Who married Alitalia?

It seems the drawn out walz to find a new partner for Alitalia is coming to an end. 

At the end of the day, the old lady couldn't face getting hitched to a sober foreigner, Air France, and has got into bed with Air One, an ambitious youngster from Abruzzo.

The previous Italian Government did all they could to marry her off to her French cousin, but the wicked Uncle Unions wouldn't allow it to happen, especially when they greedily eyed the backing of the new suitor's main sponsor, the incoming Italian Government.

A dowry of 300 million euros was duly paid to rich benefactor Banca Intesa San Paolo and the coupling goes ahead.

Both bride and groom seem happy enough and hopefully the Italian tax payer who was funding the ailing bride to the tune of 2.3 million euros a day to keep her on her feet.

The losers are certainly the five to eight thousand employees of Ms. Alitalia who are no longer needed at court, and perhaps also the wicked Uncle Unions who played the wrong card, drowning their sorrows at the reception.

What a ride!