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09 October 2019Lufthansa takes to the track to rescue Alitalia. The German company, as far as we learn, has written a letter to Fs and Mise to propose itself as an alternative to Delta in the newco led by Fs and Atlantia.

Lufthansa, it is specified, has proposed a strong commercial partnership, without for the moment showing an interest in taking shares of the company destined to control the new Alitalia.

Patuanelli: aseptic evaluation
Lufthansa "sent a letter 'for information' to the ministry, but the Ministry of Economic Development has a supervisory role on the commissioner structure, certainly not a sponsor in a private market operation". This was underlined by Minister Stefano Patuanelli on the sidelines of a hearing, explaining that he had no assessment on the matter. "I saw that there is a letter from Lufhansa addressed to Fs; I evaluate it aseptically", he replied to those who asked him what his opinion was on the possible intervention of the German company.