Italy's Di Maio Sees No Risk of Failure for Alitalia Package

Deputy premier speaks in interview on EasyJet-Delta plan
Di Maio says Treasury’s stake shouldn’t be over 15 percent

Pilots sit inside the cockpit of an Alitalia SpA aircraft as it stands at a departure gate at Fiumicino airport in Rome
Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

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By John Follain and Flavia Rotondi

February 28, 2019 at 4:56 PM UTC

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Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said he sees no risk of failure for talks with EasyJet Plc and Delta Air Lines Inc. to relaunch struggling airline Alitalia SpA.

“I am very confident because of what I have seen up to now,” Di Maio said in an interview at his Rome office. He said the Italian Treasury should take a stake of no more than 15 percent in the new company, calling the package “a relaunch not a rescue.”