Airline: sale of Alitalia moves

The Italian state keeps the insolvent airline alive with millions of credits. The deadline for a sale was postponed at the end of April 2018.

Airline: sale of Alitalia moves

The government Rome extends bridge loan for bankrupt airline from November diesesJahres to September 2018. The Council of Ministers also decided on Friday to million euro in addition to fresh. The Government of Rome furr said that deadline for sale to be completed was postponed to end of April2018. With money, salary payments are to be secured to employees until sales date.

In early May, state of airline had granted a loan of etwa600 million euros for six months after former national line had declared bankruptcy. This loan would have been due by November. Wasto should also be decided to sell. The deadline for VerbindlicheAngebote for Alitalia ended on Monday.

Sell, not "selling"

Lufthansa had announced that it would be interested in a "new Alitalia", not at company in its current state. "We wanted to have more time to examine offers," said Italian transport Minister Graziano Delrio. Man Wolleverkaufen and not "selling". The Irish low cost airline Ryanair wanted to buy parts of Hochverschuldetenitalienischen Airlines Alitalia already in August. Especially Interessantseien Alitalia's long-haul flights. There is a lot of growth potential in this area, said Ryanair leadership.

The Italian airline has been in crisis for years and WieAir Berlin has only been in air with injecting money from Arabian Etihad. Sweden of Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni wants to prevent Alitalia from being smashed. The company employs more than 11,000 employees.

Date Of Update: 15 October 2017, 12:02
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