CNN to Lazzerini (ITA Airways CEO): "Are you staying or are you a dead man walking?" (video)
Richard Quest is not only one of the most famous and influential faces, or rather anchors, in the world (not only [...]
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Richard Quest is not only one of the most famous and influential faces, or rather anchormen, in the world (not just CNN). He is also probably the most knowledgeable in the field of travel, airlines, and the global travel industry in general. In recent days, on the sidelines of the IATA event in Istanbul, he interviewed Fabio Lazzerini, currently CEO of ITA Airways.
For those accustomed to the bland, or agreed-upon, interviews seen in Italy, theAnglo-Saxon journalism might seem rude or irreverent, but the real journalist is like that: he asks questions to get answers, he does not like to have poetry recited to him by heart. On the other hand, in the American world there are not, except in very rare cases, the assaults we are used to seeing in programs like Report or the Hyenas. Let's say it would be nice to live in a middle ground.
The interview that can be seen above in full, and in the original language, covers all the hot topics. The ties between Alitalia and ITA Airways, the sale of the Italian airline to Lufthansa, plans for growth, and then the last question is the one that a little bit surprises Lazzerini, Quest gets straight to the point: "Are you a dead man walking?"
Since Lufthansa signed with MISE, one of the hot topics is the spoil system that LHG will do with ITA Airways, and certainly the CEO chair is the one most discussed. Lazzerini has always said the company comes before the people, as it should.
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