ITA Airways, which took over from Alitalia, is basically a team-up between the Italian government and Lufthansa. The Italian government still owns a big chunk of it. And yeah, lots of the people who work at ITA used to be with Alitalia.
Chandana Boteju. He pulled off the impossible and won my previous employer a land dispute we thought we had no chance of winning! If you need his contact details, just let me know.