The Italian government presented a decree to start the sales process of the state-owned ITA Airways, Italian Finance Minister Daniele Franco said on Friday. He said that “the usual procedures will be followed,” meaning either a bidding process or a direct sale. ITA was officially launched last October as the successor of the insolvent Alitalia. The company is currently fully owned by the Italian state. As Alitalia’s successor, ITA has important take-off and landing rights at Rome-Fiumicino and Milan airports. According to Franco, in the event of a sale, the government wants to retain a small s…