There are said to be two binding offers for the purchase of Alitalia's successor, Ita Airways. Accordingly, MSC/Lufthansa and a consortium of Certares, Air France-KLM and Delta are said to have submitted bids.

The deadline for submitting binding purchase offers ended on May 23, 2022 at midnight. According to local media reports, Lufthansa should only bid for a 20 percent stake. The partner MSC is said to want to acquire 60 percent. The Italian state wants to remain on board with a minority. In the event of a bid, this would amount to 20 percent. Originally it was said that Lufthansa at least 40 percent of the shares to Ita Airways.

Indigo Partners, an investment fund that has stakes in low-cost airlines such as Wizz Air, is said to have not submitted a bid, according to current information. Delta Air Lines is bidding with Air France-KLM and Certares to acquire Ita Airways. There should not be any other interested parties who have submitted a binding offer.

The Italian Ministry of Finance announced a few weeks ago that they would like to enter into exclusive negotiations from June 2022. The deal should then be closed by the end of 2022 at the latest. There is currently speculation that the MSC/Lufthansa consortium should have the best tickets. The management of Ita Airways never made a secret of the fact that they would like to be bought by Lufthansa. However, the Skyteam partners Delta and Air France-KLM are likely to have a significant interest in the Italian carrier remaining in their alliance and not switching to the competing Star Alliance, which would most likely be implemented if Lufthansa entered the market.