Alitalia resulting from a large joint venture with AFKL and Delta

Companies want to continue to cooperate with the Italian company in the future, but the restructuring of Alitalia is waiting for the first time. "The future ownership structure is uncertain," the petitioners point out in the request to the US Department of Transportation

Alitalia has been part of the Air France, KLM and Delta joint venture since 2010.

Air France-KLM Delta and Virgin Atlantic have announced plans to consolidate their separate joint venture agreements – between Air France, Delta and KLM, and Delta and Virgin Atlantic – into a single agreement for the transatlantic market, during which executives have stated that "the two companies have signed a joint venture. Alitalia are included in the partnership, but no management of the Italian airline has participated in media events.

Delta and its partners point out that the joint venture is able to add new roads. For example, Air France recently added a service between Indianapolis and Paris Charles de Gaulle, as well as increased capacity between Los Angeles and Amsterdam and Amsterdam. Paris. Delta and Virgin Atlantic have added a new service between London Heathrow and Seattle, Manchester and San Francisco, along with other network changes.

American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia and Finnair's joint venture dominate the UK market. and its partners say that they can work better against it by working together.