Remedy takers, wet leases: how things will change at Linate (and Fiumicino) after ITA Airways-Lufthansa deal
From March 2025 easyJet will base 8 new planes in Italy, 5 of them at Milan-Linate airport and 3 at [...]
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From March 2025 easyJet will base 8 new aircraft in Italy, 5 of which in the Milan-Linate and 3 to Rome-Fiumicino: this is the expansion plan of the British low-cost company, unveiled by CEO Johan Lundgren on the sidelines of a press conference called to mark the release of its financial results.
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First, however, we must wait for final approval By the Commission to the merger between ITA Airways e Lufthansa, expected in the next few hours.
As we have explained in recent weeks, after the union between the flag carriers of Italy and Germany, easyJet will assume the role of "remedy taker": To avoid the monopoly of AZ and LH and ensure competition, its task-as reported by Corriere della Sera-will be to offer connections between Milan-Linate and Rome-Fiumicino and some European airports in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.
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Of the 8 Airbuses based at LIN and FCO, writes the CorSera, 3 should be provided by ITA Airways through a wet-lease agreement: a practice, this one, which is very common and consists of leasing aircraft for commercial use (with associated flight personnel, such as pilots and flight attendants).
In addition to this, easyJet should commit to To increase the frequencies of existing routes and to open new ones, both from Linate and Fiumicino, to new destinations.
