Stops and hubs, how the 'geography' of Italian passengers will change with the marriage between ITA and Lufthansa
One of the first concrete consequences of Air France/KLM's entry into SAS was the announcement of a flight with the initials SK [...]
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One of the first concrete consequences of theAir France/KLM's entry into SAS was the announcement of a flight with initials SK from Copenhagen to Atlanta, which is, along with New York JFK, the main hub for Skyteam alliance airlines in North America.
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Such a thing we will have to expect as we go along. ITA Airways and Lufthansa Will work on network integration after the go-ahead for the Germans to join the Italian carrier and coinciding with the ITA transfer from Skyteam to Star Alliance.
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The Italian company has A route map of some significance in North America., something in South America and little else in the rest of the world. Globally, therefore, the 'landmarks' of Italian passengers. should not change significantly, not least because (just in view of the agreement with Lufthansa and entry into Star Alliance) In the past year, ITA has already initiated connections to the alliance's main hubs in North America: Washington, Chicago, San Francisco (which are hubs of United) and Toronto (which is for Air Canada).
Definitely missing a flight to Newark, which is the most important airport on the U.S. East Coast for United. Actually, a few years ago, Alitalia used to fly there. Then, with spending cuts and so on, the route had been deemed redundant, finding Newark about fifty miles from JFK.
What is more likely is that, most likely in view of summer 2025, ITA will decide to 'shifted' one of its three daily connections to New York JFK across Queens, Manhattan and the Hudson River, Making Newark Liberty one of its New York destinations. to allow passengers in transit through the Big Apple to re-embarking with United (as they do today at JFK on Delta). to reach their final destination.
In Asia the role of Delhi's transit ports and that of Tokyo will be increased, since on the former, Italian passengers arriving from Rome with ITA will be able to take advantage of Air India's Asian network (and in this sense the deep Fleet and on-board product renewal underway in the Indian company will be more relevant to us) and on the second, passengers arriving in Haneda on ITA's A350 will be able to easily continue their journey to the Far East with a single ticket and a single check-in with All Nippon Airways.
They will change instead, to a greater extent, those that are now the 'reference points' for Volare frequent flyer card holders who intend to make a stopover in Europe In the course of a medium- or long-haul flight. In recent decades, hubs through which to pass by doing a single check-in on departure from Italy and then finding your bags at your destination were Paris Charles De Gaulle, Amsterdam Schipol, and, to a much lesser extent, Madrid (with Air Europa, also in Skyteam).
By joining Star Alliance., for which the timeframe will still be around a year, the European 'ports of call' favored by Italian passengers will first and foremost become those of Lufthansa Group companies: Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and Brussels.
The first three are de facto global hubs, while Vienna will be of interest to travelers headed to North America and the Far East e Brussels for those headed to Africa, seen in very extensive network in the 'dark continent' of the home carrier, Brussels Airlines.
Outside the Lufthansa Group., will inevitably take on greater significance for Italian passengers who are members of the Volare program European hubs such as Lisbon, for connections to the Americas, and Istanbul for those to Asia and, Africa but also Australia, as Turkish Airlines put the first little foot in Oceania a few months ago, Starting to connect Istanbul with Sydney.