Air France and Alitalia in tentative merger talks
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Air France KLM , under pressure  from Rome to commit to a merger with Alitalia, announced  exploratory talks with the ailing carrier on Thursday but  reaffirmed conditions for a deal.
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Alitalia's suitors Air France-KLM  and Air One each detailed plans which could nearly double its  capital and promised it new planes on Monday, a day before the  indebted airline's board meets to pick a partner.
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Italian airline Alitalia said Thursday that it would postpone until next Tuesday its decision on which buyer it prefers to take over the loss-making company.
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Alitalia appeared to clinch its final union agreement on Saturday over job and wage cuts, as cabin crews agreed to a painful restructuring needed to prevent the airline&#39;s collapse, a union source said.
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The boards of state-owned Gaz de France and utility giant Suez SA were meeting Sunday night to discuss a new merger deal, as expectations grew that an agreement on the long-stalled tie-up was imminent.
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UAL Corp.'s  United Airlines  is in preliminary talks with Continental Airlines  about  a possible merger, according to media reports on Tuesday.
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A possible alliance between Air France-KLM and the Italian national carrier Alitalia would not lead to cutbacks in jobs, the chief executive of Air France-KLM, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, has said.
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United Airlines is holding preliminary talks to merge with Continental Airlines.
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Air France-KLM said Tuesday that chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta will meet the head of Alitalia, Maurizio Prato, in Rome to begin discussions on its planned takeover of the ailing Italian carrier.
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After winning union backing for job cuts, Alitalia was holding a board of directors meeting Monday to approve a restructuring plan aimed at saving the near-bankrupt Italian carrier from collapse.
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Alitalia was last night locked in talks with its trade unions over plans to slash thousands of jobs as part of the cash-trapped airline&#39;s last-ditch rescue package.
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Air France-KLM on Monday detailed its offer to buy all of Alitalia , confirming details given on Sunday by its chairman to Italian newspapers.
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MILAN : Alitalia headed into eleventh-hour talks with unions to clinch plans to avoid bankruptcy, after winning a key deal with pilots.
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MILAN : Alitalia pursued last-ditch talks with unions, its deadline for clinching a rescue plan or face bankruptcy, a day after winning a key deal with pilots.
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Alitalia's board of directors said Friday it had advised the Italian government to pursue an offer by Air France-KLM to rescue the near-bankrupt airline with a long-term investment of 6.5 billion euros.
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Air France-KLM's  bid for Alitalia  includes a share swap and a capital hike of 750 million euros ($1.09 billion), with up to 1,700 job cuts, Air France's Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta was quoted as saying.
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Talks between Alitalia and the unions were continuing on Tuesday as hopes rose of staving off bankruptcy at Italy's troubled national airline.