Brussels, 25/06/2014 (Agence Europe) - With 49% of the Italian airline Alitalia passing into the ownership of Etihad (United Arab Emirates), it is primarily the responsibility of the Italian authorities, and not the European Commission, to ensure that the stakeholding and control remain mostly European, the spokesperson for transport of the European Commission, Helen Kearns, has confirmed.
The agreement between the two airlines was confirmed on Wednesday 25 June, but it has been a cause of...