It’s going to be a busy few months ahead for ITA Airways, with the airline planning several new routes.
More work for the ITA Airways fleet. Image, ITA Airways.
Kicking off on the 29th of October 2023 will be the service between Rome Fiumicino and Rio de Janeiro. The planned operation has been advised as:
DEPART FCO 21:50 ARRIVE GIG 06:05+1 DEPART GIG 15:15 ARRIVE FCO 06:45+1 Commences from Rome-Fiumicino from 29th October, Rio de Janeiro 30th October Operates Daily Booekd Equipment: Airbus A330
Also launching in the winter season will be a direct flight between Rome Fiumicino and Malè (Maldives). It will operate with Airbus A330, with 3-5 weekly frequencies depending on the period.
Heading into summer, there’s some movement in the North American network, with ITA Airways adding Rome Fiumicino to Chicago. It will operate six flights a week from the 7th of April 2024, scaling to a daily service in June 2024.
The Rome Fiumicino to Toronto Pearson route will also be served from the 1st of May 2024 with six flights a week, scaling to a daily service in June.
There’s also a focus on the Middle East and beyond in the Summer 2024 season, with the airline planning to launch the following in Summer 2024 from Rome Fiumicino:
- May 2024 to Riyadh
- June 2024 to Accra and Kuwait
- July 2024 to Dakar
- October 2024 to Jeddah
The exact dates are to be revealed by the airline.
In Quotes
Emiliana Limosani, Chief Commercial Officer ITA Airways and CEO Volare said.
Our next step will be the opening of the new Rome Fiumicino – Rio de Janeiro nonstop flight. South America, where we already operate to Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, is a market in which we are a leader in terms of traffic to and from Italy thanks to one of the largest Italian communities in the world. From December we will return to fly to the Maldives, a highly coveted destination for leisure traffic.
There are important plans to expand the intercontinental network also in the summer of 2024, with focus on North America. In April we will open the nonstop flight to Chicago and in May we will fly to Canada with the new Toronto direct route. Both destinations will be operated from Rome Fiumicino. This will be thanks to the continuous renewal of our fleet, which will also see the entry of the new Airbus A321neo and A220-100, both latest-generation aircraft”.
A busy season ahead
On top of its new routes, ITA Airways is serving 52 destinations, including 17 domestic, 23 international, and 12 intercontinental.
The fleet has scaled to support it too, with 79 Airbus aircraft in the fleet. Of these, 29 are of the latest generation and include 11 A320neo, 7 A220-300, 5 A330-900 and 6 A350-900.
The Airbus A321neo and A220-300 will also be joining in the winter season too. The A321neo is going to be interesting, with the airline selecting it as a three-class aircraft, comprising of Business Class (12 seats), Premium Economy (12 seats) and Economy (141 seats of which 12 are dedicated to Comfort Economy).
This should open some interesting routes up.
To say ITA Airways has a busy winter ahead in future is an understatement. It’ll be up to the airlines’ salespeople to capitalise on the investments being made and generate the passenger revenue to support the growth.
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