Company Watch - Alitalia.Nov 27, 2006 France is apparently reluctant to commit itself on a foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my the Italian market, expectations of a breakthrough faded on Thursday when Prodi told a French newspaper he had many doubts about a possible tie-up between the carriers. Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) is seen anxious to calm any immediate merger talk resulting from the Franco-Italian summit until Alitalia's future becomes more certain. It has repeatedly said Alitalia must be privatized and restored to financial health before their small cross-shareholdings can be expanded into a full merger. Nov 23, 2006 Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said in a newspaper interview he had many doubts about a possible tie-up between Air France KLM and Italian carrier Alitalia. A diplomatic source said on Wednesday that Prodi would look into whether the struggling Italian airline could strike a deal with Air France KLM at an Italian-French summit in Italy on Friday. Air France KLM has long been considered a possible suitor SUITOR. One who is a party to a suit or action in court. One who is a party to an action. In its ancient sense, suitor meant one Who was bound to attend the county court, also, one who formed part of the secta. (q.v.) for Alitalia, but the Franco-Dutch group has said no merger would be possible until the Italian airline showed it had turned itself around. In a clear reference to French soccer hero Zinedine Zidane's infamous head butting against Italian player Marco Materazzi Marco Materazzi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI,[2][3] (born August 19, 1973 in Lecce), is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who currently plays for Serie A club Internazionale, sometimes known as Inter Milan. in the World Cup final in July, Prodi said the two countries needed to avoid "headbutts to the chest" to preserve their strong ties in various fields. Nov 23, 2006 Alitalia flew 3.4 billion RPKs in October, up 2.6% on the year-ago month. Capacity rose 1.7% to 4.51 billion ASKs and load factor improved 0.7 point 75.3%. Nov 20, 2006 Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Nov 13, 2006 |
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