With the completion of Lufthansa Group’s investment in ITA Airways, passengers will soon feel the benefits of the integration, according to an announcement. These benefits include the use of frequent flyer programs, flight operations at different airport terminals, lounge access, code sharing and coordinated European flight schedules.

The Lufthansa Group last month closed a €325 million (about $337 million) deal to acquire 41% of ITA.

Among the developments of the integration were:

• With immediate effect, Miles & More members can earn and redeem miles on all ITA Airways flights. At the same time, the 2.7 million members of the ITA Airways frequent flyer program, Volare, can earn and redeem their points on all flights operated by Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines.
• With the start of the summer flight schedule on March 30, 2025, passengers of ITA Airways and Lufthansa Group can enjoy the following benefits:
• Under one roof in Frankfurt and Munich: With the start of the upcoming summer flight schedule, ITA Airways will move into the Lufthansa Airlines terminals in Frankfurt and Munich — into Terminal 1 in Frankfurt and into Terminal 2 in Munich. This will significantly reduce passengers’ transfer times. At all other hubs of the group, as well as in Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate, the Lufthansa Group airlines already offer their flights in the same terminal areas as ITA Airways.
• Lounge access: Starting March 30, ITA Airways passengers can visit and use the approximately 130 lounges of the Lufthansa Group and its partners. ITA Airways’ lounges will also be open to Lufthansa Group passengers from this date.
• Code sharing: By adding ITA Airways flights to Lufthansa Group Airlines’ route network, customers will have more choice and greater flexibility. With the start of the summer flight schedule, more than 100 flight connections will initially share their flight numbers and can therefore be more easily combined. These code-shares make it possible to combine flights of different airlines in the group into a single booking. Once fully implemented, this code-sharing will give ITA Airways passengers access to over 250 destinations of the Lufthansa Group. For Lufthansa Group airlines passengers, the offer will be expanded to include ITA Airways domestic flights to Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria and Puglia.
• Coordinated flight schedules between the hubs: The flight connections between the Lufthansa Group’s hubs (Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and Brussels) and ITA Airways’ two main airports (Rome and Milan) are optimized and better distributed throughout the day to offer guests more travel flexibility. Coordinated departure times mean less waiting time for guests and better connections to long-haul destinations.
• Change of airline alliance: Preparations have already begun for ITA Airways’ official accession to the Star Alliance in the first half of 2026. Accordingly, ITA Airways has already initiated its withdrawal from the SkyTeam alliance.

Carsten Spohr, CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said now that ITA Airways has become part of his company, “we want to push ahead with the merger quickly, so that ITA and its passengers, as well as the guests of our other passenger airlines, can quickly benefit from the advantages of an expanded Lufthansa Group.” He said the company is confident that ITA Airways will realize a profit as early as this year.