Atlantia chosen to help relaunch Italy's Alitalia airline

The state railway running Italy's Alitalia airline chose the Atlantia group of the Benetton empire as the final partner to work with the railway, the Italian treasury and Delta Air Lines on trying once again to relaunch the struggling flagship carrier. Ferrovie dello Stato said its board met Monday and settled on Atlantia after three other offers arrived. Alitalia declared bankruptcy two years ago and has long struggled against competition from low-cost carriers, failing to come up with a… (www.yahoo.com) Más...