Volotea demands €450k from ITA for copying its loyalty program
ITA Airways has always been a story of confusion. Born from Alitalia's ashes, it's now a different airline under Lufthansa. But before that integration, ITA launched a loyalty program. The catch: Volotea thinks it looks way too familiar.
The Spanish low-cost carrier is demanding €450,000 from ITA, claiming its 'Volo' program copied the name and visual identity of Volotea's own 'Volo' (yes, same name). The story is covered by Preferente.
The sum isn't the real news. The signal is: in an industry where differentiation gets harder every day, brands and intellectual property are becoming a battleground. ITA already renamed its program, but the damage, and the lawsuit, is already done.
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