Alitalia Woes

So it isn't just North American airlines that are suffering during this season of discontent, with no glorious summer on the horizon. Obligatory Shakespeare reference to shore up my literary credentials. I'm pretty sure that won't work but a guy's gotta try.

In any case, Alitalia, the Italian airline of note, has announced that they may not have enough money to buy fuel to keep the planes a-flying. The airline has lurched from issues to problems through calamity and ended up staring catastrophe in the face. Attempts from other airlines to buy out Alitalia floundered. The unions are angry and not helping things at all. So it's pretty much business as usual or at least as business is construed in Italy.

So I think if one's got reservations for next spring on Alitalia one might want to consider alternatives. Just an idea.