A revamped Alitalia will operate with less than half the number of planes and employees it had before its latest rescue when the Italian airline starts flying again in April, daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Thursday. Under its new, five-year business plan, the state-owned company, which will be renamed ITA (Italia Trasporto Aereo), will have 5,000 employees compared with 11,000 before the crisis, the newspaper said, without identifying its sources. It will fly about 50 planes, down from 104, it added. “The long-haul planes will be reduced from 26 to six, with a huge fall in the capacity of intercontinental flights, about 70%,” the paper said. A source close to the matter said ITA’s board was likely to meet on Friday to approve the plan before sending it to Italy’s parliament and the ECn on Monday for review.<br/>