{"id":124461,"date":"2022-04-08T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=124461"},"modified":"2022-04-08T22:07:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T22:07:05","slug":"italy-seeks-bids-for-ita-airways-by-april-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/04\/italy-seeks-bids-for-ita-airways-by-april-18.html","title":{"rendered":"Italy Seeks Bids for ITA Airways by April 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Treasury has invited suitors interested in buying the majority of<strong> ITA Airways<\/strong> to express their formal interest in the carrier by April 18, three sources close to the matter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ITA took over from Alitalia in October, permanently grounding the 75-year-old, one-time symbol of Italian style and glamour after years of financial losses and failed rescue attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/04\/condor-unveils-new-brand-identity.html\">Condor Unveils New Brand Identity.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shipping group MSC and Germany&#8217;s Lufthansa have expressed interest in buying a majority stake in ITA and requested an exclusivity period of 90 days to iron out details of an acquisition. But Rome opted for a market-based procedure aimed at keeping the door open to other potential suitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month the Treasury picked Equita and Gianni &amp; Origoni as financial and legal advisers for the privatisation of ITA Airways, which is fully owned by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Advisers have invited several players in the airline sector to formalise their interest in ITA,&#8221; one of the sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/04\/iag-says-air-europa-deal-may-make-at-least-18-months.html\">IAG says Air Europa Deal May Make at Least 18 Months.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The carrier has lined up JPMorgan and Mediobanca to help on the search for private investors, two different sources added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government wants to clinch a deal on the sale by mid-June, two sources close to the matter told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/italy-seeks-bids-ita-airways-by-april-18-sources-2022-04-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In past decades, Alitalia tried and failed to clinch alliances with Air France and, more recently, Gulf airline Etihad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delta Air Lines last month said it wanted to deepen its commercial ties with ITA Airways but was not interested in taking an equity stake in the carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-226b1799     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"215\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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