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Carrier KLM plans merger with Alitalia, chief says
(The Nando Times)
September 27, 1999
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Italy's national carrier Alitalia plan to hone their alliance into a full merger, KLM chief executive Leo Van Wijk said Monday.
KLM could take an equity stake in Alitalia, Van Wijk said, once the Italian government sells its 53 percent stake. KLM is also partially government owned.
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