Why Alitalia deal fell through

Thursday, April 3, 2008

In Europe, a major airline takeover failed to take off this week. Air France-KLM Group broke off talks to acquire Alitalia. We ask Stephen Beard what happened to this deal.

An Alitalia plane taking off (Paco Serinelli/AFP/Getty Images)

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