Chair begins direct sales for Pristina, Skopje flights

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Italy to sell ITA in June

Italy's government aims to sell state-owned ITA Airways, the successor to Alitalia, by the end of June after setting a deadline for binding offers of May 23, Economy Minister Daniele Franco said. Three prospective bidders for ITA Airways have had access to its finance data room, Franco said addressing parliament over the issue. They are shipping group MSC alongside Germany's Lufthansa, the U.S. Certares fund in cooperation with Delta and Air France, and investor Indigo Partners, Franco added. Under a government decree, Rome plans to privatise ITA through a direct sale while retaining a minority, non-controlling stake in a first stage. MSC in January 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. "The outcome of the negotiations is not a foregone conclusion. We will examine the three offers in a transparent way, there is no decision on our part at present", Franco said adding a key factor is that the buyer is at least 51% owned by a European player. Lufthansa is interested in taking a minority stake in ITA, leaving the majority to MSC, the airline said in remarks during its shareholders meeting. It added, however, that the review of ITA's financial data would be important to confirm this preliminary intention. If the deal does go through, Lufthansa aims to build a close commercial cooperation with ITA and expects synergies to make the investment profitable in the long term, the carrier said. Under an agreement with the European Union, Rome can inject up to 1.35 billion euros into the ITA by 2023. A privatisation deal would potentially reduce the financial support granted by the state, limiting the costs for Italian taxpayers.

Chair begins direct sales for Pristina, Skopje flights

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Chair Airlines, the successor to Germania Flug, has begun online ticket sales for its flights to Pristina, Skopje and Ohrid for the first time. Previously, tickets could be purchased through local tour operators. “Chair Airlines is ready for the 2019/20 winter season which is around the corner. Between early November 2019 and late April 2020, the airline will operate flights to Pristina several times a day from Zurich, as well as non-stop services from Basel (daily) and Geneva (Saturdays). For the first time, tickets for these flights can be booked via our website. Another innovation is the sale of individual seats for flights between Zurich and Skopje (daily) or Ohrid (Sundays)”, the company said in a statement. Chair Airlines’ Chief Commercial Officer, Urs A. Pelizzoni, noted, “We are delighted to offer individual online booking of our flights to the Balkans and to have added Basel and Geneva to our portfolio of airports. We aim to offer a broad range of choices to passengers who want to spend their year-end holidays with family and friends”.

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