Alitalia's pilots have finally accepted the “relaunch plan” proposed by Italians buyers regrouped in the Italian Air Company (CAI). The two rivals Air France-KLM and Lufthansa are now in competition to become minority shareholder of the italian airline.
After this news, Berlusconi's government (who played an important part in negotiations) immediately broke the news of his “satisfaction” and his “gratitude” towards the buyers. A bankruptcy of Alitalia (held by the Italian State at 49.9%) or its selling to a foreign company would be a defeat for Berlusconi, who promised to find an Italian buyer after being opposed to the repurchase of the company by Air France-KLM during the elections, to protect the “national identity”. Air France-KLM and Lufthansa want to enter in the capital of the company.
Lufthansa is the favorite company for north Italians thanks to its organisation in many hubs. This organization seduced Italians because they want to relaunch air traffic also from Milan-Malpensa airport, whereas Air France-KLM plans to use only Rome-Fiumicino airport as a hub.
The preservation of the “independence" of Alitalia is a success for Berlusconi, but it's an exception in Europe. Indeed, since a year and the rise of petrol prices, we can observe in Europe a lot of alliance of European airlines companies (like Iberia, Austrian Airline and Brussels Airline) with the Big Three (British Airways, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa). But, even if Alitalia is an exception, one of these Big Three will be a minority shareholder of it. It proves that even the fourth European company is obliged to become dependent of one of these three, and predicts the future total reign in Europe of BA, AF-KLM and Lufthansa.
NOTE : Air France a finalement pris une participation de 25% dans le capital de la nouvelle Alitalia, débarassée de ses dettes grâce à la CAI (alliance de grandes entreprises italiennes qui ont renfloués Alitalia) et désormais fusionnée avec Air One, son ancienne concurrente Italienne. Air France renforce sa place de première compagnie aérienne européenne face a Lufthansa !
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This is an excellent blog post, with an imaginative heading, good use of colour and images, good choice of libellés and exemplary content! You have managed to sum up the most important elements in the article, in your own order, without relying on the author's own words (except for the intro para - please avoid copying and translating the article's intro para!) The comment para is also very good and shows that you have been able to link the article to your own background knowledge (or alternatively, that you have looked up further information - either way, a good move!) Don't hesitate to post your links if you rely on other sources in your comment para.
Next week: Continue like this, paying attention to always use your own words! Perhaps you could also try (as I suggested to Ombeline) to write your resumé without referring to your article. It's a good exercise to check that you have actually retained the important information in the article.
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