With several debts, the various attempts to sell Alitalia did not materialize in the last decade, between 2010 and 2020. In a second attempt, the Italian Government bet on the creation of ITA Airways to have a national airline, already aiming at a future sale of the company .
And the Lufthansa Group is interested in having up to 40% of the new company, for an amount far below, for example, what would be necessary to buy the same stake in Alitalia. The group is negotiating the purchase of shares to obtain a stake of between 15 and 40%.
The information shared by the website Affar Italiani lists Lufthansa's interest in increasing the group's dominance in European Aviation, to consolidate its leadership using mainly the hubs in Milan (Malpensa) and Rome (Fiumicino).
According to sources consulted by the website, the agreement could be closed before the European summer of 2022, placing Lufthansa at the forefront of European aviation this year.
At the same time, ITA Airways changes its probability of hip in an alliance, as the Lufthansa Group has its airlines d with Star Alliance. Delta Airlines recently signed a codeshare agreement with ITA.
The new Italian flag carrier has 3 of the 11.000 employees that were previously part of Alitalia. With aircraft from Alitalia, the ITA Airways fleet is made up exclusively by Airbus jets, 44 of which aircraft models A319, A320 and A330.
The company recently signed an agreement for the acquisition of dozens of modern A350-900, A330neo, A320neo and A220 aircraft.
