irishguy28

I can only assume that there were one or two staff on each flight - probably juniors - whose specific job it was to restock the toilets, whereas now it is to be a task for all crew.

However, as noted upthread, the news outlets that focus on the "bathroom" element are missing the overall point. This is but one point on a long list of grievances.

KLouis

I've never flown EVA, so I can't judge how how super clean their toilets are. What I can definitely say, though, AZ toilets never ever struck me as being clean "to some degree"; they were always clean, period!

AlicorporateUK

manjdhendsa -

The 201 morning service to FCO on FEB23 should operate as usual.

FYI for all - the LHR flights which will not operate are the following -

AZ204 FCO LHR
AZ208 FCO LHR
AZ210 FCO LHR
AZ207 LHR FCO
AZ209 LHR FCO

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irishguy28

The current full list of cancellations on February 22/23/24 can be viewed here. Also check for updates on the Alitalia website.

The only longhaul flights cancelled thus far are:

23 Feb:

AZ 756 FCO IKA
AZ 604 MXP JFK
AZ 605 JFK MXP

24 Feb:

AZ757 IKA FCO

Rebooking info and the number of a special helpline can be found here.

Sciamano

Sadly not really full. For example afternoon CAG-FCO flights on 22nd have also been cancelled.

irishguy28

Cagliari to Fiumcino is not long-haul (lungo raggio).

The CAG flights on 22 February are in the full list which I linked to above:

Sciamano

Sorry but maybe it's me. I've seen the list but it refers to FCO-CAG and not CAG-FCO. (and it's not the route because there's also the specific flight number)


p.s. I know CAG-FCO is not long-haul

irishguy28

Only the planes that overnight at CAG from LIN (AZ1574, arriving at 23:25) and FCO (AZ1599, arriving at 22:55) are shown as cancelled.

That there are no seats available on most of the flights from CAG to LIN or FCO on 22 February does not, of itself, mean that these flights are cancelled - they are likely already sold out, particularly as people wishing to travel on the Thursday bring their travel plans forward.

Unless you have a definitive other source showing that flights from CAG have been cancelled on 22 February, I am not convinced that there are cancellations...

Sciamano

This morning my gf's office departement tried buying for her a FCO-CAG r/t but they were told by TA that inbound could'n be sold due to the strike.
So the source it's me.

irishguy28

Which can also just mean that seats are already sold out due to the strike on the following day...

I will keep an eye on Wednesday afternoon as to which flights actually operate

Sciamano

I will keep an eye too too also because it's sounds strange also to me but she was told this and not that seats are already sold out...
Other weird thing (but not so strange when speaking about AZ) is that on AZ's website some flights are still available.

dand99

So.... customer support line has a prerecorded message in Italian. Look like it's referring to the Italian freephone number. Which has the same message.

Very useful. Overloaded center ? On strike already ?...

Looked at flightstats - flights that are cancelled as per the AZ link are showing as OK on flighstats...

(https://www.alitalia.com/content/dam...%20list_it.pdf)

irishguy28

AS of the time of writing, 4 of the normal 5 flights of the day have departed on the CAG-LIN route. The fifth and final route is currently scheduled to depart on time:

AZ1561 CAG 0645 LIN 0821
AZ1573 CAG 0828 LIN 0944
AZ1565 CAG 1231 LIN 1351
AZ1567 CAG 1627 LIN (eta 1758 - currently en-route)
AZ1559 CAG scheduled for 2125, showing on time

https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/AZA1561
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/AZA1573
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/AZA1565
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/AZA1567
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/AZA1559


(I don't think it sounds that strange. They didn't say that the flights were cancelled because of the strike - I would also have interpreted "not being able to fly on Wednesday afternoon/evening" as meaning that seats had been sold out because of the forthcoming strike. If you've ever experienced a strike before, you know that the flights that do run ARE full to capacity, on either side...)

irishguy28

Flightstats.com is showing today's cancelled flights as cancelled.

You should probably not bother checking tomorrow's flights there until tomorrow.

Besides - the information provided by Alitalia is always more likely to be more accurate and up to date than that provided by third parties or screen-scraper websites.

dand99

If AZ has cancelled, I would expect the information to be out there (updated in flight information by Alitalia)