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.

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,

Lufthansa Group submitted a package of remedies to the European Commission needed to secure antitrust EU approval to take a minority stake in ITA Airways, the German airline said on Tuesday, bringing it a step closer to closing the deal after a dispute with Italy's Treasury last week put it on hold.

Eleven people were injured due to turbulence on a Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt which landed on Tuesday morning, the German airline said. The Boeing 747-8 aircraft had taken off from Buenos Aires when it was suddenly caught in severe turbulence due to air currents over the Atlantic.

A Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt encountered severe turbulence over the Atlantic, leaving eleven people injured. The airline confirmed that five passengers and six crew members sustained minor injuries during the incident,