Alitalia (AZA, Rome Fiumicino) has reportedly turned its attention back towards Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) in the hopes of finding a strong potential investor. Italy's Teleborsa says Italian premier, Enrico Letta, has dispatched an envoy to Abu Dhabi, under the guise of endorsing Dubai's candidacy for Expo 2020, to resume negotiations with Etihad. The airline's grapevine speaks of a potential 2'500 job cuts of which 1'000 would come from contract non-renewals while the other 1'500 would be straight firings. The bad news continues to roll in for the ailing Italian national carrier after Antitrust regulators fined it EUR120'000 for "unfair business practices."