ITA Airways, A350 dedicated to Roberto Baggio takes off: the divin codino cuts the ribbon and takes off for Argentina
It was a celebration, because certain moments are right to celebrate them and to do it in style. Roberto Baggio knows this well [...]
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It was a celebration, because certain moments are right to celebrate them and to do it in style. This is well known by Roberto Baggio who this evening boarded, first of course, the plane dedicated to him: an A350/900, one of 3 that entered service for ITA Airways.
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The Divin Codino who made the whole nation dream in the summer of Italia '90 boarded the plane dedicated to him and headed to Argentina. A destination that seems like a sign of destiny: it was in fact Diego Armando Maradona's Argentina that interrupted the magical nights of Baggio and Schillaci.
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Today, however, is not a day of memories, it is a day of rebirth: Like the phoenix, ITA Airways has risen again and now, while waiting to meet the new majority shareholder, has finally kicked off the restart of the Italian flag carrier. The first three new planes have joined the fleet, the new flagship being the A350/900, the jewel in Airbus' crown. By July there will be six A350s flying to AZ's long-haul destinations.
The ceremony
At the Pier E lounge, currently the only one at Fiumicino. (pending theOpening of the new hall in the T1 area), a ceremony was held with ITA staff and the press. A moment, as said, to be celebrated. Although for the record this is not the first flight of an A350 in blue livery: in fact, yesterday the first flights took off to Los Angeles and New York. But ITA chose to celebrate the news today, Republic Day, and fortunately for us we were present.
From Rome to Buenos Aires, the maiden flight on ITA Airways' A350 together with Roberto Baggio
As the paying guests, since we grabbed a ticket for this flight the same day it went on sale. Here at TFC we grew up with Alitalia, so we can only root for ITA Airways. To let such an opportunity pass us by was not allowed.
Cutting the ribbon was him, the 1993 Ballon d'Or, the Azzurri's dragger at the World Cups of Italy 90 and USA 94, those of the fateful penalty kicked to the stars.
Very short speech by a visibly excited and surprised Baggio about the choice of ITA Airways to dedicate one of the new flagships to him.. The others at the moment are devoted to Marcello Lippi and Valentino Rossi.
All new
In recent months I have chosen not to fly ITA Airways on long-haul until now, I waited for the new plane to arrive because I imagined that it would coincide with the real restart, and it did.
Today debuted the new in-flight menu and new uniforms. In short, the real news made in ITA Airways. I can say I got the choice right, because I will take home a memory of a unique and unrepeatable trip.