On January 17, 2025, after three years of gossip, discussions and delays, Lufthansa bought part of the share capital of Italia Trasporto Aereo better known as ITA Airways. The German airline's 41% of share capital has been valued at 325 million Euro. Due to this, ITA Airways is no longer part of the Skyteam alliance but is now a part of Star Alliance. Lufthansa's future intention is to further significantly increase their participation in the Italian airline. The new board of directors of ITA Airways includes President Sandro Pappalardo and Chief Operating Officer Joerg Eberhart, former CEO of Air Dolomiti which is the other Italian airline owned by Lufthansa.
In the picture: Airbus A 330-941 EI-TYB of ITA Airways (fleet-name Livio Berruti) lands at Caselle airport on December 31, 2024. It carried Turin's Juventus football team to Saudi Arabia for the Supercoppa Italiana. The airliner (c/n 2051) flew for the first time on December 13, 2023 with the provisional test identification F-WWCY. Initially, for some months, it carried the identification marks I-ITYB. (Aeromedia)
(Aeromedia, January 2025)
