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Old Jul 22, 2018, 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by rprimo
However, look at the TATL JV does it really need another European based JV partner? If you fly to Rome a lot OK but what onward destination can you not get from DL, AF, KLM or VS?
There are a few incremental destinations but I don't think that was ever the point: It was to control capacity (and thus influence market pricing) to FCO and MXP.

Alitalia can't lose boatloads of money forever - EU rules limit state support. There will be some restructuring. If ownership or management control shifts to LH, LH won't want it in SkyTeam.
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