Variant of the coronavirus, the protest of 200 Alitalia passengers who were grounded in London: ‘Abandoned without information and assistance’

“We have been abandoned of Alitalia and our Government. We are here without a hotel to sleep in, without assistance. We have no information since hours. Help us. “The attraction comes from the airport London Heathrow. It’s 11pm when Antonello Sussarellu and Chiara Botti they answer the phone. They must have already arrived in Italy, but after the stopover of flights in and out of the UK due to the discovery of “English variantOf the Sars Cov 2 discovered in the capital, they were stuck without knowing what will happen with their return to Italy.

We are in the same conditions as Chiara and Antonello more than 200 passengers that they had to board the flights that left London at 4:55 p.m. for Milan and at 6:50 p.m. for Fiumicino. People who all rub themselves together before setting foot at the airport. “I arrived in London on Saturday – explains Sussarellu – and today I should have returned to Sardinia. At 3pm, Alitalia canceled all outbound flights, which left us in trouble. Nobody showed up of the company to inform us of what would happen to us. We have been waiting for hours to understand our destiny but nothing ”. Sussarellu now doesn’t know what to do: “Luckily I kindly met Chiara tonight he receives me at his house. Tomorrow if they don’t let me return a friend will welcome me but at least they had to fornicate the refreshment of a hotel. Instead, nothing. Now how long do we have to stay here? ”.

From London Heathrow airport they departed also called the Farnesina, the Embassy and the Consulate in London but nothing to do. “We too – Chiara and Antonello say – we tried to call the Embassy but the line was blocked.”

Chiara, a veterinarian from Ascoli Piceno, is more fortunate as she has a house in London: “I had chosen to return to Italy to spend Christmas with my family but now I don’t know what will happen. Please note that we we also spend a lot of money to make the swab as requested by Alitalia. Like everyone else, I was negative. What is happening to us is absurd. The only person from Alitalia who appeared before us fled at our requests. To return now we will have to spend more money at our expense ”.

Antonello Sussarellu is determined to fight. On Sunday he created the group “Alitalia leaves us walking in the cold in the UKWhere many of the passengers made their voices heard. Linen Sestu writes: “Tomorrow morning we must attack the Consulates, the Embassy and the Farnesina. We have to call them until they give us a repatriation flight, let’s do it all! “

With the Leonardo Grassi: “I will write on the profiles of Luigi Di Maio and Roberto Speranza. I also hope that the interview with the ITV team will air here in the UK. If you can make noise, make it. Meanwhile on the Alitalia website there is no notice for these passengers who have made overnight arrangements, in the hope that a solution will soon be found for them.