Alitalia and Air One, center, aircraft at Rome's Fiumicino international airport Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, as the Alitalia unions entered what was billed as the last round of do-or-die talks on a plan to save the company from bankrupt. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

Alitalia and Air One, center, aircraft at Rome's Fiumicino international airport Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, as the Alitalia unions entered what was billed as the last round of do-or-die talks on a plan to save the company from bankrupt.

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  12. Europe's biggest airline Air France-KLM group chairman and CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta (L) speaks while Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi listens during a press conference on May 6, 2009 at Palazzo Chigi, Italy's Prime Ministry in Rome. Spinetta said that Alitalia was "in line" with its industrial plan.
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