(ANSA) - Rome, November 20 - The decision on who will be the foreign partner of Italy's future national carrier will be exclusively made by the company buying Alitalia's flight division without government interference, Industry Minister Claudio Scajola vowed on Thursday.
Does anyone else believe this is the first big test to see if anything will be different with Alitalia, the Italian government has made it clear it wants Lufthansa as a partner, but probably Air France/KLM is a better option perhaps even BA. Of course if Lufthansa is chosen it doesn't prove that CAI are Berlusconi's puppets but should the partner be any other airline then perhaps Alitalia is finally free from state control?