ITA Airways in March takes off to Miami and Boston, Los Angeles leaves in June
The network to the U.S. is beginning to take shape for ITA Airways, the new Italian flag carrier. On the website of the [...]
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The network to the U.S. is beginning to take shape for ITA Airways, the new Italian flag carrier. Launch offers have appeared on the carrier's website with the publication of destinations, the first to the United States for the new airline.
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The destinations, as announced, will be: New York, route that leaves this month on the occasion of the US border reopening, Miami and Boston starting in March, and finally Los Angeles starting June 1.
Connections from Malpensa to New York will also resume in March next year, the flight will mark ITA Airways' debut at the airport in the province of Varese.
Details
The first flight to Miami, AZ630 will depart on March 1 at 10:20 a.m. with arrival at 3:50 p.m. local time, the return Az631 will leave Florida at 8:10 p.m. local time with arrival the next day at 12 noon in Rome Fiumicino.
The fares are in line with those normally found for this route, for both economy and business class. The flight will be operated initially on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
The following day, March 2, 2022, The first connection between Rome Fiumicino and Boston's Logan Airport will take off.
Flight Az614 will take off at 10:20 a.m. from Rome and depart in the opposite direction at 5:10 p.m. arriving at 7 a.m. in Italy. The flight will be operated initially on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The connection from Milan Malpensa will also restart on March 2. with direction to New York City.
The flight, initially will be operated every Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the direction of New York City. We shall see, then, Whether the old Alitalia House will reopen in March. under the new ITA sign or if the Skyteam carrier lounge will change location.
The flight to Los Angeles will leave on June 1 and will be daily. Takeoff from Rome is scheduled at 9:10 am with arrival at 1:15 pm local time. Return with departure at 3:15 p.m. local and arrival at 12:15 p.m. the following day.
Fares at the moment are not competitive: economy fares start at around €300, while business fares cost over €2,000 each way.
All connections are currently reported to be operated with an A330, it is unclear whether the machine used will be one of the old Alitalia A330s or whether instead it will be a new A330/900 neo. Judging from the layout of the cabin, it is likely to be the old magnificent of Alitalia.
Meanwhile, the offer of Status Match by the new loyalty program Volare, an offer open to many frequent flyer programs of competing airlines.
