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ITA Airways to join Lufthansa–ANA Europe–Japan joint venture from autumn 2026, expanding partnership to five carriers

ITA Airways will enter the Lufthansa Group–All Nippon Airways (ANA) Europe–Japan joint venture from autumn 2026, further integrating the Italian carrier into the group’s Asia strategy. The added participation grows the partnership to five airlines and reinforces Rome as a key gateway into Japan.

Discovered 2026-06-08T03:28:20.548953-07:00 | 2026-06-08T03:28:20.548953-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The move deepens Lufthansa Group’s Europe–Asia commercial alignment through a single Europe–Japan platform, expanding the JV’s scope to five airlines from autumn 2026.
  • It builds on Lufthansa’s ongoing integration of ITA into group systems and alliance operations, including the path toward majority control of ITA (Lufthansa targets mid-2026 or mid-2027 to gain control of ITA Airways).
  • For network planning, it increases Rome-to-Japan connectivity under a coordinated commercial structure—following ITA’s broader alliance integration after joining Star Alliance (ITA Airways joins Star Alliance as 26th member).

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Aviacionline aerotelegraph.com aeromagazine.uol.com.br Aviation Source air-journal.fr Le Journal de l’Aviation
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First Seen
2026-06-08T03:28:20.548953-07:00
Latest Update
2026-06-11T09:21:41.905348-07:00
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