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ITA Airways Joins ANA-Lufthansa Japan Joint Venture
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From left: Juichi Hirasawa, CEO and president of All Nippon Airways; Carsten Spohr, CEO of the Lufthansa Group; and Joerg Eberhart, CEO of ITA Airways.
ITA Airways will join the Lufthansa Group-All Nippon Airways (ANA) joint venture covering Europe-Japan services from this fall, marking another step in the Italian carrier’s integration into the Lufthansa Group.
The agreement, signed at the IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, will bring ITA into the immunized joint venture that already includes ANA, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss. The partnership, established in 2012, coordinates schedules, commercial activities and product offerings between Europe and Japan and now encompasses approximately 160 long-haul flights per week.
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ITA Airways to join LHG, ANA’s European-Japan JV
The strategic Europe-Japan joint venture between the Lufthansa Group (LHG) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) will be expanded by the Lufthansa Group to include ITA Airways later this year. It’s a move that reflects ITA Airways’ vision to become part of the Lufthansa Group.The accession of ITA Airways to the largest joint venture between Europe and Japan enables closer cooperation in many key areas. This collaboration will be expanded to include ITA Airways’;
This complements the existing scope of the joint venture in Italy, which already includes ANA’s service from Tokyo-Haneda to Milan-Malpensa.
The focus is on ITA Airways’ hub, Rome-Fiumicino Airport. From there, Italy’s national airline offers a daily nonstop flight to Tokyo-Haneda. Starting this northern autumn, this intercontinental flight can be booked by customers of ANA, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and SWISS and combined with their own connecting flights as desired. Furthermore, the introduction of a joint service will begin gradually from autumn 2026.
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