https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Get a taste of real Italy by bunking down in mafia land, the ad said. But Easyjet's bid to pitch Calabria backfired, and the company was forced to apologise on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200623/easyjet-apologises-for-advertising-southern-italian-regions-mafia-activity-and-earthquakes Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:56:18 +0200 easyjet-apologises-for-advertising-southern-italian-regions-mafia-activity-and-earthquakes Airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights due to a 24-hour strike on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191024/hundreds-of-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled-in-transport-strike Thu, 24 Oct 2019 17:16:51 +0200 hundreds-of-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled-in-transport-strike Troubled Italian airline Alitalia said Tuesday that it has received three takeover offers, including one by a consortium led by British low-cost carrier EasyJet. https://www.thelocal.it/20180411/easyjet-and-two-other-airlines-in-the-running-to-take-over-alitalia Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:14:51 +0200 easyjet-and-two-other-airlines-in-the-running-to-take-over-alitalia British budget airline easyJet and German carrier Lufthansa both said on Monday they had submitted offers for parts of Italy's ailing Alitalia. https://www.thelocal.it/20171017/lufthansa-easyjet-bid-alitalia Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:10:27 +0200 lufthansa-easyjet-bid-alitalia A passenger was removed from an easyJet flight in Pisa after another passenger complained of “suspicious behaviour”. https://www.thelocal.it/20160407/easyjet Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:54:17 +0200 easyjet An easyJet flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Venice’s Marco Polo airport on Friday after the plane’s pilot became ill. https://www.thelocal.it/20151009/easyjet-plane-forced-to-land-in-italy-after-pilot-falls-ill Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:41:42 +0200 easyjet-plane-forced-to-land-in-italy-after-pilot-falls-ill An easyJet flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Rome earlier this week after a passenger allegedly punched a stewardess in a spat over a sandwich. https://www.thelocal.it/20150402/easyjet-forced-to-land-in-rome-due-to-sandwich-spat Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:22:08 +0200 easyjet-forced-to-land-in-rome-due-to-sandwich-spat UPDATED: Italian authorities on Monday released a Pakistani man who was removed from an easyJet flight to Britain minutes before take-off after it was discovered he was travelling on a fake passport. https://www.thelocal.it/20150119/pakistani-on-suspect-passport-sparks-easyjet-alarm Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:30:00 +0100 pakistani-on-suspect-passport-sparks-easyjet-alarm Ryanair and easyJet are among the airlines to have cancelled hundreds of flights to and from Italy ahead of a national strike on Friday against labour reforms. https://www.thelocal.it/20141211/hundreds-of-flights-scrapped-ahead-of-italy-strike Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:09:00 +0100 hundreds-of-flights-scrapped-ahead-of-italy-strike An Italian woman was arrested by police in Geneva when trying to board an easyJet flight to Venice, reportedly after a spat about the size of her hand luggage. https://www.thelocal.it/20140912/italian-arrested-over-flight-hand-luggage-row Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:02:00 +0200 italian-arrested-over-flight-hand-luggage-row A flight attendant suffered a broken hip and another was knocked unconscious during an easyJet flight to Naples on Monday after the plane hit heavy turbulence, spreading panic among passengers, British media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140904/two-hurt-as-naples-bound-plane-hits-turbulence Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:06:00 +0200 two-hurt-as-naples-bound-plane-hits-turbulence Low-cost airline easyJet will create over 400 new jobs as its makes Naples' Capodichino airport its third largest base in Italy after Rome and Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20131014/easyjet-creates-over-400-new-jobs-in-italy Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:45:00 +0200 easyjet-creates-over-400-new-jobs-in-italy