Enrico Leta’s optimism could be dampened by the outcome of Sunday’s general election. In the event of Silvio Berlusconi’s victory, as predicted by most of the polls, the merger with Air France-KLM could be jeopardized. By embracing the worries of northern voters concerning the future of Milan’s airport, Silvio Berlusconi said he would take no account of a possible union agreement on the Air France-KLM plan and repeatedly referred to a cluster of about ten Italian firms who have responded to his appeal for saving the national aircraft company. However, his promise has not convinced Alitalia’s employees who remain strongly in favor of an agreement with Air France-KLM by all means, from petitions to hunger strikes. The Franco-Dutch company again put the ball in the Alitalia’s court on April 7 by reasserting its position and considering its plan “as the only one capable of bringing Alitalia back to profitability quickly".
ccount of a possible union agreement on the Air France-KLM plan and repeatedly referred to a cluster of about ten Italian firms who have responded to his appeal for saving the national aircraft company. However, his promise has not convinced Alitalia’s employees who remain strongly in favor of an agreement with Air France-KLM by all means, from petitions to hunger strikes.
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