Because he doesn’t approve of the Air France-KLM bid for Alitalia, incoming prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is shopping the airline around . . . and resuming talks with Aeroflot. [ATW Daily News]
Berlusconi cuts of Alitalia’s nose to spite face
April 21, 2008 by Evan Sparks
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