{"id":980686,"date":"2026-05-18T11:12:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/lufthansa-is-about-to-swallow-ita-airways-whole\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:13:05","slug":"lufthansa-is-about-to-swallow-ita-airways-whole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/lufthansa-is-about-to-swallow-ita-airways-whole\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa Is About to Swallow ITA Airways Whole"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>For 75 years, Italy had its own flag carrier. From the founding of Alitalia in 1946 to its 2021 liquidation, the airline was a national institution \u2014 and, for the last three decades of its life, a national embarrassment. Repeated state bailouts, repeated insolvencies, repeated rescue operations. The 2021 successor airline, Italia Trasporto Aereo \u2014 ITA Airways \u2014 was born from the wreckage with a smaller fleet, a fresh livery, and an explicit mandate to be sold off.<\/p><p>In May 2026, Lufthansa Group confirmed it is preparing to lift its stake in ITA Airways from the current 41 per cent to full ownership. The deal, expected to close in late 2026 subject to European Commission approval, would complete the longest-running airline consolidation saga in European aviation history. Italy will no longer have an independent flag carrier. Rome and Milan will be Lufthansa hubs.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border-radius:8px;padding:18px 22px;margin:20px 0 28px;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF\"><div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#333;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.3px\">QUICK FACTS<\/div><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;color:#555;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Acquiring group<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Frankfurt)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;color:#555;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Target<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">ITA Airways (Italia Trasporto Aereo, Rome)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;color:#555;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Current Lufthansa stake<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">41 per cent (acquired January 2025 for \u20ac325 million)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;color:#555;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Path to full control<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">Multi-stage tranches via call option, completing late 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;color:#555;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">ITA fleet (May 2026)<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">\u2248 100 aircraft (A220, A320neo family, A330neo, A350-900)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;color:#555;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top\">Italian government stake<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0\">Drops to zero on completion<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The deal Brussels did not want to approve<\/h2><p>European competition authorities have spent thirty years trying to keep European flag carriers independent. The Lufthansa\u2013ITA deal is the most consequential breach of that doctrine in the post-pandemic era. To win European Commission approval in 2024, Lufthansa Group was forced to surrender slots at Milan-Linate and at Rome-Fiumicino, transfer long-haul rights on selected routes, and commit to maintaining ITA Airways as a distinct subsidiary brand. None of that prevented the central outcome \u2014 Italy&#8217;s flag carrier becoming part of the German aviation group.<\/p><p>The Air France-KLM group, which had been the other serious bidder for ITA, walked away from the table in late 2023. The reasons were partly financial and partly political: KLM was struggling with Schiphol slot reductions, and the French government was lukewarm on the idea of buying a third European flag carrier alongside Air France and KLM. Lufthansa&#8217;s clean position \u2014 already owning Swiss International, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, and Austrian Airlines \u2014 made it the only credible buyer left.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1242639010  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/df\/ITA_Airways_EI-IFF_Airbus_A350-941%2C_FCO%2C_23022023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"ITA Airways A350-900\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An ITA Airways Airbus A350-900 in the carrier&#8217;s distinctive blue &#8220;Azzurro&#8221; livery. From 2026, ITA becomes part of the Lufthansa Group. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What changes in Rome and Milan<\/h2><p>From a passenger perspective, the ITA brand will persist for at least three to five years. The airline will be slotted into the Lufthansa Group&#8217;s integrated network alongside Swiss, Austrian, Brussels, and Eurowings, with code-shares, joint frequent-flyer recognition, and shared catering contracts. Long-term, however, ITA is likely to follow the trajectory of Swiss \u2014 which retains its identity, livery, and Zurich hub, but is operationally fused with Lufthansa&#8217;s overall fleet planning and yield management.<\/p><p>For Italy, the political question is more sensitive. The country has lost (or is in the process of losing) Fiat, Pirelli, and Edison to foreign owners over the past decade. Adding Alitalia\/ITA to that list will not play well with Italian aviation unions, several of which have called industrial action over the deal. The Meloni government has, however, publicly endorsed the transaction \u2014 a striking shift from the standard Italian political position on national champions.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/87\/Lufthansa_Logo_2018.svg\/200px-Lufthansa_Logo_2018.svg.png\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"flex-shrink:0\"><img data-opt-id=361087840  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/87\/Lufthansa_Logo_2018.svg\/200px-Lufthansa_Logo_2018.svg.png\" alt=\"Carsten Spohr\" style=\"width:96px;height:96px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;object-position:center;display:block;border:2px solid #ddd\"><\/a><div><em>&ldquo;Bringing ITA Airways fully into the Group completes one of the most important strategic moves in European aviation since the formation of the Group itself. Rome and Milan become natural extensions of the Frankfurt and Munich hub system.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Carsten Spohr<\/strong> &mdash; CEO, Lufthansa Group<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1950756686  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c0\/Lufthansa_Airbus_A350-941_D-AIXA_STR_2016_02.jpg\/1280px-Lufthansa_Airbus_A350-941_D-AIXA_STR_2016_02.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Lufthansa A350-900\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 \u2014 the same widebody type that flies in ITA Airways colours. The two fleets will increasingly be planned as a single network. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Europe&#8217;s three-group future<\/h2><p>With ITA absorbed, Europe&#8217;s commercial aviation industry is settling into three large multi-airline groups: Lufthansa Group, Air France-KLM, and International Airlines Group (BA, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling, LEVEL). Below them sit the low-cost giants Ryanair, EasyJet, and Wizz Air. The era of independent European flag carriers is effectively over \u2014 Tap Portugal and Finnair are the last two left in any meaningful sense, and both are believed to be quietly looking for partners.<\/p><p>For travellers, the consolidation has produced both lower average fares on competitive routes and reduced choice on non-competitive ones. For aviation history, it brings to a close one of the longest dramas in European industrial policy \u2014 Alitalia, by any other name, finally has an owner that can pay its bills.<\/p><p><em>Sources: Scramble, Reuters, Aviation Week, Financial Times.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lufthansa Group is preparing to lift its stake in ITA Airways from 41% to 100%, completing the absorption of Alitalia&#8217;s successor and ending 75 years of independent Italian flag-carrier flying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":980689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Lufthansa to Take Full Control of ITA Airways by Late 2026","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Lufthansa Group is set to acquire 100% of ITA Airways by late 2026, ending 75 years of independent Italian flag-carrier 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