Alitalia asks to put more workers under layoff scheme-document

Reuters

Published Mar 27, 2020 05:32AM ET

MILAN (Reuters) - Alitalia's administrator has asked the Italian government to increase the number of employees under temporary lay-off scheme to nearly 7,000, a document showed, to help mitigate the impact the coronavirus outbreak had on the airline and the wider sector.

The request refers to additional 2,900 workers being put under the scheme and compares with a total Alitalia workforce of around 11,600.