this is your business update on helen humphrey in berlin thanks for joining me now the ink has barely dried on of trances purchase of parts of an already germany's largest airline has put a bid in for parts of another airline this time it's a tally of italy's ailing flag carrier now seven companies including the tenser and british budget airline easyjet handed in sealed envelopes yesterday in the hope of scoring parts of the italian airline the battle to carve up is heating up the ailing airline has only made a profit a few times in its seventy year history among the big names interested germany's lost tons of its reportedly offering half a billion euros for parts of the airline the air giant is only interested in alitalia as aviation business and not its grand operations if that deal goes ahead half of the employees of italy's largest airline could lose their jobs that's around six thousand people and the other bidder is british budget carrier easy just put it to only wants a slice of the pie europe's largest budget airline ryanair has already withdrawn its bid for the airline office

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