LUFTHANSA Group has been strengthening efforts to integrate new members ITA Airways, starting with frequent fusion of flyer programs.
German airlines can start on February 3rd, and ITA Royal Tembers can earn and exchange points on all flights operated by Lufthansa, Switzerland, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines. He said that there is a fellow Lufthansa Group Career Career.
LUFTHANSA members can also get points on the ITA flight and exchange them.
From March 30, ITA will start operating at the Rufftansa Airlines Terminal in Frankfurt and Munich, but his career has already shared the terminal in Rome and Milan.
Also, on that day, ITA passengers can use the LUFTHANSA Group and the approximately 130 airport lounge provided by their partners, and two carriers will start code -shared relationships that begin with more than 100 flight connections.
“These code share can combine various airline flights in the group into one reservation,” says LUFTHANSA. “Once implemented, this code sharing allows you to access the ITA Airways passengers over 250 Lufthansa Group.”
Growing relationships include Frankhansa's Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, and Brussels' flights to more optimize the flight schedule.
On the cargo side, with the first joint offer for cargo customers who are online in the summer, cooperation is “quickly strengthened”.
CARSTEN SPOHR, Lufthansa's highest executive officer, states that the airline group is convinced that the ITA will “achieve profits early this year.”
LUFTHANSA has been acquiring the ITA last month following the increase of 325 million euros ($ 334 million) by the Italian economy and the Ministry of Finance, which retained 59 % of ITA shares. The remaining 41 % of the shares have been moved to the Lufthan The Group.
ITA has recently announced that he will leave SkyTeam Alliance in support of his rival Star Alliance.