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 14 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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  1. Top managers from SkyTeam, the world's second largest airline network, pose for photographs after the SkyTeam CEOs meeting at a hotel in Incheon, west of Seoul November 5, 2009. South Korea's top airline and the world's biggest air cargo carrier Korean Air Co expects a significant recovery this and next year on stabilising oil prices and a stronger won, its CEO said on Thursday. The managers are Aeromexico's Senior Vice President Gabriel Parra, KLM's Senior Vice President Hans de Roos, Sky Team Managing Director Marie-Joseph Male, Southern Airlines' Chairman Si Xianmin, Delta Air Lines' CEO Richard Anderson, Korean Air's CEO Cho Yang-ho, Sky Team Chairman Leo van Wijk, Alitalia's Senior Vice President Giorgio Callegari, Southern Airlines' Executive Vice President He Zongkai and Aeroflot's Commercial Director Alexey Sidorov (L-R).
  2. Top managers from SkyTeam, the world's second largest airline network, pose for photographs after the SkyTeam CEOs meeting at a hotel in Incheon, west of Seoul November 5, 2009. Heads of members of a major airline alliance including Korean Air and Delta Airlines expressed some optimism about the industry's recovery but noted uncertainties from the H1N1 flu virus and the overall economy. The managers are Aeromexico's Senior Vice President Gabriel Parra, KLM's Senior Vice President Hans de Roos, Air France's Vice President Dominique Patry, SkyTeam Managing Director Marie-Joseph Male, Southern Airlines' Chairman Si Xianmin, Delta Air Lines' CEO Richard Anderson, Korean Air's CEO Cho Yang-ho, Sky Team Chairman Leo van Wijk, Alitalia's Senior Vice President Giorgio Callegari, Southern Airlines' Executive Vice President He Zongkai and Aeroflot's Commercial Director Alexey Sidorov (L-R).
  3. An Alitalia's logo is seen inside the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  4. Travellers walk in the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport, on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  5. Aliatalia's managing director Rocco Sabelli gestures by a company logo during the inauguration of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  6. Aliatalia's President Roberto Colaninno looks on by a company logo during the inauguration of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  7. Aliatalia's President Roberto Colaninno looks on by a company logo during the inauguration of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  8. A view of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE.
  9. A view of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  10. A man waits at the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.

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