A 600-million-euro bridge loan from
the government will be "enough" to keep Alitalia flying over the
next six months, "and then we'll see," commissioner Luigi
Gubitosi said Thursday.
A tender inviting expressions of interest by potential buyers
will be published in about two weeks, he added.
"Our aim is to valorise the company," said Gubitosi, adding
"an industrial relaunch is needed"
"In order to find a partner we must be appealing, an
efficient company, which flies, which goes well".
Gubitois said he was "sure we will find interested parties"
He added that Alitalia's former management "could have done
better".
Gubitosi, a former director-general of State broadcaster RAI,
is one of three commissioners appointed for the troubled
airline, which is now in extraordinary administration.
The other two are Enrico Laghi, an extraordinary commissioner
for troubled steel group ILVA, and air transport expert Stefano
Paleari.
Gubitosi will run the company while Laghi will take care of
relations with the government and legal issues.
Paleari, named by the transport ministry, is an engineer,
university lecturer and expert in air transport, as well as
president of Human Technopole, the high-tech hub to be created
at Milan's former EXPO site.
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