Alitalia is struggling to cope with large debts.
Debt-laden Italian airline Alitalia has warned it needs an urgent injection of capital on top of a recent government loan in order to survive.
It was recently saved from collapse by a 300m-euro ($473m; £238.8m) government loan, which is under scrutiny to see if it breaches European state aid rules.
The collapse of a proposed takeover by Air France-KLM had left it in an "uncertain" situation, the firm said.
The carrier also unveiled a net loss of 495m euros for 2007.
