Virgin Atlantic interested in joint venture with Air France-KLM & Alitalia
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For now, just a wish list, but European airlines do have to consider banding up, with their own dicey economies and threat of long haul Gulf airlines taking over profitable routes.
Virgin Atlantic is planning to hold talks over a possible joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia which would see Sir Richard Branson’s airline offer more routes to Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Julie Southern, Virgin’s chief commercial officer, said: “We are very interested in exploring what further cooperation opportunities t
