

Italian bearer Ita Airways is leaving the Skyteam Airline Alliance and will eventually change to Star alliance.
All that comes when the Lufthansa group has officially begun the process of absorbing Ita under its umbrella, the German conglomerate said on Monday.
Lufthansa finalized Its acquisition of a 41% participation in IA of state property in January, closing an agreement worth 325 million euros ($ 334 million). The remaining 59% will continue to be the property of the Italian government.
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“We firmly believe in the potential of Ita Airways, we believe in the force of Italy, its economy, its people,” CEO of Lufthansa Group, Carsten Spohr, said on Monday. Reuters.
With the purchase outside the road, the Lufthansa approach focuses on Integrated Ita, its fifth network airline together with Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Swiss and Original Lufthansa. The Lufthansa group also has low -cost transport Eurowings and several regional and food airlines.
As part of the integration, the Italian brand will change from Skyteam Alliance to Star Alliance, to which most brands of the Luftansa group already belong. Other notable carriers among the 25 full members of Star Alliance include United Airlines, Air Canada, Air India, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Avianca, Ethiopian Airlines and Singapore Airlines.
According to a separate statementSkyteam said it was working “to guarantee a transition without problems for customers and partners during the departure phase, which concludes before April 30, 2025”.
Even with Skyteam output now, Lufthansa saying It is not expected that ita will join Star Alliance until the first half of 2026.
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Until Monday, members of the Lufthansa Frequent Flying Program, Miles & More, can win and exchange Miles on Ita flights, while members of the Itare program, they can win and exchange in Lufthansa Group Airlines, Lufthansa said .
It was not clear immediately if Lufthansa would absorb the Voare program and more or maintain it separately, although the other Lufthansa airlines use miles and more.
The next set of changes comes on March 30, when airlines begin to operate their summer flight schedules.
Ita will start sharing codes with flights from Lufthansa Group, allowing passengers to reserve individual connections and reserves for multisegement flights. The codes comparison will begin with approximately 100 routes that can be reserved from February 25, Lufthansa said, before expanding more flights.
Coinciding with the Shared Code, Ita will begin to fly outside the Lufthansa terminals at Frankfurt Airport (FR) – Terminal 1 and Munich Airport (MUC) – Terminal 2 – To facilitate connections, Lufthansa said.
Meanwhile, Ita’s passengers with access to the living room can use halls of the Lufthansa group and vice versa as of March 30.
Even when Lufthansa brings Ita’s operations within its account, the group continues to look for more opportunities to expand within Europe. Lufthansa agreed Last week to acquire a minority participation in Airbaltic de Latvia, while the group is also considering Buy a participation in the Spanish low -cost carrier Air Europa, Reuters reported.
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