Ndege ziwirizi zidawonetsedwa ndi "promessi sposi" (okwatirana) ngati onyamulira opikisana omwe amawaikira ndege zokwanira pa Milan-Linate ndi Rome-Fiumicino ROUTES. Easyjet, yomwe imadzitamandira ndi kayendedwe ka okwera 2 miliyoni ku Italy, ndi Volotea, omwe ali ndi ogwiritsa ntchito 16.3 miliyoni, amakhala ndi magawo ochepa kwambiri amsika poyerekeza ndi Ryanair, yomwe panopa ikuyimira ndege yomwe ili ndi gawo lalikulu la anthu okwera ndege zambiri za ku Italy.
Mwatsatanetsatane, chikalata chatsopano chotsutsana ndi Unduna wa Zachuma ndi Zachuma ku Italy (MEF), woimira ITA, ndi Gulu la Lufthansa lomwe laperekedwa m'masiku aposachedwa ku Brussels, liwoneratu kusamutsidwa kwa magawo 15 a mipata yatsiku ndi tsiku, kuphatikiza njira za 6 pa Linate, zomwe ndi Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, ndi Vienna (yotsirizirayi ndi sizinagwire ntchito koma zidaphatikizidwa mu mapulani a Lufthansa), ndi njira zazikulu za 5 pa Fiumicino zomwe mipata imakhudza njira za 5 ku Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Brussels, ndi Vienna. Malumikizidwe ena 4 oti aperekedwe angakhudze mayendedwe ang'onoang'ono apakati pa Europe koma akadali okongola kwa onyamula ena omwe akupikisana nawo.
The Stalemate
Zovutazo zikadali kusamutsidwa kwa njira zopita ku North America ndi Canada, zopemphedwa ndi EU Commission komanso zomwe Lufthansa kapena ITA sakufuna kuzikana, chifukwa kuchuluka kwa magalimoto opangidwa makamaka ku USA, ndi onyamula onse awiri, kumapanga mazana a mamiliyoni mu ndalama zamatikiti.
Chinyengo, choyerekezeredwa ndi ITA-Lufthansa mu chikalata chatsopano chothandizira, ndikuyimitsa kwa zaka 3 kuphatikizika kwa ITA mu Star Alliance ndikukana mabizinesi ena omwe angapangitse kuti awonetsere malo opindulitsa pakapita nthawi yayitali. ndi malo ogonjetsera ndege zonse zazikulu zomwe zili ndi ntchito yapadziko lonse lapansi.
Kupanda nzeru kwina, komwe kumatsimikiziridwa ndi omwe akukhudzidwa mwachindunji (MEF ndi Lufthansa oyang'anira pamwamba) ndikuti chigamulo chomaliza chomwe chinanenedweratu sabata ya June 10-15 chidzafotokozera momwe Brussels imayendera komanso kutsutsa kulikonse komaliza ndi omwe angakhale othandizana nawo kuti apulumutse ntchito yonse yomwe pakati pa kusamutsidwa koyambirira kwa 41% ya ITA (yofunika ma euro 325 miliyoni) ndi kugula kotsatira kwa Lufthansa, mpaka 90% ya magawo, ili ndi mtengo wokwanira pafupifupi 850 miliyoni mayuro.
Sabata yatha, Commissioner wa EU Competition, a Margrethe Vestager, adalankhula za "zokambirana zomwe zikupitilira" pomwe mabungwe a ITA-Lufthansa adapempha boma kuti liyitanidwe kuti likambirane "mwachangu".
