A woman walks past Alitalia auto check-in machines at Fiumicino airport in Rome
A woman walks past Alitalia auto check-in machines at Fiumicino airport in Rome October 11, 2013. Alitalia, the Italian national airline that has made a profit only a few times in its 67-year history, once again risks collapsing as the government scrambles to find investors willing to rescue its problem child. Rome offered a financial lifeline to Alitalia through the state-owned post office, but the plan depends on private shareholders ploughing more money into what many investors regard as a corporate lost cause. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS TRANSPORT BUSINESS)