euronews24 (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
ROME - Air France-KLM is nearing a deal for a stake in the new Alitalia after Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday that its main rival, Lufthansa, never made a firm offer. Berlusconi met with the group of Italian investors who have acqui ...
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
ROME — Air France-KLM is nearing a deal for a stake in the new Alitalia after Italian Premier ...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Air France-KLM is nearing a deal for a stake in the new Alitalia after Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday that its main rival, Lufthansa, never made a firm offer. Berlusconi met with the group of Italian investors who have acquired the bulk of...
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Rome, January 6 - Italy's now private carrier Alitalia and Air France-KLM are expected to decide on a partnership agreement on Friday, well-informed sources said on Tuesday. Both Alitalia, which was acquired last month by the private Italian invest
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
ROME, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The reborn Italian air line Alitalia is set to sell 25 percent of its shares to Air France-KLM, sources said Tuesday. The collapsed national airline was resurrected by a private business group, which adopted the airline's name. The plan to find a foreign strategic partner will be formally adopted in board meetings Friday, ANSA news reported. Informed sources said Air France-KLM...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's centre-right prime minister, was reported to have given the green light to the new owners of Alitalia to sell a minority stake to Air France-KLM rather than Lufthansa
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
PARIS/ROME, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM was close on Wednesday to taking a stake in Alitalia , two sources close to the matter said, edging out rival Lufthansa as their contest drew to a political finale in Rome.
Ansa (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
(ANSA) - Rome, January 6 - Italy's now private carrier Alitalia and Air France-KLM are expected to decide on a partnership agreement on Friday, well-informed sources said on Tuesday.Both Alitalia, which was acquired last month by the private Italian investor group Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI), and Air France-KLM are reported to have scheduled special board meetings for January 9, three...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Air France-KLM is reportedly entering 2009 as the favorite to clinch a deal in the fierce battle for a stake in the Italian airline Alitalia, which is crawling toward a new existence as a smaller, privately owned airline next week.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
The fierce battle playing out between Air France-KLM and Deutsche Lufthansa for a stake in a revamped Alitalia may finally be nearing an end.
Aviation Now (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Air France-KLM and Lufthansa are competing to acquire 25% stake; unions already have accepted smaller workforce
InformedTrades (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
After a three-month tussle for a stake of up to 25 percent, Air France-KLM appears for now to have the edge over Lufthansa. Go to Full Article...
TravelDailyNews.com (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
As the year came to an end, Compagnia Aerea Italiana, a group of private-sector investors that owns the carrier, was in talks to sell a 25.0% stake for 300.0 million euros to rival Air France. Alitalia has been in talks with Air France and Lufthansa, as it expects to throw an international player into the mix.Last October, just hours after the CAI had pulled out of a deal to strip the airline...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
ROME, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM enters 2009 as the favourite to clinch a fierce battle for a stake in Alitalia as the Italian carrier crawls toward its planned rebirth as a smaller, private airline in just over 10 days.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
ON JANUARY 12th next, a new streamlined, fully privatised version of Italian national carrier Alitalia is due to begin operations. More than two years after Romano Prodi's centre-left government initiated the process of unloading the Treasury's 49.9 per cent share in the carrier, a brave new dawn is about to break in the troubled history of Alitalia. Or is it?
