51.   The walkout will not cause any flight cancellations because higher-ranking senior pilots will replace the striking pilots for all scheduled flights for Tuesday, they said.

52.   Striking Alitalia airline pilots agreed on Friday to provide a minimum service but maintained their action against an austerity plan, Alitalia said.

53.   Striking Alitalia airline pilots agreed Friday to call off their strike action until Monday after winning assurances from the Italian government, a trade union leader said.