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Italian Shipping Magnate Gianluigi Aponte Wants to Move Into Aviation
Gianluigi Aponte, founder and chair of family-owned Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC), world's largest container ship line with 570 vessels, is joining Deutsche Lufthansa in a bid to acquire ITA Airways, successor to Italy's historically unprofitable Alitalia. Sitting on a huge cash pile from a sea shipment boom that seems never-ending, Aponte sees ITA, if re-tooled as an LCC with deep cargo expertise, as a ripe investment target. (www.bloombergquint.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
as the old saying goes - if you want to become a millionaire - start as a billionaire, then buy an airline.
LOL.