Delta Air Lines May Pull Out of Alitalia Bidding, Corriere Says
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Delta Air Lines Inc. planes at Salt Lake City International airport.
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Delta Air Lines Inc. may pull out of bidding for Alitalia SpA, complicating efforts to rescue the bankrupt Italian carrier, Corriere della Sera reported, citing unidentified people familiar.
The Atlanta-based firm doesn’t want to take part in a bidding game and might tell Alitalia’s administrators that its offer to inject about 100 million euros ($112 million) is final, Corriere said. Deutsche Lufthansa AG has already contacted Italy’s government to signal its interest in taking a more active role in the rescue, people familiar said on Oct. 31.