The French govt may call on banks to contribute to a bailout of Air France KLM if it offers state support to the struggling airline, the finance minister said Thursday. The govt has earmarked E20b (US$21.7b) to recapitalise - or nationalise if necessary - big French firms that cannot make it alone through the coronavirus crisis and has indicated that Air France is first in line. "You say that Air France (needs) E7b, we can very well imagine that the effort is shared between the state and the banks," Finance minister Bruno Le Maire said. "There's nothing that says that the state has to provide capital to Air France all alone," he added. Sources previously told Reuters that Air France KLM is in talks with banks to receive up to E6b in state-backed bank loans. <br/>