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Airlines
As Asia begins to shake off Covid-19, the SkyTeam alliance will have recovery firmly in its sights.
Joey Tyson, Skift | 11 months ago
The Italian government is doing everything it can to entice Lufthansa to hurry up and make an offer for a stake in ITA Airways now that MSC dropped out.
Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante, Reuters | 1 year ago
Airline Weekly
Air France-KLM is barred from investing in other airlines until it has paid back the billions in state aid it took from the French and Dutch governments. But even still, the Franco-Dutch group says it is not in any rush to invest in Italy's ITA.
2 years ago
Lufthansa and MSC have already expressed an interest in taking an equity stake in the successor company to Alitalia, but other suitors could yet emerge.
Giuseppe Fonte, Reuters | 2 years ago
A potential easy win of an impressive 6.2 million members goes to the highest bidder, and each and every flyer a valuable resource for an airline wanting to take advantage of Europe's upcoming recovery.
Francesca Landini, Reuters | 2 years ago
Italy's new state-owned carrier Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) can begin selling flights for its planned October launch. The move nears the end of the line for beleaguered Alitalia, which will close its doors — maybe forever — the day before ITA takes off.
Francesca Landini, Reuters | 3 years ago
3 years ago
In a spat with parallels to U.S. airlines several years ago objecting to governmental aid to Gulf carriers, Ryanair will face the uphill fight of trying to block the Italian government's funding of a new airline, Italia Trasporto Aereo.
Giulia Segreti, Reuters | 3 years ago
Tourism
Ryanair and easyJet are primed to take full advantage of Europe's reopening. If Italia Trasporto Aereo's launch is further held up by bureaucracy, it misses a major opportunity.