The EC also approved the proposed sale of Alitalia assets to the CAI group of Italian investors. However, one of the conditions of the CAI proposal for the purchase was that the EC had to approve ...

European Commission (EC) regulators will launch an in-depth probe into a €300 million ($467 million) bridging loan granted by Italy to cash-strapped national carrier Alitalia to address concerns ...

The EC also highlights ITA plans to employ staff, including some Alitalia employees, under new labour deals, and to modernise its fleet. ITA last month began talks with unions aimed at reaching a ...

An EC spokesperson declined to comment on whether the EC was looking into the nationalization and planned relaunch of Alitalia, saying only: “The Commission is in contact with the Italian ...

The EC stepped up pressure on Italy today to explain its decision to force rivals of struggling state owned airline Alitalia to raise prices on long-haul flights from Rome. Mon, 16 Aug ...

(ANSA) - Brussels, September 30 - The European Commission will give its ruling on Alitalia's lifesaving recent deal with Etihad Airlines on November 3, EC sources said Tuesday. A dossier on the ...

The EC earlier this week expressed concern it had ... not rule out the possibility that State aid was involved in the Alitalia bailout package, because of the involvement of the Italian post ...

THE European Commission said yesterday it was looking into a complaint that the Italian government ordered European airlines not to undercut the fares of its ailing State-owned air carrier ...

ROME (AP) — Italy’s former national carrier Alitalia has started procedures for the collective dismissal of its remaining 2,059 employees, its administrators told unions. The move comes as the ...

IAG, which owns BA and Spain's Iberia, has asked the European Commission to examine Italy's attempts to rescue Alitalia. The Brussels-based EC said it had not been notified about Italy's proposal ...