"The real stepping stone is the industrial partner in which I believe there may still be interest from Air France". Thus, on the sidelines of the presentation of the Censis report at the Corriere della Sera Foundation, the managing director of Intesa Sanpaolo, Carlo Messina regarding the situation of Alitalia.
"If it is not Air France - he added - it will be another operator" that will arrive from outside Europe. “There may be some interested parties – argued Messina – certainly outside the European borders, however I reiterate that I do not consider the Air France hypothesis completely closed yet”.
On the other hand, the 300 million capital increase of the airline is on the way to a positive resolution: "I see the problems related to the capital increase resolved, therefore for me the issue, at least as regards the of private individuals is resolved". The participation of Poste Italiane remains to be defined, "but I think it is unlikely that Poste can represent a problem".
