Alitalia to discontinue JV with Air France-KLM

Since Alitalia has become part of the Etihad Airways equity partnership, it is now seeking to wind down its joint venture agreements with Air France-KLM. Alitalia will not renew agreements with its previous partner when they are due for renewal in January 2017. The JVs comprises passenger services between France, Italy and the Netherlands and the marketing, sales and distribution of Alitalia’s belly capacity, currently performed by Air France-KLM. “These agreements are no longer beneficial, either commercially or strategically, to the new Alitalia and its ambitious turnaround plan. They were negotiated when Alitalia was in a very different position, with