It will take a few more days to close
the acquisition by Lufthansa of 41% of ITA, sources close to the
operation said Monday, the day initially expected for the
closure of the merger between the Italian and German airlines.
According to the sources, the parties are still working to
define the final steps. They are reportedly moving towards the
second call of the ITA general assembly scheduled for January
15, the deadline by which Lufthansa must subscribe to the
capital increase. The possible closing of the operation for
January 13 had filtered out after a meeting between Lufthansa
employees and CEO Carsten Spohr and had been relaunched by the
German agency Dpa, but had never found confirmation at the
Italian economy ministry.
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