Less than a month from take-off of the new company flag Ita, President Alfredo Altavilla, outlines an initial assessment, solving some knots such as: hiring, business partner and future models.
With the first flights, “we recorded results exceeding expectations, despite the pandemic, the first flight to New York takes off with almost 60% of the seats occupied, we are very satisfied, “he told Republic the president of Ita, Alfredo Altavilla, adding that, in the former Alitalia, he found “a group of passionate people, in spite of everything they have been through, with a great desire to get involved”.
Because of this the company will pay legal fees to anyone who has switched to Ita Airways, “sure, they are our collaborators, with whom we share this adventure, the least I can do is defend their choice to be here. been hired? “. In October Ita paid everyone their full salary, despite the mid-month start, “I gave new employees a bonus to make up for missing the first 15 days, and I remember that the salaries have all already been calibrated to enable the company to grow “.” I don’t care about being likeable to anyone but respect the agreement made with all employees: Ita is a meritocracy and pays the merit “.
“The departure indicators, Altavilla stressed, they were much better than expected so I decided to pay this premium. The confrontation with the unions continues, my oThe goal is to arrive at the definition of a national or supplementary contract. I am confident that an agreement can be found, respecting the needs of this period of startup and exit from the pandemic. Then we will follow the recovery trends of the market “.
The baggage and maintenance activities of the former Alitalia soon they will be put up for sale, but the EU binds you not to be in control. “Even with the necessary restrictions imposed by the EU, my ambition – explained the president – is to find partners to participate in a tender that has competitive conditions not different from the aviation branch”.
Regarding the identity of the new company, Altavilla explained: “By February, with the arrival of the first new aircraft with the new livery, we are confident of being able to demonstrate our quality on board, which is what differentiates a scheduled flight from a low cost Ita’s identity is already there ever since we decided to tie the pay of all employees to both profitability and customer satisfaction, we wanted to give an indication that we are a company that will stand out for efficient management and customer service. “
On the freight transport business, “by the end of the year we will finalize an agreement with a European cargo carrier, which will help us relaunch an important and profitable service, which will have Malpensa as its hub”. “Ita did not start with small ranks, but with the right size to be the best possible vector in a scenario still affected by Covid. Italy is the second most important European market after France, we are second to none in terms of tourist flow. There company is born new, of the right measure on costs and dimensions, capitalized by Mef, with a solid plan and this makes us the most interesting partner on the market in the full service carrier “.
As for the rumors of an agreement with Lufthansa and an American carrier, “I’m not passionate about the debate on the name of the future partner, but the conditions for celebrating a wedding – continued the manager – An alliance is such if all the partners get involved, invest directly and get their hands dirty; secondly we are not willing to create fake alliances as in the past, where Alitalia has been stripped of traffic flow, we want respect for our ability to generate business as a carrier on Linate and Fiumicino, which are two strategic destinations.
In the end we want an industrial partner, not just a commercial one, to generate synergies on costs and investments “.” There is no answer “to the question whether it will be a two or three marriage,” there are already several carriers with multiple alliances, you have to be wise, understand what is the value you can carry it and make it known. I remind you of the case dthe Swissair, taken over by the bankruptcy of Lufthansa, which today is the most profitable branch of the German giant “, concluded Altavilla.
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