The supporters of the national airline, the one that has always isolated Sardinia and Sardinians at a high price, will revolt. Woe to talk about "patch" on the plane that connects Cagliari with the capital. For the know-it-alls of the air it is a mending of the skies, a pass of "speed tape", an adhesive tape to be used, rarely and only to carry out small repairs (to be authorised) on aircraft and racing cars. State reassurances will not be lacking: everything is safe, standards respected, regular patching up. The reality, however, is there, before the eyes of the passengers of the Az 1588 flight, the one that connects Cagliari with Rome at 7.20 in the morning. The dawn is that of August 2nd. The air "stress" has long kept Sardinians and others under seizure. The subheading justification is always the same: we don't have enough planes to satisfy the demands of territorial continuity. State and regional promises of prompt intervention to limit the inconvenience have had the effect of nothing. The ball was thrown away: we'll talk about it for the next territorial continuity. For now we have to suffer, in silence.
Born 2021, the illusion
The dominus, in the Sardinian and Roman palaces, has always been limited to the overwhelming power of the still state-owned company, the test-tube daughter of Alitalia. The newborn Ita had presented herself with an obstetrics ward slogan: "Born in 2021". In fact, formally, they were right. In stamped and company papers they had affixed the seal to what was supposed to be the year of the advent. In practice, however, underneath, it was a real assisted resurrection. The "claim", as advertisers call the "launch" of a product, had been printed with paint and writing on an Airbus 320/216, aeronautical code name EI-EIB. The livery also took the eyes off the pink flamingos that stand out on the Santa Gilla route. A cyclopean writing to greet the new born. The aircraft, however, was anything but fresh from the Airbus family shipyards. Brushes and designers had rejuvenated it not a little with that "2021" imprinted in large letters on those 37 meters in length. The illusion of that year embossed in red on the inaugural plane was short-lived. Just enough time for an avalanche of losses, over 500 million euros in 2022 alone. A sort of disaster, capable of tracing in all respects the deeds of stepmother Alitalia. A result in sharp contrast with most of the European majors, from Luftansa to Tap, which reported profits and economic recovery. Let alone when the wayfarers from Cagliari landed at the capital's airport.
