ITA Airways

Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.

, trading as ITA Airways, is the state-owned flag carrier airline of Italy. It is fully owned by the Government of Italy via the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The airline flies to over 60 scheduled domestic, European, and a few intercontinental destinations. ITA Airways is a member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance.

Italy's flag carrier Alitalia had been in operations since 1946. It was owned by the Italian government until 2009, when it became a private company after reorganizing and merging with the bankrupt Italian airline Air One. Alitalia reorganized again in 2015 after receiving an investment from Etihad Airways, with Air France-KLM Group already owning a minority stake. With multiple failed attempts to make the airline profitable, the airline was placed under extraordinary administration in 2017 just days after Etihad Airways ended its support of Alitalia. On 17 May 2017, after the government ruled out nationalizing the airline, it was officially put on the auction block.

After multiple failed negotiations with Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, and China Eastern Airlines, the Italian government took ownership of the airline in March 2020. The government takeover was due in part to the belief the airline would not be able to survive the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its own. On 10 October 2020, the Italian government signed a decree to allow the airline to reorganize as Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.

On 24 January 2022, ITA announced that MSC Group and Lufthansa had expressed an interest in becoming majority owners of the Italian airline, with the Italian Government keeping a minority stake. On 10 March 2022, fellow SkyTeam members Delta Air Lines and the Air France–KLM group also expressed interest in investing in ITA, by teaming up with investment firm Certares. Indigo Partners also expressed interest, leaving a total of three interested parties. After the deadline ended on 23 May 2022, only MSC/Lufthansa and Air France-KLM/Certares bid for ITA. As of 31 August 2022, the Italian government has stated their preference for the Air France-KLM/Certares bid, initiating exclusive talks with the group.

In its first year of operation, the airline carried 9 million passengers.

FLEET

ITA Airways Fleet

Airbus A220-100
Airbus A220-300
Airbus A319-100
Airbus A320-200
Airbus A320neo
Airbus A321neo
Airbus A330-200
Airbus A330-900
Airbus A350-900

Services

Frequent flyer program
Volare is the airline's loyalty program, through which customers accrue points based on miles flown. The European Commission prohibited the airline from buying Alitalia's MilleMiglia loyalty program.

DESTINATIONS

List of ITA Airways destinations

Albania Tirana Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
Algeria Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport
Argentina Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport
Brazil São Paulo São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport
Bulgaria Sofia Sofia Airport
Croatia Split Split Airport Seasonal
Egypt Cairo Cairo International Airport
Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El Sheikh International Airport Charter
France Nice Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Orly Airport
Germany Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Seasonal
Hamburg Hamburg Airport
Munich Munich Airport
Rostock Rostock–Laage Airport Charter
Stuttgart Stuttgart Airport
Greece Athens Athens International Airport
Corfu Corfu International Airport Seasonal
Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Seasonal
Kefalonia Kefalonia International Airport Seasonal
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Airport Seasonal
India New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Begins 3 December 2022
Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport
Italy Alghero Alghero–Fertilia Airport
Brindisi Brindisi Airport
Bologna Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
Bari Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
Cagliari Cagliari Elmas Airport
Catania Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
Florence Florence Airport
Genoa Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
Lamezia Terme Lamezia Terme International Airport
Lampedusa Lampedusa Airport Seasonal
Milan Milan Linate Airport Focus city
Milan Malpensa Airport Hub
Naples Naples International Airport
Olbia Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
Palermo Falcone Borsellino Airport
Pantelleria Pantelleria Airport Seasonal
Pescara Abruzzo Airport
Reggio Calabria Reggio Calabria Airport
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Hub
Trieste Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
Turin Turin Airport
Venice Venice Marco Polo Airport
Verona Verona Villafranca Airport Seasonal
Japan Tokyo Haneda Airport
Luxembourg Luxembourg City Luxembourg Airport Seasonal
Maldives Malé Velana International Airport Seasonal
Begins
Malta Valletta Malta International Airport Seasonal
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Spain Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport
Ibiza Ibiza Airport Seasonal
Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Menorca Menorca Airport Seasonal
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport Seasonal
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport
Zürich Zürich Airport
Tunisia Tunis Tunis–Carthage International Airport
United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport
London City Airport
United States Boston Logan International Airport
Miami Miami International Airport
Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport
New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport