Alitalia pilot strike grounds 35% of flights

MILAN (AP) — Italian airline Alitalia has cancelled nearly 200 flights due to a 24-hour pilots strike.
The strike Wednesday comes amid uncertainty over the struggling airline’s future ahead of an Oct. 15 deadline for the presentation of a binding takeover offer from a consortium of investors.
Alitalia canceled 35% of the 520 flights scheduled during the strike by three unions and assigned larger aircraft to domestic routes in a bid to accommodate passengers whose flights were affecte