In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the \u201coperation summary\u201d below, containing the information provided by the parties.<\/p>\n
This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation.<\/p>\n
The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented.<\/p>\n
Names of the companies and groups concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nature of the operation<\/strong><\/p>\n Economic sectors concerned<\/strong><\/p>\n Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations<\/strong><\/p>\n NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration project concerning the exclusive control acquisition by the company \u201cDeutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft\u201d of the company \u201cItalia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.\u201d, through the acquisition of 49% of its share capital and related voting rights.<\/p>\n \u201cDeutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft\u201d is a German company listed on the stock exchange, with its headquarters at Venloer Strasse 151-153, 50672 Cologne, Germany, registered in the commercial register of the Cologne District Court under number HRB 2168, with its business address at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Corporate Legal Affairs, Airportring, Lufthansa Aviation Center, FRA CJ, C3.1000, D-60546, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The company is both an airline (Lufthansa Passenger Airlines) and the parent company of the Lufthansa Group, providing passengers with air transport services, air freight transport, and related services. \u201cDeutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft\u201d already exercises joint control over \u201cItalia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.\u201d following the acquisition of an initial 41% stake authorized by the Competition Council in 2024 (Decision No. 69\/D\/2024).<\/p>\n \u201cItalia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.\u201d is an Italian joint-stock company, with its headquarters at Via XX Settembre, 97, Rome, Italy, 00187, registered with the Rome Chamber of Commerce under number RM-1622937, Italian tax number and registration number in the business register 15907661001, with its business address at Via Alberto Nassetti No. 2, 00054, Fiumicino. Operating under the trade name \u201cITA Airways,\u201d the company is mainly engaged in providing passenger air transport services and operates regular and charter flights on domestic, European, and intercontinental routes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Done in Rabat, August 28, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the \u201coperation summary\u201d below, containing the information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented. Names of the companies and groups concerned: The acquirer: \u201cDeutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft\u201d; The target: \u201cItalia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.\u201d Nature of the operation Acquisition of exclusive control. Economic sectors concerned Regular passenger air transport services and air freight transport services. Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations 10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e., September 9, 2026. NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration project concerning the exclusive control acquisition by the company \u201cDeutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft\u201d of the company \u201cItalia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.\u201d, through the acquisition of 49% of its share capital and related voting rights. \u201cDeutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft\u201d is a German company listed on the stock exchange, with its headquarters at Venloer Strasse 151-153, 50672 Cologne, Germany, registered in the commercial register of the Cologne District Court under number HRB 2168, with its business address at Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Corporate Legal Affairs, Airportring, Lufthansa Aviation Center, FRA CJ, C3.1000, D-60546, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The company is both an airline (Lufthansa Passenger Airlines) and the parent company of the Lufthansa Group, providing passengers with air transport services, air freight transport, and related services. \u201cDeutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft\u201d already exercises joint control over \u201cItalia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.\u201d following the acquisition of an initial 41% stake authorized by the Competition Council in 2024 (Decision No. 69\/D\/2024). \u201cItalia Trasporto Aereo S.p.A.\u201d is an Italian joint-stock company, with its headquarters at Via XX Settembre, 97, Rome, Italy, 00187, registered with the Rome Chamber of Commerce under number RM-1622937, Italian tax number and registration number in the business register 15907661001, with its business address at Via Alberto Nassetti No. 2, 00054, Fiumicino. Operating under the trade name \u201cITA Airways,\u201d the company is mainly engaged in providing passenger air transport services and operates regular and charter flights on domestic, European, and intercontinental routes. Done in Rabat, August 28, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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