Irish budget carrier Ryanair has lodged a complaint about Alitalia’s restructuring plan with the European Commission.

Italy plans to relaunch Alitalia as a separate, privately-owned company, leaving debts with the existing company.

Ryanair director of regulatory affairs, Jim Callaghan, says: “This is the latest and perhaps most blatant example of the Italian Government doing whatever it takes to protect their failed airline, Alitalia. It is also the second time that they have used the trick of simply shifting debt out of the airline and into a subsidiary in order to keep the airline afloat.”

Meanwhile, Alitalia administrator Augusto Fantozzi has disclosed there have been 58 submissions of interest for parts of Alitalia or its other subsidiaries under his administr

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