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ITA Airways Board Members Resign amid Privatisation Plans

Jasmine Adjallah
Last updated: 2 April 2022 16:12
By Jasmine Adjallah
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Six board members resigned from Italian airliner ITA Airways this week in a shock move. As of now, only President Alfredo Altavilla, managing director Fabio Lazzerini and director Frances Ouseley remain in office. 

A wave of resignations 

The managers who resigned were former Minister for Civil Service Angelo Piazza, accountant Lelio Fornabaio, former senator Simonetta Giordani, lawyers Silvio Martuccelli and Alessandra Fratini, and the former liquidator of Air Italy Cristina Girelli.

According to sources, the mass resignations are a result of disagreements related to the new sales advisors selected to oversee the privatisation of ITA Airways, and the costs the board needed to approve to open the privatisation progress. 

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An ITA Airways aircraft in its striking metallic blue livery | © Vincenzo Gentile/Creative Commons

The Italian investment bank and law firm Gianni & Origoni would be the advisors that would aid the government (the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance) with the transfer and holding of sensitive information – a so-called “data room” – regarding the airline and the privatisation process. 

Before the data room could be accessed by interested parties, representatives from the two firms would meet to discuss a share in stakes with the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and ITA Airlines officials. 

The privatisation of Italy’s flag carrier

The privatisation of ITA Airways began in February when the Italian government passed a decree which detailed plans to sell stakes in ITA Airways. This paved the way for the Italian flag carrier to give potential buyers greater information about the company, as major airlines such as Delta Airlines, Air France-KLM, and Lufthansa showed interest in owning a majority stake of the airline.

Privatisation of a company, which has always been state-owned, can be a long and complicated business. As a result, there’s likely more news to come from ITA Airways’ privatisation topic in the weeks and months to come.

What do you think of this mass resignation of key individuals? Let us know!

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Jasmine Adjallah
ByJasmine Adjallah
Jr Reporter - Aspiring to work in a journalism, PR, Communications/media role, Jasmine is using her gap year as an opportunity to learn, gain experience and grow as a person. Interested in the sports, aviation and broadcasting world. At Travel Radar she is a Jr. Reporter working with the publication over Summer 2022.
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