Officially open negotiations between Italy Airways e Lufthansa. The Ministry of Economy and Finance has signed the letter of intent of the German company to acquire a minority stake in the company born on the ashes of Alitalia. This was announced by the ministry itself, specifying that "the document is preparatory for opening the private negotiation between the parties". Furthermore, the Mef warned that "further details on the ongoing discussion will not be disclosed".
On January 18, the Frankfurt carrier has sent the "Memorandum of Understanding" to the Treasury, today the sole shareholder of Ita. With today's signature, negotiations officially begin. The Germans would like to enter Ita through a reserved capital increase, around 35-40% according to rumors and then take advantage of the option to acquire the remainder.
A few days ago the minister the minister Giorgetti he explained that after the signing of the memorandum “a negotiation phase will begin with respect to what are the requests of the Italian government and what are Lufthansa's business projects. If the two projects are coherent, a very important reality could be born, also to the benefit of the Italian economy”. As for the timing, the minister stressed that "it takes a few weeks to get things done right".
Meanwhile, a new meeting between Italy and sindacati of category. The acronyms were reconvened to reopen the table on salaries after the opening of the cooling and conciliation phase. The objective is to find a solution in order to avoid a mobilisation.
