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Air France, KLM in tie-up talks - report by Ananova
Air France is in talks with the Netherlands-based airline KLM about a wide-ranging collaboration, to be underpinned by the French group taking a stake in KLM, the Financial Times reported in its online edition, citing Les Echos.
An outline agreement could be signed before the end of the year, the FT said. The deal would underpin plans by the French government to reduce its majority stake in Air France and would take effect after the French government's share sale.
The collaboration being discussed between KLM and Air France should be much larger in scale than the partnership arrangement struck between Air France and Alitalia this year, under which each is to take a 3 per cent stake in the other, according to the FT.
Any deal is likely to require the consent of the Netherlands government, which retains a 13% stake in KLM, it added.
© AFX News
Air France is in talks with the Netherlands-based airline KLM about a wide-ranging collaboration, to be underpinned by the French group taking a stake in KLM, the Financial Times reported in its online edition, citing Les Echos.
An outline agreement could be signed before the end of the year, the FT said. The deal would underpin plans by the French government to reduce its majority stake in Air France and would take effect after the French government's share sale.
The collaboration being discussed between KLM and Air France should be much larger in scale than the partnership arrangement struck between Air France and Alitalia this year, under which each is to take a 3 per cent stake in the other, according to the FT.
Any deal is likely to require the consent of the Netherlands government, which retains a 13% stake in KLM, it added.
© AFX News
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The only thing being that the Dutch strongly deny it .
I can't imagine the level headed Dutch ever linking with the somehow unpredictible French. They dumped Alitalia, why on earth should they join AF ? Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see that happen.
Business is one thing, culture is another ( very important ) one not to be disregarded.
I can't imagine the level headed Dutch ever linking with the somehow unpredictible French. They dumped Alitalia, why on earth should they join AF ? Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see that happen.
Business is one thing, culture is another ( very important ) one not to be disregarded.
