Cooperation with ITA should start early 2025 - Spohr

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 29 - Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said Tuesday that the German carrier expects to be able to start working with ITA Airways early next year after the European Commission gives final approval to the merger between the companies.
    In July the Commission said it had given the green light to the operation pending the fulfilment of some conditions, including the cession of some slots at Milan's Linate airport.
    "I think that we'll be able to start our cooperation at the start of 2025, more or less," Spohr told a conference call on Lufthansa's quarterly results.
    He recalled that November 4 is the deadline for the companies to hand in the documentation on the fulfilment of the requirements to the Commission, which will then have to analyse the material.
    (ANSA).