The real threat here is if Alitalia goes away.
Air Italy (Meridiana Airlines rebranded about 9 months ago) with 16 old 737/767/A330 jets was recently 49% bought by Qatar. Orders for a fleet of 55 new jets with service to the US and codeshare to the Mideast. Air Italy would be Italy’s default flag carrier (probably helped by Oneworld) if Alitalia isn’t saved... and a real big deal (if it isn’t already).
Emirates is already doing 5th freedom MXP-JFK. Qatar pinky-promised not to, but Air Italy without competition and Mideast state-sponsored limitless losses pose a real challenge to Skyteam and Delta EU-US. I hope Alitalia makes it. I bet AFKLM does too.