Summary
- ITA Airways is expanding its international routes and can offer 52 destinations within the 2023-2024 winter season.
- The airline will begin operating flights to Rio de Janeiro and the Maldives, with plans to begin services to Chicago and Toronto next yr.
- ITA Airways is committed to expanding its presence within the Middle East and Africa, with flights to destinations like Riyadh, Accra, and Dakar by next summer.
It’s up and away at ITA Airways, with the Italian airline announcing its latest flurry of latest international routes. The carrier, reborn for the reason that demise of its predecessor Alitalia, has seen over 11 million passengers welcomed onboard this calendar yr.
For the airline, the 2023-2024 winter season will see the carrier offer 52 destinations, of which 23 are international and 12 intercontinental.
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ITA Airways Chief Industrial Officer Emiliana Limosani announced the massive news for the airline on the TTG Travel Experience International Tourism Fair in Rimini on October eleventh, noting the carrier will begin operations to Rio de Janeiro (joining its existing service to Sao Paolo) and its first jaunt into the Indian Ocean, serving Malé within the Maldives.
All aboard for Chicago and Malé
Kicking off in October, the brand new direct each day service between Rome Fiumicino (FCO) to Rio de Janeiro / Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) can be served by the carriers Airbus A330 and depart from Rome at 21:50 every evening. After traveling overnight, it’s going to arrive in Rio at 06:05 before returning home at 15:45 the identical day and returning to Rome at 06:45 the next morning.
Next can be Velana International Airport (MLE) in Male, Maldives. The Indian Ocean country is popular with tourists trying to explore its various islands. ITA Airways looks to begin operations to MLE on December sixteenth, just before Christmas. One in every of the airlines, Airbus A330, can even serve the service with as much as five weekly services over peak travel periods.
Next stop, North America
As posted on the airline’s X account (formally Twitter), two recent services to North America are set to begin next yr. The Windy City, Chicago, will welcome ITA on April seventh. Starting with six weekly services, the frequency will increase to each day from June. Services can be destined for Chicago O’Hare (ORD). Canada can even welcome ITA to Toronto Pearson (YYZ) on May 1st, with initially six weekly services. Nevertheless, alongside Chicago, it will increase to seven days per week from June.
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The news doesn’t stop there, with ITA reaffirming its commitment to the Middle East and Africa. Flights to Riyadh (RUH) will launch in May 2024, Accra (ACC) and Kuwait (KWI) from June, Dakar (DSS) in Senegal from July, and later within the yr, Jeddah (JED) will begin by October (this time next yr).
With an all-Airbus fleet, the airline has 79 Airbus aircraft, including 11 of the A320neo, seven A220-300, five A33-900, and 6 A350-900.
Sources: ITA Airways