The anomaly in the geographical network, which forced the organisation to halve its capacity, demonstrates that the issue to be discussed today, rather than the motive, is the architecture. The solution is not a call for diplomacy. We need truly diversified networks, failover tests under real-world load, and contracts with suppliers that price in systemic risk. And we need human capital

For the second time in just over a year, a problem with ENAV’s data transmission has thrown flights into disarray. Meanwhile, Italy is set to exceed 204 million passengers, but high fuel prices threaten to push ticket prices up by as much as 15 per cent and lead to route cuts

A fault in the data transmission network of Enav, the company responsible for air traffic control, has forced a reduction in the number of flights that can be handled. This is not believed to be a cyberattack