which will have to play a leading role on the European and international market. This is a large industrial operation at the service of the country, in support of the competitiveness of our companies and for the relaunch of Italian tourism “.
Nunzia Catalfo (Lavoro) adds: “We need a national airline to help Italy get back on track. With the birth of the Newco we are facing an ambitious challenge, which must necessarily be won in order to equip the country with a competitive and qualified air carrier. that enhances the professionalism and skills that we have always expressed in this sector “.
Gualtieri signs the decree
At the beginning of 2021 the flights of the new course
The establishment of the newco Alitalia is only the beginning of a path that will lead to the relaunch of the company. It will take 30 days for the decree to go to Parliament; then the new industrial plan will be presented, which will have a time span of five years.
The company and the government will also be busy demonstrating to the European Commission that the new company has nothing in common with the old Alitalia. The watchword therefore is discontinuity.
Brussels will soon have to rule on the 1.3 billion aid received from 2017 by the company which was then commissioned by the then Gentiloni government. The Commission could brand this aid as state aid, illegitimate and to be repaid. But the burden could fall on the old company that will become a kind of bad company. The new company will instead end up with a budget of 3 billion, allocated by the government in the Relaunch decree.
If the process goes smoothly, the planes of the new airline will take off at the beginning of 2021.
Alitalia, one month for the new plan: “Discontinuity and development”
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The focus is on North America and Japan
The new company would start with around 90 aircraft and 6,500 employees. Broadly speaking, the plan should focus on long-haul routes, particularly those to the US, the most profitable, Lazzerini said at a hearing in the House last month. The long haul means privileging the North American market which is under-served and extremely profitable. Further expansion is needed. South America has to be preserved, we must think about Asia and China while Japan is doing very well. “Integration with the FS will also be strengthened.
Then there is the theme of alliances which, explained Lazzerini, “is certainly a fundamental hub of the industrial plan. The world of airlines is a world of alliances. It is difficult to remain alone, there are few companies that remain alone. It is difficult to think of being isolated in a global world. The important thing is to enter into a partnership head on “because” alms do not lead to positive consequences for those who receive it “.
The CGIL: hurry up
“Well the signing of the decree for the departure of the newco and the appointments of the board of directors which also express the competences of the sector, but concern remains for the complexity of the situation and for the 7 thousand workers on layoffs”. Thus the national secretary of FILT CGIL, Fabrizio Cuscito. “It will take several months to make the company operational and in the meantime resources continue to be burned, flights are canceled and the company is practically stopped”.
“We are already late and the situation, every day that passes, becomes desperate – reports the national director of Filt Cgil – and if we do not intervene promptly, the rescue operation could be late with the risk of job loss for employees of Alitalia and related industries “.
“There is a need for a permanent forum for discussion, between the ministries concerned and the trade unions, to be aware of the complexity of all the interventions needed for the departure and safety of the national airline”, explains Cuscito. “Conversely, it could be too late to save the company and 11,000 jobs.”
Here is Salvatore Pellecchia (Fit-Cisl): “It was time for the founding decree of the newco of Alitalia to arrive. From this moment a new era begins and we must not go wrong starting from the elaboration of an ambitious industrial plan, which we hope to know as soon as possible “.
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