Ita Airways, agreement with unions: support for up to 180 voluntary exits

Agreement in Ita Airways to guarantee financial support for a maximum of 180 voluntary departures. Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugl-ta, Anpac and ANP signed the agreement with Ita Airways which had initiated the procedures of Law 223/1991 initially identifying 226 redundant workers.

The agreement reached with the trade unions and professional associations provides that the exits will exclusively concern workers who formally express their non-opposition to the placement in Naspi. They will be able to benefit from social safety nets, i.e. unemployment benefits for a period of up to 24 months, integrated by the Air Transport Solidarity Fund (Fsta) to obtain economic support equal to up to 80% of the average of the last 12 paychecks. To this economic treatment will be added a company incentive of 10/12% (depending on the exit times) for the entire duration of Naspi, which will be paid in a single payment; with this integration the overall treatment will cover up to 90/92% of the reference salary for the period of use of Naspi. Travel concessions with Ita Airways will also be guaranteed for workers who join.

The unions and professional associations underline that the possibility of resorting to forced expulsions of workers from the production cycle has thus been averted. At this point, the issuing of the Labor-Mef interministerial decree is expected within days to extend the current duration of Naspi by a further 12/24 months, further expanding the opportunities for those who join the agreement.

At the same time, new planes are arriving to expand the Ita Airways fleet, and the opening of new routes is expected in 2027 (Santo Domingo from 30 November, Caracas from 30 March, Verona from 28 March, Lima is being evaluated, also from Malpensa) which will also be covered by hiring over 400 flight crew.

The agreement is part of the airline's development path and progressive integration into the Lufthansa Group which involves a review of the organizational models. As is known, Lufthansa has decided to exercise the option to acquire a majority stake in Ita Airways, increasing its stake from 41% to 90%, an operation which will be completed in the first quarter of 2027, once all authorizations have been obtained from the regulatory authorities.