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Alitalia takes women's holiday to heart

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Published: March. 8, 2013 at 8:37 AM

ROME, March 8 (UPI) -- Italian airline Alitalia said it took International Women's Day to heart by scheduling flights from Rome to Milan and back staffed entirely by women.

Two Airbus A-320 flights with an all-female flight staff and service crew were scheduled for Friday, ANSA reported.

The first of the two flights, a morning commute, has already made the hop to Milan and back, ANSA said.

Women boarding the flight were presented with a sprig of mimosa.

"What does this particular day mean? It is an encouragement for all women to fly high and fast, because we can," flight Cmdr. Barbara Plantulli Lambert.

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