Air France-KLM mum on new Alitalia report
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Air France-KLM  declined comment on Tuesday on the latest in a series of newspaper reports that it remains interested in bidding for Alitalia .
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Air France-KLM and the financially troubled Italian airline Alitalia said they have begun tentative talks on a possible alliance, prompting Italian government suspicions about French intentions.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and  French President Jacques Chirac will discuss the situation at  Airbus  on Friday but Germany insisted management and  not politicians should decide on a restructuring of the firm.
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Italy&#39;s struggling state carrier Alitalia met with labor unions Tuesday, trying to persuade them to accept a sweeping restructuring plan after announcing a further worsening of the airline&#39;s financial situation.
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Struggling Italian flagship carrier Alitalia held late-night talks Tuesday with the government and labor unions on how to help employees whose jobs will be slashed under a plan to save the airline, news reports said.
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Air France-KLM said Monday it had offered to take over Alitalia via a share swap, planning a major upgrade of the loss-making Italian flag carrier.
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MILAN, Nov. 23 Â Air France-KLM, EuropeÂs biggest airline, said today that it had begun talks that could eventually lead to the takeover of Alitalia, the Italian carrier.
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Air France-KLM  could provide  strategic or financial help in Delta Air Line Inc's   pursuit of a merger with another airline, The Wall Street  Journal reported on Thursday.
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Now, Air France is talking with Alitalia.
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Air France-KLM appeared best placed to buy Alitalia, ahead of Italian company Air One, as Alitalia's board prepared to meet on Friday on which rescue plan to recommend to the government.
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Air France KLM said on Thursday it was in exploratory tie-up talks with Alitalia at the request of the Italian airline.Comment
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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 board of directors met on Tuesday to debate which of two rival bidders -- the Italian airline Air One or the European giant Air France-KLM -- is better placed to rescue the near-bankrupt national flag carrier.
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A decision on which bidder will secure troubled Italian airline Alitalia is put off until Tuesday.
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An alliance between Air France-KLM and Italian airline Alitalia is &quot;desirable,&quot; French President Jacques Chirac has said after meeting with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
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ROME  - Struggling Italian flagship carrier Alitalia held late-night talks Tuesday with the country's government and labour unions on how to help employees whose jobs will be slashed under a plan to save the airline, news reports said.
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Air France-KLM's bid for Italy's state-controlled airline, Alitalia, has triggered a frenzy of holiday lobbying by powerful opponents who want Rome to reject an offer they say harms national interests.