Italy’s flag carrier ITA Airways unveiled its 2023-2024 winter season at the recent It in Rimini during a press conference presented by Andrea Benassi, general manager, and Emiliana Limosani, CCO ITA Airways and CEO Volare, the airline’s loyalty program.
ITA Airways’ winter season will feature 52 destinations, including 17 domestic, 23 international, and 12 intercontinental. Two new intercontinental routes, Rio de Janeiro and Malé, capital of the Maldives, will be added to the flights already operated to New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and New Delhi.
“We are very proud of the excellent commercial results achieved this year, which surpassed our forecasts. These were achieved thanks to the constant work carried out and the support of the trade segment, which were crucial elements for us since the start of our operations,” said Emiliana Limosani. “From January 2023 to date, we have carried 11 million passengers, 55 percent more versus the same period in 2022, with an average load factor of 80 percent, 7.5 percentage points higher versus the same time frame in 2022, with an increase in passenger revenue of 83 percent compared to the first nine months of last year. We are now looking confidently to the future, with a focus on intercontinental development. Our next step will be the opening of the new Rome Fiumicino—Rio de Janeiro nonstop flight.”
ITA Airways Will Span the Globe Now & Next Year
Following is ITA Airways’ schedule for the upcoming 2023-2024 winter and the 2024 summer seasons:
• Starting Oct. 29, 2023: Daily Airbus A330 service between Rome Fiumicino and Rio de Janeiro.
• Dec. 16, 2023: New direct flights between Rome and Malé, 3-5 times weekly depending on the schedule.
• April 7, 2024: New nonstop flight from Rome to Chicago launches with 6 weekly flights, becoming daily in June.
• May 1, 2024: New nonstops from Rome Fiumicino to Toronto, six times a week, becoming daily in June.
Summer, 2024 also will see an expanded network of destinations from Rome Fiumicino, including Riyadh, Accra, Kuwait, Dakar and Jeddah.
Meanwhile ITA Airways’ fleet of planes climbed in 2023 and now includes 79 Airbus aircraft, with the first Airbus A321neo scheduled to join the fleet by the end of this year. The neo is the first narrow body aircraft featuring a three-class configuration: Business Class (12 seats), Premium Economy (12 seats) and Economy (141 seats of which 12 are dedicated to Comfort Economy).
For more information, visit ita-airways.com.
