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Alitalia's last flight, the end of an era

Rome (Italy), Oct 14 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) With the flight Cagliari-Rome on Thursday night concludes the history of Alitalia, a symbol around the world, after 74 years and several rescues that did not manage to have it afloat and a new fully state airline will be born with a fleet of 52 aircraft and that will only hire about 3,000 of the 11,000 former employees of the company.FOOTAGE FROM FIUMUCINO AIRPORT, IN ROME, ITALYSOUNDBITES FROM 1.- Barbara, employee.We have found ourselves out of work from today to tomorrow, we are not of retirement age and we do not know what we will do. We are fathers and mothers and there is fear of the future2.- Daniele, employee.Among other 2800 people out of 10,400 workers, imagine the social disaster that hides an accelerated operation in this regard.3.- Simonetta, employee.I have been working at Alitalia for 31 years. Today is the last day of the company thanks to an Italian policy that has not helped us and incompetent leaders. We have protested but they have not listened to us