ITA Airways yekuItaly yakapihwa mvumo zviri pamutemo kuti itange kubatanidzwa muStar Alliance, sezvakatemwa neStar Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB). Zvichitevera kuiswa kwayo kwekutanga muBoka reLufthansa gore rino, sarudzo iyi inofambisa kupinda kwayo mumubatanidzwa mukuru wendege pasi rose. Iyo onboarding maitiro akaiswa kuti aenderere mberi nekukurumidza.
ITA Airways yakagadzirirwa kusimudzira iyo Alliance network nekuunza mazana matatu nemakumi matanhatu ndege dzemazuva ese, zvichisimbisa kuvepo kweAlliance muEurope. Kuwedzera kwakakosha kuchabva kune mahubs ayo ekutanga, kunyanya Roma neMilan, ayo akatobatanidzwa nenhengo gumi nenhanhatu dzeAlliance.
Tichitora pachinzvimbo chayo chakagadzwa mukati meMubatanidzwa, Boka reLufthansa riri kupa nhungamiro kuITA Airways apo inofamba nekubatanidzwa kwayo muStar Alliance.
Muchiziviso chinocherekedza kukura kwakakosha uku, Star Alliance Chief Executive Officer Theo Panagiotoulias akati: "ITA Airways inotarisirwa kuve nhengo yakazara yeStar Alliance network kutanga kwa 2026. Sarudzo yakaitwa neChief Executive Board yedu inoratidza kuvimba kwakasimba nenhengo dzedu muITA Airways.
Joerg Eberhart, CEO uye General Manager weITA Airways, akati: "Tinofara kubatana neStar Alliance network uye kuratidza kunaka kweMade in Italy mukati memubatanidzwa, nekudaro tichiwedzera kuvepo kwayo pasi rose. Izvi zvinoratidzira nguva yakakosha mukukura kweITA Airways, uye isu tinotarisira kupa vatengi vedu mabhenefiti emangwana ekambani huru yendege pasi rose."
Kutevera maitiro ekupinza, iyo Star Alliance network ichawedzera kusanganisa 26 nhengo dzendege, ichipa anopfuura zviuru gumi nezvisere ezuva nezuva ndege dzinobatanidza 18,000 nyika.
"Ndinodada kuti ITA Airways ichava ndege yechishanu yeLufthansa Group kuti ibatane neStar Alliance. Semupi wezano wehutano hwenhengo, tichaita zvatinokwanisa kuti tive nechokwadi chekubatanidzwa uye nekukurumidza. Nhengo dzemangwana dzeITA Airways dzichapa vatengi veStar Alliance mikana mitsva yekuronga mafambiro emunhu. Ndine chivimbo chokuti ITA Airways ichava kuwedzera kwakanakisisa kune Commerancial Chief Portefolio weVITA Airways, "akadaro Chief Diorancial Officer weV. Lufthansa Group.
Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA, inoshanda pasi pezita rekuti ITA Airways, inoshanda sendege yenyika yeItaly. Iyo ndeyehurumende yeItaly kuburikidza neBazi reEconomy neMari, pamwe neLufthansa Group.
Yakavambwa muna 2020, ITA Airways yakabuda semutsivi kuna Alitalia akaparara. Iyo ndege inopa ndege kuenda kunzvimbo dzinopfuura makumi manomwe dzakarongwa, dzinosanganisira nzira dzepamba, dzeEurope, uye dzepakati penyika. Yayo yekutanga hub iri paRome Fiumicino Airport, nepo Linate Airport muMilan inoshanda sechipiri chekutarisa guta.
Muna 2025, ITA Airways yakatanga shanduko mumibatanidzwa yayo; musi waKukadzi 3, kambani yendege yakapedzisa kuve nhengo kwayo muSkyTeam uye yave kuda kujoina Star Alliance muna 2026 sechikamu chekubatanidzwa kwayo neLufthansa Group.
Star Alliance, inogara muFrankfurt, Germany, mubatanidzwa wendege wakavambwa muna Chivabvu 14, 1997, uchimaka semubatanidzwa wekutanga wendege pasi rose munhoroondo. Kubva muna Kubvumbi 2024, ine mutsauko wekuve mubatanidzwa mukuru wendege pasi rose nemugove wemusika, ichiraira 17.4%, kusiyana neSkyTeam's 13.7% uye Oneworld's 11.9%.
Mubatanidzwa uyu unosanganisira makumi maviri neshanu enhengo dzendege dzinoshandisa ndege dzinopfuura zviuru zvishanu, dzichipa masevhisi kunhandare dzendege dzinopfuura chiuru nemazana matatu munyika zana nemakumi mapfumbamwe neshanu nendege dzinopfuura zviuru gumi nezvipfumbamwe zuva nezuva. Star Alliance ine maviri-tier mibairo chirongwa, inosanganisira Sirivha neGoridhe mazinga, ayo anopa mabhenefiti akadai sekutanga kukwira uye kukwidziridzwa. Zvakafanana nedzimwe mubatanidzwa wendege, ndege dziri mukati meStar Alliance dzinowanzogovera zviteshi zvepa airport (zvinonzi co-nzvimbo), uye dzakawanda dzendege dzavo dzakashongedzwa nemubatanidzwa unosiyaniswa livery.