ITA Airways

From April 2024, ITA Airways will operate 6X-weekly flights between Rome Fiumicino Airport and Chicago, adding 6X-weekly service to Toronto starting in May.

ITA Airways plans to operate 12 intercontinental destinations in winter 2023-24 across North and South America, Japan, and India.

Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr discusses North American route expansion, ITA, returning the Airbus A380 to service and supply chain problems.

ITA Airways has received its first Airbus A220-300 in the company’s full livery and cabin configuration.

Lufthansa Group expects travel demand to remain high for the rest of 2023, particularly from private travelers in premium classes.

Italy’s civil aviation authority ENAC hopes to restore regular scheduled service between the countries.

ITA Airways has terminated Fabio Lazzerini’s term as CEO of the airline with immediate effect.

Airline consolidation is gaining traction in Europe: Air Europa and TAP Air Portugal are next in line to be acquired.

Predictive maintenance, interiors upgrades and engine MRO news feature in this month’s Contracts and Briefs.

Economics, environment and passenger choice are driving growth in Europe’s air-rail links.

Taiwan’s China Airlines and Italy’s ITA Airways are entering a codesharing agreement that will see ITA’s code placed on CAL Taipei (TPE)-Rome (FCO) flights.

The Italian flag carrier will work with Airbus to install a new premium economy class section on its A350-900 aircraft fleet.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

The MRO's parent airline Lufthansa has acquired a stake in the Italian flag carrier.

The deal was announced following a delay of several months and after a previous attempt to privatize ITA failed.

Lufthansa and the Italian government are still working on a deal for the privatization of ITA Airways as they work through potential Alitalia legacy legal risks

If antitrust concerns in Brussels scupper the takeover deals dreamt of by the big three European airline groups, other paths are available.

Pricing is turning out to be a sticking point as negotiations between Lufthansa Group and the Italian government drag out.

Air Malta should be reestablished as a new national airline by the end of 2023, the carrier’s Chairman David Curmi said.

ITA Airways, however, has just posted a net loss for 2022 of approximately €486 million ($526 million).

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

The European airline landscape has been set in motion.

Does progress in ITA Airways privatization saga at the start of 2023 mark the start of a year of consolidation for Europe’s vulnerable secondary airlines?

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.