In May 2023, the two airlines agreed that Lufthansa would pay $356m for a 41% stake in Alitalia. While this was approved by the Italian government, who was eager to offload an asset that has become a drain on limited resources for years, the deal still had to be approved by the EU Commission for Competition.

ROME/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Lufthansa Group said it had submitted a package of remedies to the European Commission needed to secure EU antitrust approval to take a minority stake in Italy's ITA Airways, bringing it a step closer to closing the deal.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG has worked out differences with the Italian government over ITA Airways and is on track to finalize its deal to take over the money-losing airline.The Italian government said late Monday that it’s presented a set of remedies to the European Commission over concerns about the deal,