Alitalia is still considering the future of its long-term partnership with Air France-KLM, which is slated to end in Jan 2017. The Air France-KLM/Alitalia tie-up covers passenger services between France, Italy, the Netherlands and beyond—as well as the marketing, sales and distribution of Alitalia’s belly capacity, currently performed by Air France-KLM. However, in May 2015, Alitalia said it planned to end the agreement because it was imbalanced. “These agreements are no longer beneficial, either commercially or strategically, to the new Alitalia and its ambitious turnaround plan,” it said at the time, although it added that it was willing to negotiate better terms. Alitalia CE Cramer Ball said: “What is important is that we must control our own destiny and do what is right for Alitalia.” <br/>