An update.
Some of the nine unions representing Alitalia staff have signed a draft deal with CAI, a consortium prepared to invest in a new Italian airline, it was announced early Monday.
The accord, accepted by four unions but with the notable exception of pilots and cabin staff, lays down the number of personnel employed by the new Alitalia as 12,500 including 1,500 pilots, 3,300 cabin staff and 7,650 technicians, workers and managerial staff, Ansa news agency said.
CAI had previously offered to employ only 11,500 people.