As ITA Airways is further consumed by Lufthansa Group, the ties deepen – this time with long-haul codeshares.
Passengers will be able to combine flights from Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines with long-haul flights from ITA Airways in a single booking.
The codeshare offering will go into effect from 1st July 2025.
Lufthansa Group cites the following example
- It will then be possible to travel with Lufthansa from Frankfurt and Munich via Rome with ITA Airways to Bangkok, Jeddah, Riyadh, and additionally with Brussels Airlines from Brussels to Cairo.
- With Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines from Vienna, codeshare flights via Rome to Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo can be booked.
For passengers, they will experience better connections, and their baggage will be transported directly to their final destination.
Further codeshare flights to Africa and Asia will follow in the coming weeks.
The first part of the codeshare, which focused on 100 short-haul flights in Italy and some European routes, went live in March this year.
In Quotes
Dieter Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer, Lufthansa Group:
“We are delighted to reach the next milestone in the integration of ITA Airways into the Lufthansa Group.
By expanding our codeshare flights – now also for long-haul connections – we are offering our airlines’ guests a seamless and consistent travel experience more than ever before.
They benefit from an expanded and perfectly coordinated route network across all our airlines and hubs – and only need one booking and one check-in. In addition, customers can earn and redeem miles and points in their respective frequent flyer programs as usual. This makes traveling even easier, more comfortable, and more attractive for our customers.”
And redeemable too.
With the codeshare expanding, there are also options for frequent flyers. Members of the Miles & More or Volare loyalty programs can also earn and redeem miles and points on codeshare flights.
Once this codeshare program has been fully implemented, ITA Airways passengers will have a choice of over 250 Lufthansa Group codeshare destinations in the future.
For now, it’s one set of codeshares at a time as regulatory and business needs are worked out.
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