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Alitalia SAI sells the brand to ITA for 90 million euros

ITA has acquired the Alitalia brand and domain.

Today, the public offer procedure concerning the Alitalia Spa brand and the domain http://www.Alitalia.com has been concluded.

The new Italian flag carrier, ITA Spa, was awarded the Alitalia brand and domain for 90 million euros.

Marco Finelli reporting from Italy.

ITA to launch operations with a logo jet with “Born in 2021”

Fabio Lazzerini – CEO and DG of ITA-Italia Transport Aereo said “In 6 days we’re commencing”.

ITA has communicated some details of the “big announcement” scheduled for next Friday.

Since yesterday, the airline has begun to make itself known pending take-off scheduled for next Friday, where the new website will also appear. There will be a video without a brand, because we still don’t know, what we will call ourselves and you will know it next Friday, said Lazzerini. who adds “the brand is historical and well-known, it has its pros and cons, with a glorious history and some stumbling blocks”. From what he said at that price we are not interested in the Alitalia brand. There may be a plan B, as the company has said through President Alfredo Altavilla.

Codeshare and interline agreements start with the departure of international and intercontinental flights. These are the first steps taken by ITA before take-off. There was no shortage of contacts for the alliance, talks have been underway for some time with Air France – KLM – Delta on the one hand and Lufthansa in tandem with United on the other. The decision could be made in the first part of 2022 to start a close commercial and industrial collaboration.

The merger and acquisition starts on October 16, 2021 with an external advisor. Also on the 15th it will be known who will be the consultants already chosen. Milan Linate airport is confirmed as a reference airport for business traffic. It is an important investment, said Lazzerini, many frequencies from the beginning, perhaps more than necessary even to certain destinations, but the slots in the hands is what ITA wants to preserve. In Rome they are there, they can be returned and requested. In Milan Linate if they are not maintained, they are lost and never come back. This is the concept. He believes that between the end of winter 2022 and spring, again 2022, there is a return on investment at Linate.

Rome remains the carrier’s hub, the double theory has paid heavily so far, so Fiumicino remains the focus airport for ITA. In Milan Malpensa there will be one flight a day to New York JFK starting from summer 2022. Then, only the cargo with an alliance with a big player to be identified. Because planes to buy or rent are no longer on the market today. The operation with the “preighters” leaves it aside, in order not to risk that the collapse of the prices of the transport of goods, can quickly lead to the loss of avalanches of money with the return of hold spaces in long-haul scheduled flights.

Meanwhile in Shannon, the first aircraft of the Italian airline appeared freshly painted, on the fuselage a large tricolor message on the fuselage “Born in 2021” and “Operated by ITA” under the glass of the flight deck.

Marco Finelli reporting from Italy.

ITA (the new Alitalia) receives its AOC, will start operations on October 15

ITA – Italia Trasporto Aereo on August 16, 2021 started operating test flights using Airbus A330-202 EI-EJN as the AOC proving aircraft.

The new airline has completed the certification process for obtaining its AOC – Air Operators Certificate and Transport Passengers License.

The new airline will take over the current Alitalia SAI on October 15, 2021.

ITA received “ITY” as the new ICAO code for operations. In the future, ITA will apply for the brand of Alitalia that the commissars intend to sell off with an open competition, as the EU commission dictated for allowing ITA to take off.

ITA cannot buy the current Alitalia frequent flyer program, Millemiglia Loyalty, with 6.1 million members and over 45 billions miles collected from frequent travelers. The question mark for the future are several:

Network

Rome Fiumicino will be the main focus city for long-haul. Milan Linate will be the main focus city for European flights.

Currently Alitalia is serving only New York JFK and Tokyo Haneda on long-haul.

What will be the routes for ITA?

Fleet

52 jets are the core of start-up fleet, growing to over 80 in the next year with the arrival of new deliveries.

Alliance membership

Currently Alitalia is in the SkyTeam alliance with a code share agreement with Delta Air Lines.

ITA will continue this way and will search for an agreement with Air France – KLM and Virgin Atlantic or switch to Lufthansa, leaving the SkyTeam Alliance and joining the Star Alliance.

This morning the ENAC – Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile (Italian CAA) issued this statement:

ITA can take off: ENAC issues the air operator certificate and the air transport license to the new national company.

ENAC, the National Civil Aviation Authority, issued today – August 18, 2021, the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and the Air Transport Operating License to the company ITA (Italy Transport Air).

“ITA can take off – said the President of the National Civil Aviation Authority, State Attorney Pierluigi Di Palma. The hope is that the new national reference company will contribute to the restart of the sector, making a decisive contribution to overcoming the difficulties arising from the pandemic crisis. ENAC will continue in its institutional and technical task to ensure the operational start-up of ITA, ensuring compliance with public interests and the rights of passengers which are essential elements of the air transport business. “

Alessio Quaranta, Director General of ENAC, also points out that “The release of the AOC certifies that the airline has the professional capacity and business organization necessary to ensure the operation of its aircraft in safe conditions. The aircraft operator license constitutes the final provision relating to the legal-administrative and economic-financial, as well as technical-operational checks.

With the possession of the AOC and the aircraft operator license, the company can start the sale of tickets”.

Marco Finelli reporting from Italy.

ITA launches passenger operations in Brazil

Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos-ITA (2nd) (São Paulo) launched its first flight from Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo to Brasilia on June 29, 2021.

On July 1, 2021 the carrier added Belo Horizonte.

Founded in 2020, ITA began operations on June 29, 2021. The company will fly to eight Brazilian cities in the beginning.

By June 2022, the company is planning to operate to 35 destinations in Brazil and hopes to have 50 aircraft in its fleet.

This is the second time that Itapemirin Group has operated an airline.

The first time was with Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos, which operated between 1991 and 2000. It had a cargo division, Itapemirim Cargo, which operated six Boeing 727s. It flew from Viracopos to Manaus and it also operated on the Campinas-Galeão-Recife-Fortaleza route.

The other division was Itapemirim Regional, which operated flights between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with two Cessna Caravans, between 1997 and 1998.

The Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) was revoked by the defunct DAC – Department of Civil Aviation in 2000.