Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A., trading as ITA Airways, is the state-owned flag carrier airline of Italy. It is fully owned by the Government of Italy via the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The airline flies to over 41 scheduled domestic, European, and a few intercontinental destinations (to be expanded). ITA Airways is a member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance.
Italy's former flag carrier Alitalia had been in operations since 1946. It was owned by the Italian government until 2009, when it became a private company after reorganizing and merging with the bankrupt Italian airline Air One. Alitalia reorganized again in 2015 after receiving an investment from Etihad Airways, with Air France-KLM Group already owning a minority stake. With multiple failed attempts to make the airline profitable, the airline was placed under extraordinary administration in 2017 just days after Etihad Airways ended its support of Alitalia. On 17 May 2017, after the government ruled out nationalizing the airline, it was officially put up for sale to be auctioned off.
After multiple failed negotiations with Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, and China Eastern Airlines, the Italian government took ownership of the airline in March 2020. The government takeover was due in part to the belief the airline would not be able to survive the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its own. On 10 October 2020, the Italian government signed a decree to allow the airline to reorganize as Italia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.
On 29 October 2021, ITA Airways announced that it had officially joined the SkyTeam alliance.
Livery
Airbus A320-216, registration EI-DTB, built 2009, serial number 3815 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 5 April 2022
Born in 2021 livery
Airbus A320-216, registration EI-EIB, built 2010, serial number 4249 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 28 March 2022
