Da Etihad an investment will come up to 1,25 billion euros in Alitalia by 2018. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Maurizio Lupi, at the end of yesterday's meeting with the trade unions.
"To the 560 million to be invested in the capital - Lupi specified - another 690 million will be added in four years for the development and renewal of the fleet".
As for the outcome of the negotiations, "time is certain – continued the minister –, the negotiations cannot be extended indefinitely and mid-July is the time to draw conclusions".
The plan presented by the Abu Dhabi company provides 2.250 redundancies, of which 787 workers in Cig at zero hours until March 2015, 380 in the flight crew and another 1.084 in the ground staff.
Lupi assured that "there will be a permanent table with the Ministry of Labor which will accompany the right and legitimate negotiation between the company and the unions".
On the side of broken, the plan presented by Etihad for Alitalia envisages a 40% growth in intercontinental flights by 2018, going from 2,1 million to 3 million passengers. It is also foreseen the return to a profit in 2017, with a turnover of 3,6 billion euros.
