Italy: Lufthansa and FS want to work together

The Italian state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA and Lufthansa have signed a letter of intent to work together. The aim of the planned cooperation is in particular to bring passengers with FS rail connections to and from their flight connections from various Italian airports.

The exact design of the program is now the subject of further discussions. If a contract is concluded, the implementation of the cooperation would be subject to the approval of the responsible authorities.

The Lufthansa Group already operates comparable partnerships in the intermodal sector in its home markets, including with Deutsche Bahn, ÖBB and SBB. Overall, the airlines in the Lufthansa Group currently offer their passengers more than 3.000 weekly train or bus connections from more than 40 cities. As early as 2001, Lufthansa had entered into a cooperation agreement with Deutsche Bahn on train connections to their airports (LH Express Rail).