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The route network of ITA Airways and Lufthansa Group can be combined through code sharing
The
respective route networks of ITA Airways and the other network airlines of the
Lufthansa Group will be linked for the first time through mutual code sharing,
making it possible to combine them seamlessly in a single booking. With today's
sales launch, over 100 new codeshare connections can be booked by both ITA
Airways and the Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels
Airlines, Air Dolomiti) for flight dates starting with the summer 2025
schedule.
By
sharing or adding codeshare flight numbers to an existing flight, customers
have a wider choice of flights and more flexibility. Despite traveling with
different airlines, passengers will in future have just one ticket with the
flight number of a single airline for transfer connections thanks to
codeshares, and they will be able to check in their baggage conveniently to
their final destination. Members of the Miles & More or Volare loyalty
programs will also be able to collect and redeem miles or points on codeshare
flights.
Dieter
Vranckx, Chief Commercial Officer, Lufthansa Group, said: “ITA Airways is now
an integral part of the offering for our joint passengers. With just one
booking, a customer of the Lufthansa Group can use ITA Airways' synchronized
connecting flights with its airline's flight numbers. Codesharing will further
improve and harmonize the travel experience of all passengers at the Lufthansa
Group's hubs. The integration of ITA Airways as part of the Lufthansa Group is
progressing rapidly and now enables far-reaching advantages in the offering for
our joint customers through code sharing.”
With
the start of the summer flight schedule on 30 March 2025, selected ITA Airways
flights will also operate under a flight number of Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian
Airlines or Brussels Airlines. These are both year-round, domestic Italian
connecting flights from Rome-Fiumicino and international routes from Rome to
Malta, Athens, Sofia and Tirana. ITA Airways destinations such as Alghero
(Sardinia), Pantelleria (Sicily) and Reggio di Calabria can be booked by
Lufthansa Group customers for the first time. In addition, the codes will also
be added to ITA Airways flights between Italy and the other Lufthansa Group
hubs.
For
example, from the summer flight schedule, a Lufthansa customer can book a trip
with Lufthansa from Frankfurt to Rome under flight number LH236 and then
combine it with ITA Airways from Rome to Brindisi under flight number LH5078,
thus obtaining an additional travel option to the Lufthansa Group's existing
flight connections to Brindisi.
Conversely,
ITA Airways passengers will in future be able to plan their journey with
connecting flights from other network airlines of Lufthansa Group. Initially,
this new codeshare offer with ITA Airways will cover flight routes within
Europe. Destinations in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe can be
conveniently reached in future with an ITA ticket from Italy. Once the
codeshare program is fully implemented, ITA Airways passengers will be able to
choose from over 250 destinations offered by the Lufthansa Group.
Image
Credit: © Lufthansa Group
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