Alitalia

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    Alitalia Ferry Flight Decompresses over Minsk


    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact Photographer Dave Chapman

    What: Alitalia Airbus A321-100 en route from Moscow to Rome
    Where: Minsk
    When: Aug 20th 2009
    Who: 0 passengers, 6 crew
    Why: While en route to Rome, the flight lost cabin pressure. The flight descended to a safe level and landed safely at Minsk.

    George’s Point of View

    I suppose that ferry flights are an unavoidable reality of aviation; but in these days of conservation and high fuel prices, one wonders at the reasoning behind flying 1475 miles in an Airbus with 6 crew. If they’re flying in for repairs, isn’t there a danger for the crew? Is this the best possible management of vehicle, fuel, and manpower?

    No wonder Alitalia reported a $385 million loss so far this year.

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    Ill Alitalia Pilot Down in Shannon


    Pictured: an Alitalia Boeing-767-3S1
    Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net
    Contact photographer Josh May
    What: Alitalia Boeing 767, travelling from Milan in Italy to New York’s JFK
    Where: Shannon Airport
    When: Wednesday April 15 2009 5 PM
    Who: 168 passengers and eleven crew
    Why: When the pilot became ill, the flight landed at Shannon Airport. The pilot was hospitalized in Limerick and the passengers were treated to an overnight hotel stay and will continue to JFK on Thursday. Rumor on the pilot network is that the pilot had a heart attack.

    iLVolo.it says it in Italian

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    Italy’s Airport Shutdown

    • 100 airport employees are opposed to their new labor contracts, causing the cancellation of 39 Alitalia flights at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. Hundreds of passengers are stranded and spending the night at the airport.
    • Lines at Alitalia check-in counters at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport struggled with a backlog of hundreds of passengers who spent the night on the floor after the wildcat strike by some Alitalia workers
    • Rome’s Ciampino airport is closed for the second day, ever since the Ryanair jet had a run-in with a flock of starlings. At last report, the plane is still sitting on the tarmac unable to be moved.
    • 54 flights were cancelled At Milan’s airport, 4 in Naples and 4 in Sicily