ITA Airways will have 39 new planes in fleet next year: new routes to US and Middle East
ITA Airways has these days signed all of its planned fleet increase commitments for 2023, the next [...]
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ITA Airways has these days signed all the planned commitments for the fleet increase for 2023, 39 new generation aircraft will enter next year, including 9 wide body (A330-900) and 30 narrow body And, at the same time, the previous generation ones will come out.
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The development of the fleet will result in a 73% increase over 2022 in capacity in terms of seats offered per seat kilometer (ASK) on the entire network, an increase mainly driven by capacity on long-haul routes that will even register +107%.
New intercontinental routes
Indeed, by 2023, new intercontinental destinations are scheduled to open with direct flights operated from Rome Fiumicino to the U.S., with San Francisco and Washington, starting in the summer season, and to South America with Rio de Janeiro from next November, as well as the confirmation of all long-haul connections already launched in 2022.
With the entry of the A321Neo, in addition, ITA Airways will plan to open new Middle Eastern destinations: Riyadh, Jeddah and Kuwait City, expanding its network and strengthening its connectivity through its Rome Fiumicino Hub.
The enrichment of ITA Airways' network destinations demonstrates the company's commitment to becoming the operator of choice for Italian mobility, with the achievement of two key objectives: satisfaction of the diverse needs of customers, always at the heart of the company's business, and a growing increase in profitability.
The fleet expansion is another step forward in ITA Airways' growth strategy that will lead it to be in 2026 the most green Of Europe with the next-generation fleet 80%. resulting in a reduction of 1.3 mln tons of CO2 emissions. Already by the end of 2023, the fleet will be at the next-generation 50%, reaching a total of 96 aircraft, thanks to the arrival of 39 machines, including 9 long-haul ones.
Just over a year after the start of flight operations, ITA Airways demonstrates that it has met its planned growth commitments for 2022 and laid the groundwork for further increasing its market presence, reaching a wide range of both intercontinental, international and domestic destinations.
