What Air Dolomiti, Blue Panorama and Neos ask Draghi
Air Dolomiti, Blue Panorama and Neos ask for government support. All the details
Air Dolomiti, Blue Panorama Airlines and Neos launch an appeal to the Draghi government and ask, in view of the approval of the Dl Sostegni bis, concrete aid for Italian airlines other than Alitalia.
The carriers, in particular, call for the refinancing of article 198 in favor of the three air transport companies, amounting to at least 150 million euros. All the details.
A LOST CRISIS
Let's start from the context. The carriers, in addition to Alitalia under extraordinary administration, are the only three companies with the Italian flag, which have remained protagonists of the sector "with a total turnover of 2 billion euros, with about 2,000 direct employees and 10,000 with related companies" , explain the respective Presidents Joerg Eberhart, Luca Patanè and Lupo Rattazzi, in the note.
Air Dolomiti, Blue Panorama Airlines and Neos recall, however, "the persistence of the seriousness of the crisis" triggered by Covid-19, which brought the accounts of the three companies to their knees.
THE REQUESTS
And this is why the three carriers ask that in the next Sostegni bis decree there be room for the refinancing of article 198 in favor of the three air transport companies, for an amount of at least 150 million euros.
NOT ONLY ALITALIA
The request, the companies explain, also takes place in the face of the huge resources allocated to guarantee the future of Alitalia. "Finally, the three carriers note how the Government has contributed enormous resources to ensure the future of Alitalia – concludes the note – but hope that there will not be a disparity in treatment between the same workers and the same companies in the same sector of the air transport, in particular to the categories of this sector ".
THE SILENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT
Air Dolomiti, Blue Panorama Airlines and Neos also underline the silence of the Government. “There was no meeting on this issue with the Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility Enrico Giovannini”.
“The three carriers are therefore asking for a quick and timely intervention by the Government and by President Draghi for the future of Italian air transport. The Italian system needs all companies in the aviation sector to be supported given the gravity of the crisis ”, add the three national airlines.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/cosa-chiedono-air-dolomiti-blue-panorama-e-neos-a-draghi/ on Tue, 18 May 2021 13:31:11 +0000.