Who owns Volagratis?
Volagratis is owned by lastminute.com Group (the Netherlands, SIX: LMN).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: lastminute.com N.V. Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- lastminute.com N.V. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Founded
- 2004
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online travel › Online travel agencies
- Parent ticker
- SIX: LMN
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Volagratis
Volagratis, whose name means fly for free in Italian, was established in 2004 as the first Italian search engine for low-cost flights and is the business the lastminute.com group grew from. The group now describes it as a holiday specialist selling packages as well as flights to Italian travellers, and as one of its founding digital assets.
Ownership timeline of Volagratis
- Current owner lastminute.com Group [1] reported
Where Volagratis sits in lastminute.com Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full lastminute.com Group brand portfolio (7) →
Other brands owned by lastminute.com Group
lastminute.com Group controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in online travel agencies, and who owns them
The 40 brands in online travel agencies on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is Expedia Group, with 7; lastminute.com Group has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| CheapTickets | Expedia Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Corporate Traveller | Flight Centre Travel Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Agoda | Booking Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| eDreams | eDreams ODIGEO | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Goibibo | MakeMyTrip | 🇮🇳 India |
| Kurz Mal Weg | HomeToGo | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Ctrip | Trip.com Group | 🇨🇳 China |
| Cozmo Travel | Air Arabia | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
About the owner: lastminute.com Group
lastminute.com Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: LMN.
lastminute.com N.V. is an online travel group domiciled in the Netherlands, with its registered office in Amsterdam, and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 2014. It was formerly known as Bravofly Rumbo Group and traces its roots to 2004, when Volagratis launched as a search engine for low-cost flights in Italy. It bought lastminute.com from Sabre in 2015 and now carries that brand's name. The group sells flights, hotels and holiday packages that it assembles itself, and also runs two price-comparison sites, Jetcost and Hotelscan.
lastminute.com Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇮🇹 Volagratis and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 209 brands that began in Italy. 76 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Volagratis among them.
- Agriturismo.it — HomeToGo 🇱🇺
- Navionics — Garmin 🇨🇭
- ATV Azienda Trasporti Verona — FNM 🇮🇹
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
- Acquaviva — Vandemoortele 🇧🇪
- Aeroitalia — Aeroitalia 🇮🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Volagratis?
The parent company of Volagratis is lastminute.com Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Netherlands.
Is Volagratis Italian or Dutch?
Volagratis originated in Italy in 2004, but it is owned today by lastminute.com Group, which is headquartered in the Netherlands. So Volagratis is an Italian-origin brand under Dutch ownership.
Is Volagratis still owned by lastminute.com Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Volagratis is still owned by lastminute.com Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] lastminute.com N.V. Annual Report 2025 — lastminute.com N.V., Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [2] lastminute.com group — Our Brands — lastminute.com N.V., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [3] lastminute.com group — Our Story — lastminute.com N.V., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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