Italy Plans Reset of ITA Airways Sale With Opening for Lufthansa
- Exclusive talks with group led by Certares ended with no deal
- Move shows government keen to find an industrial partner
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Italy plans to reset months of talks to find a buyer for its troubled airline ITA Airways, a decision that reopens a possible involvement of Germany’s Deutsche Lufthansa AG in the deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
The new government led by Giorgia Meloni is set to restart talks with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA and Lufthansa after a period of exclusive with a group led by Certares Management together with Delta Air Lines Inc. and Air France-KLM ended with no deal, the people added, asking to not be named as the plans are not public.