I-ITA Airways yase-Itali inikwe imvume esemthethweni ukuba iqalise ukudityaniswa kwayo kwi-Star Alliance, njengoko kumiselwe yi-Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB). Ukulandela ukubandakanywa kwayo kwangaphambili kwiQela leLufthansa kulo nyaka, esi sigqibo siququzelela ukungena kwalo kowona manyano mkhulu weenqwelomoya kwihlabathi. Inkqubo yokukhwela ibekwe ukuba iqhubeke ngesantya esikhawulezayo.
I-ITA Airways isetelwe ukuphucula uthungelwano lwe-Alliance ngokuzisa iinqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla ezingama-360, ngaloo ndlela iqinisa ubukho be-Alliance eYurophu. Olona lwandiso lubalulekileyo luya kuvela kwiindawo eziphambili, ngakumbi iRoma neMilan, esele idityaniswe ngamalungu ali-16 e-Star Alliance.
Ukutsalela kwindawo ekusekiweyo kuyo kwi-Alliance, iQela leLufthansa libonelela ngesikhokelo kwi-ITA Airways njengoko ijongana nokudityaniswa kwayo kwi-Star Alliance.
Kwingxelo ephawula olu phuhliso lubalulekileyo, iGosa eliLawulayo eliPhezulu le-Star Alliance uTheo Panagiotoulias uthe: "I-ITA Airways ilindeleke ukuba ibe lilungu elipheleleyo le-Star Alliance network ekuqaleni kuka-2026. Isigqibo esenziwe yiBhodi yethu yeSigqeba esiPhezulu sibonisa ukuthembela okuqinileyo kwamalungu ethu kwindawo ye-ITA Airways. Njengesango eliphambili le-Italiya, ukubandakanywa kwayo kuya kuphucula inethiwekhi yethu yehlabathi jikelele, ukubonelela ngamava ahambahambayo adibeneyo kwihlabathi jikelele, ukubonelela ngeendawo zokuhamba ezingenasiphelo. "
UJoerg Eberhart, i-CEO kunye noMphathi Jikelele we-ITA Airways, uthe: "Siyavuya ukujoyina inethiwekhi ye-Star Alliance kunye nokubonisa ukugqwesa kwe-Made e-Italy ngaphakathi kwembumba, ngaloo ndlela yandisa ubukho bayo behlabathi. Oku kubonisa umzuzu obalulekileyo ekukhuleni kwe-ITA Airways, kwaye silindele ngolangazelelo ukunika abathengi bethu izibonelelo zexesha elizayo zothungelwano lweenqwelomoya ezinkulu zehlabathi."
Ukulandela inkqubo yokungeniswa, inethiwekhi ye-Star Alliance iya kwandisa ukubandakanya ii-airlines zamalungu angama-26, ukubonelela ngaphezu kwe-18,000 yeenqwelo zemihla ngemihla ezidibanisa amazwe angama-192.
"Ndiyazingca ngokuba i-ITA Airways iya kuba yinqwelomoya yesihlanu ye-Lufthansa Group ukujoyina i-Star Alliance. Njengomcebisi wenkqubo yobulungu, siya kwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuqinisekisa ukudityaniswa okugudileyo nokukhawulezayo. Ubulungu bexesha elizayo be-ITA Airways buya kubonelela abathengi be-Star Alliance ngamathuba amaninzi amatsha okucwangciswa kohambo lomntu. Ndiqinisekile ukuba i-ITA Airways iya kuba yongezwa ngokugqwesileyo kwi-Stareforancial Officer ye-Dixerioner, i-Vimmerfour Officer ye-Stareforancial ye-Stareforancial portfolio Iqela leLufthansa.
I-Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA, esebenza phantsi kwegama elithi ITA Airways, isebenza njengenqwelomoya yelizwe lase-Italiya. Iphantsi kukarhulumente wase-Italiya ngeSebe lezoQoqosho nezeMali, kunye neQela leLufthansa.
Yasekwa ngo-2020, i-ITA Airways yavela njengendlalifa ye-Alitalia engasekho. Inqwelomoya inikezela ngenqwelomoya ukuya kwiindawo ezicwangcisiweyo ezingaphezu kwama-70, ezibandakanya iindlela zasekhaya, zaseYurophu, kunye nezamazwekazi. Indawo yayo ephambili ikwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Rome Fiumicino, ngelixa iSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLinate eMilan sisebenza njengesixeko esigxile ekugxilwe kuso.
Kwi-2025, i-ITA Airways yaqala utshintsho kwimibutho yayo; nge-3 kaFebruwari, i-airline yagqiba ubulungu bayo kwi-SkyTeam kwaye imiselwe ukujoyina i-Star Alliance ngo-2026 njengenxalenye yokuhlanganiswa kwayo ne-Lufthansa Group.
IStar Alliance, eseFrankfurt, eJamani, yimbumba yeenqwelomoya eyasekwa ngoMeyi 14, 1997, iphawula ukuba yimbumba yokuqala yenqwelo moya embalini. Ukusukela ngo-Epreli ka-2024, ibambe umahluko wokuba yeyona manyano yenqwelo moya inkulu kwihlabathi ngezabelo zentengiso, iyalela i-17.4%, ngokuchaseneyo ne-13.7% ye-SkyTeam kunye ne-11.9% ye-Oneworld.
Lo mfelandawonye uquka amalungu eenqwelo-moya angama-25 ngokuhlangeneyo asebenzisa inqwelo-moya engaphezulu kwe-5,000 yeenqwelo-moya, ebonelela ngeenkonzo kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezingaphezu kwe-1,300 kumazwe angama-195 aneenqwelomoya ezingaphezu kwe-19,000 yonke imihla. I-Star Alliance inenkqubo yokuvuza yamanqanaba amabini, aquka amanqanaba eSilivere neGolide, abonelela ngeenzuzo ezifana nokukhwela okuphambili kunye nokuphuculwa. Ngokufanayo nobunye umanyano lweenqwelomoya, iinqwelomoya ezingaphakathi kweStar Alliance zihlala zabelana ngeetheminali zesikhululo seenqwelomoya (ekubhekiselwa kuzo njengeendawo ezidityanisiweyo), kwaye uninzi lweenqwelomoya zabo zihonjiswe ngomanyano olwahlukileyo lwelivery.
