Originally Posted by
brunos
This is a natural extension of its Italian filing for bankruptcy. It is even strange that they had not done it before. But is not good news either.
I think it response to, as the article states, JFK's notice of eviction as of yesterday:
Originally Posted by Flightglobal
The operator of New York JFK airport's Terminal 1 had notified Alitalia that its lease and contract would be ended on 13 June if it did not pay its bills, says the airline. Its US telecommunications provider meanwhile gave notice that its telephone and internet services would be terminated on 20 June.
However, as the current order can only last until 26 June at the latest, one wonders if the issue will arise again, or if they can/must keep applying for this bankruptcy protection. Things must be really bad, though, if they cannot pay JFK airport, whose routes account for 15% of all AZ revenues according to that article.