Air France merged with Alitalia .
Italian carrier is facing bankruptcy .
Alitalia desperately needs new money and is on the verge of collapse. Concern daily accumulated loss of almost € 700,000 , but only in the first half of the year lost 294 million.
Recently, even the oil company Eni has threatened to stop the supply of kerosene .
Alitalia reported a profit for the last time in 2002
Air France-KLM is about to merge with the struggling Italian airline Alitalia under certain conditions.
Italians get their honorable role in a common group, said the head of the French airline Alexandre de Zhuniak in an interview with channel LCI.
Air France already owns a quarter of Alitalia, which was saved from falling into bankruptcy last week by the Italian government through a capital increase . According to experts, this action is short a measure to buy time for talks with Air France.
Merger of the two airlines is discussed more than 5 years , and in 2008 the then Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi prevent the merger between Alitalia and Air France.
In the event of a merger French company can save a lot of money in bureaucracy and cut jobs .
But it will likely meet strong resistance from unions and the government in Rome.
Italian carrier is facing bankruptcy .
Alitalia desperately needs new money and is on the verge of collapse. Concern daily accumulated loss of almost € 700,000 , but only in the first half of the year lost 294 million.
Recently, even the oil company Eni has threatened to stop the supply of kerosene .
Alitalia reported a profit for the last time in 2002
Air France-KLM is about to merge with the struggling Italian airline Alitalia under certain conditions.
Italians get their honorable role in a common group, said the head of the French airline Alexandre de Zhuniak in an interview with channel LCI.
Air France already owns a quarter of Alitalia, which was saved from falling into bankruptcy last week by the Italian government through a capital increase . According to experts, this action is short a measure to buy time for talks with Air France.
Merger of the two airlines is discussed more than 5 years , and in 2008 the then Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi prevent the merger between Alitalia and Air France.
In the event of a merger French company can save a lot of money in bureaucracy and cut jobs .
But it will likely meet strong resistance from unions and the government in Rome.