«The discussion with the European Commission on the establishment of Italia Trasporti Aereo (ITA) has ended positively. The new company will be fully operational starting next October 15, the date on which the first flights are scheduled to take off ». This was announced by a press release from the Ministry of Economy confirming what was anticipated by Radiocor. The agreement was reached in the morning of July 15.
The discussion with the European Commission on ITA, affirms the Mef, «has allowed us to reach a constructive and balanced solution, which guarantees the discontinuity necessary for compliance with European legislation. The positive outcome of the dialogue with the offices of the Commission – underlines the Ministry of Economy – allows to start the procedures relating to the capital increase of ITA and creates the conditions for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the passage of certain activity from Alitalia to ITA ».
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“With Ita a new important Italian airline is born, with significant development prospects and which will be able to compete on the national and international market”, comments the Minister of Infrastructures Enrico Giovannini.
The Ministry of Economic Development “It will supervise all steps to protect workers and consumers and will continue to ensure the utmost commitment to support the birth of Ita on schedule”. This is stated in a note from the Mise, in which he explains that the ministry “complied with the laws issued last year and updated a month ago with the relaunch decree”. The termination of Alitalia is scheduled for next 15 October. Buyers of tickets for flights after this date “will be protected”. Alitalia workers who “could be hired in the new company are 2800 in 2021 and 5750 in 2022”.
EU: we will monitor compliance with regulations for cessation of activity
“The European Commission takes note of Italy’s announcement today that Ita, a new state-owned airline, has been launched and will begin flying on 15 October 2021 and that Alitalia will cease operating as an airline on 15 October 2021”. This was reported by an EU spokesman, underlining that Brussels “remains in close contact with the Italian authorities to ensure that the launch of Ita as a new and vital market player is in line with EU rules on state aid”. The announcement, he adds, is the result of the agreement reached in May on “key parameters for the economic discontinuity between Ita and Alitalia”.
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