Imagine you are at the airport, luggage already delivered, coffee in hand, and you check the board for the umpteenth time. Your flight does not appear. It is not delayed, it has not been moved to Gate B. It’s simply not there. Then the notification arrives on your phone and the almost sensational news breaks: the airline has declared insolvency. Flights are suspended with immediate effect.
This is not a disaster movie scenario. It happened with Wind Jet in 2012, which left tens of thousands of passengers stranded in the middle of August. It happened with Air Italy in 2020. Before that with Myair, with SkyEurope,…