{"id":129885,"date":"2022-08-31T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T10:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=129885"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:06:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:06:50","slug":"ita-airways-air-france-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ita-airways-air-france-buyout","title":{"rendered":"Takeover of ITA Airways: Air France in exclusive negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vapo-snippet automatic\">\n\n<p>No more <strong>Lufthansa<\/strong> and its partner <strong>MSC<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/air-france-klm-tap-air-portugal-20221102.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The future of the company <strong>ITA Airways<\/strong> is heading towards <strong>Air France KLM<\/strong><\/a> and the offer made alongside <strong>Certares<\/strong> and <strong>Delta<\/strong>. The Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance made this official on <strong>31 August<\/strong> : \" <em>following the procedure governed by the Prime Ministerial Decree of 11 February 2022 for the transfer of control of ITA S.p.A., the <strong>exclusive negotiations<\/strong> will begin today with the consortium formed by <strong>Certares<\/strong> Management LLC, <strong>Delta Airlines<\/strong> Inc. and <strong>Air France-KLM<\/strong> S.A., whose bid was judged to be <strong>most in line with the objectives set<\/strong> by decree of the Prime Minister<\/em> \". However, the...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vapo-content\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>No more <strong>Lufthansa<\/strong> and its partner <strong>MSC<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/air-france-klm-tap-air-portugal-20221102.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The future of the company <strong>ITA Airways<\/strong> is heading towards <strong>Air France KLM<\/strong><\/a> and the offer made alongside <strong>Certares<\/strong> and <strong>Delta<\/strong>. The Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance made this official on <strong>31 August<\/strong> : \" <em>following the procedure governed by the Prime Ministerial Decree of 11 February 2022 for the transfer of control of ITA S.p.A., the <strong>exclusive negotiations<\/strong> will begin today with the consortium formed by <strong>Certares<\/strong> Management LLC, <strong>Delta Airlines<\/strong> Inc. and <strong>Air France-KLM<\/strong> S.A., whose bid was judged to be <strong>most in line with the objectives set<\/strong> by decree of the Prime Minister<\/em> \". However, the process has yet to be finalised. The Italian authorities state that \" <em>At the end of the exclusive negotiations, binding agreements will only be signed if their content is fully satisfactory to the public shareholder.<\/em> \".<\/p>\n\n\n    <style>\n        div.link-block {\n            margin: 1em;\n            margin-left: 2px;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            padding: 1em;\n            position: relative;\n            border-top: 1px solid #cecece;\n            border-bottom: 1px solid #cecece;\n            font-size: 1.15rem;\n        } \n        div.link-block::before {\n            display: block;\n            content: '';\n            position: absolute;\n            top: 0.5em;\n            bottom: 0.5em;\n            left: -2px;\n            background-color: #a91c2c;\n            border-radius: 2.5px;\n            width: 5px;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a {\n            text-decoration: none;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n            font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n        }\n        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n            div.link-block {\n                padding: 0.7em;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <div class=\"link-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ita-air-france-and-lufthansa\">Read also: ITA swings between Air France and Lufthansa<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He was in Paris last May, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/interview-pierfrancesco-carino-ita-airways-20220513.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pierfrancesco Carino<\/strong><\/a>Vice President International Sales, was content to say: \" <em>The objective is to develop our strategy and to have <strong>synergies<\/strong> with a strategic partner<\/em> \". Synergies that ITA Airways could well find with Air France KLM, the former airline's long-standing partner. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ita-remplace-alitalia-20201013.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alitalia<\/a><\/strong>...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-quote\"><blockquote><p>Air France-KLM could consider taking a minority stake in ITA in the medium term<\/p><\/blockquote><\/aside>\n\n\n    <style>\n        div.link-block {\n            margin: 1em;\n            margin-left: 2px;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            padding: 1em;\n            position: relative;\n            border-top: 1px solid #cecece;\n            border-bottom: 1px solid #cecece;\n            font-size: 1.15rem;\n        } \n        div.link-block::before {\n            display: block;\n            content: '';\n            position: absolute;\n            top: 0.5em;\n            bottom: 0.5em;\n            left: -2px;\n            background-color: #a91c2c;\n            border-radius: 2.5px;\n            width: 5px;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a {\n            text-decoration: none;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n            font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;\n        }\n        div.link-block > a:hover {\n            text-decoration: underline;\n            border-bottom: none;\n            color: black;\n        }\n        @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n            div.link-block {\n                padding: 0.7em;\n            }\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <div class=\"link-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ita-airways-new-delhi\">Read also: ITA Airways goes to New Delhi<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Franco-Dutch group did not fail to point out in the afternoon that \"\u00a0<em>Air France-KLM has a long-standing relationship with ITA and previously with Alitalia<\/em>\" . He assures us that he \" <em>wishes to strengthen its links with ITA, building on the existing commercial partnership between the companies<\/em> \". But while the Group expects that if negotiations are successful, \" <em>Air France-KLM to become a commercial and operational partner of the Italian airline, as part of the consortium led by Certares<\/em> \"It states: \" <em>At this stage, Air France-KLM is not investing in ITA's capital. However, in the medium term, the Air France-KLM group could consider taking a stake in ITA. <strong>minority shareholding<\/strong> in ITA<\/em> \". To be continued...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/ita-airways-intercontinental-20221004.html\/\" data-id=\"132993\">ITA gains visibility on the intercontinental market<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vapo-widget\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian authorities have entered into exclusive negotiations with the consortium formed by Certares, Delta and Air France-KLM to buy ITA Airways from Lufthansa and 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