MILAN (Reuters) - Ferrovie dello Stato is interested in investing in struggling Alitalia once an airline-sector investor has been found to develop the carrier's long-haul business and synergies with its own business are found, the Italian rail group's chief executive told a financial daily.
Asked whether state-owned FS was working on a joint investment in Alitalia with other public entities such as state-lender CDP or state-controlled Poste Italiane <PST.MI>, Gianfranco Battisti said his company was "open" and looking at the Alitalia dossier.
"For us the project needs to include a link between airports and the high-speed network, a way to eliminate overlaps with our business plan and a commercial integration with a single ticket that allows you to go from Dubai to Bologna," he told Il Sole 24 in an interview published Thursday.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar)
