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Alitalia Looking For "Strong" Partnership
Almasalla Travel News – Alitalia will seek a different partner if its biggest shareholder, Air France-KLM, does not subscribe to a capital increase to save the loss-making airline, Italian transport minister Maurizio Lupi told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
"For now the task is to set out a strong turnaround plan that envisages the entry of an international partner," Lupi said in an interview with Corriere della Sera published on Friday.
Lupi said it was legitimate for Air France-KLM to impose conditions, but that if it abstained from the capital increase, automatically diluting its stake in Alitalia from 25 percent to around 11 percent, Alitalia would look elsewhere.
"We want a partnership, we will find it and we will make sure it is strong," Lupi said.
He did not name any potential international partners.
Lupi said Air France-KLM still seemed open to talks about the Italian airline, which would be one of the topics under discussion between French and Italian ministers meeting in Rome on November 20.
Sourse :Reuters
