Alitalia in efforts to avoid pre-poll collapse

Article reports that Alitalia, Italy's financially crippled flag carrier, hopes to revive rescue talks between trade union leaders and Air France-KLM after the 13-14 April 2008 parliamentary elections, thereby sparing the centre-left government the ignominy of a large-scale bankruptcy on the eve of the two-day poll.

BBC News, 8.4.08: Alitalia in fly-or-die decision http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7336141.stm

Alitalia: Press Release, 8.4.08: Board of Directors Meeting, 8 April 2008 http://corporate.alitalia.com/en/Images/COMUNICATO%208-4-08%20ING_tcm7-27231.pdf

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