An ba da izinin ITA Airways na Italiya a hukumance don fara haɗa shi cikin Star Alliance, kamar yadda Babban Hukumar Gudanarwar Star Alliance (CEB) ta ƙaddara. Bayan shigar da shi a baya a cikin rukunin Lufthansa a wannan shekara, wannan shawarar ta sauƙaƙe shigar ta cikin ƙawancen kamfanonin jiragen sama mafi girma a duniya. An saita tsarin hawan jirgi don ci gaba a cikin hanzari.
An saita ITA Airways don haɓaka cibiyar sadarwa ta Alliance ta hanyar gabatar da jirage 360 na yau da kullun, ta yadda zai ƙarfafa kasancewar Alliance a Turai. Mafi mahimmancin faɗaɗawa zai samo asali ne daga manyan cibiyoyinsa, musamman Rome da Milan, waɗanda aka riga aka haɗa su da jimlar membobin 16 Star Alliance.
Yin la'akari da matsayin da aka kafa a cikin Alliance, Lufthansa Group yana ba da jagora ga ITA Airways yayin da yake tafiya da haɗin kai zuwa Star Alliance.
A cikin wata sanarwa da ke nuna wannan gagarumin ci gaba, babban jami'in gudanarwa na Star Alliance Theo Panagiotoulias ya ce: "ITA Airways ana sa ran zama cikakken memba na cibiyar sadarwa ta Star Alliance a farkon 2026. Shawarar da Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa ya yanke yana nuna amincewa da amincewar mambobinmu a cikin ITA Airways.
Joerg Eberhart, Shugaba da Janar Manaja na ITA Airways, ya ce: "Muna farin cikin shiga cikin cibiyar sadarwa ta Star Alliance da kuma nuna kyakkyawan aikin Made in Italiya a cikin kawancen, ta yadda za a fadada kasancewarsa a duniya.
Bayan tsarin ƙaddamarwa, cibiyar sadarwa ta Star Alliance za ta faɗaɗa don haɗa da kamfanonin jiragen sama 26, tare da samar da jiragen sama sama da 18,000 na yau da kullun waɗanda ke haɗa ƙasashe 192.
"Ina alfahari da cewa ITA Airways za ta zama tashar jirgin sama ta biyar na Lufthansa Group don shiga Star Alliance. A matsayin mai ba da jagoranci na tsarin membobin, za mu yi iya ƙoƙarinmu don tabbatar da haɗin kai cikin sauri da sauri. Kasancewar membobin ITA Airways na gaba zai ba abokan cinikin Star Alliance sabbin damammaki masu yawa don tsarin tafiye-tafiye na keɓaɓɓen. na Lufthansa Group.
Italiya Trasporto Aereo SpA, wanda ke aiki a ƙarƙashin sunan ITA Airways, yana aiki a matsayin jirgin saman Italiya. Gwamnatin Italiya ce ta Ma'aikatar Tattalin Arziki da Kuɗi, tare da Rukunin Lufthansa.
An kafa shi a cikin 2020, ITA Airways ya fito a matsayin magaji ga rusasshiyar Alitalia. Jirgin yana ba da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama zuwa wurare sama da 70 da aka tsara, wanda ya ƙunshi hanyoyin cikin gida, Turai, da na nahiyoyi. Babban cibiyarta tana Filin jirgin sama na Rome Fiumicino, yayin da Filin jirgin saman Linate a Milan ya zama babban birni na biyu.
A cikin 2025, ITA Airways ya fara canji a cikin ƙawancen sa; a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, kamfanin jirgin ya kammala zama memba a SkyTeam kuma an saita shi don shiga cikin Star Alliance a 2026 a matsayin wani ɓangare na haɗin gwiwa tare da Lufthansa Group.
Star Alliance, mai tushe a Frankfurt, Jamus, ƙawancen jirgin sama ne da aka kafa a ranar 14 ga Mayu, 1997, wanda ke nuna shi a matsayin haɗin gwiwar jiragen sama na farko a duniya. Ya zuwa Afrilu 2024, yana riƙe da bambance-bambancen kasancewa mafi girman ƙawancen jirgin sama a duniya ta hannun kasuwa, yana ba da umarni 17.4%, sabanin SkyTeam na 13.7% da 11.9% na Oneworld.
Ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi kamfanonin jiragen sama mambobi 25 waɗanda ke aiki tare da jiragen sama sama da 5,000, suna ba da sabis ga filayen jirgin sama sama da 1,300 a cikin ƙasashe 195 tare da jiragen sama sama da 19,000 a kowace rana. Star Alliance yana da shirin lada mai hawa biyu, wanda ya ƙunshi matakan Azurfa da Zinariya, waɗanda ke ba da fa'idodi kamar hawan hawan fifiko da haɓakawa. Hakazalika da sauran kawancen jiragen sama, kamfanonin jiragen sama a cikin Star Alliance sukan raba tashoshi na filin jirgin sama (wanda ake nufi da wuraren haɗin gwiwa), kuma yawancin jiragensu an ƙawata su da ƙawancen ƙawancen ƙawancen.
