The 2024 'calendar': flights, airlines and destinations. All the news of the year that has just begun
After a 2023 that was frothy for air transport with the return of flights and traffic to levels [...]
Thai Airways
Neos Air
ITA Airways
BeOnd
RUH
Thailand
United States of America
Maldives
Canada
Saudi Arabia
After a 2023 that was frothy for air travel with flights and traffic returning to levels roughly similar (when not higher) than pre-Covid, the 2024 promises to be a year with many new features in terms of airlines and destinations that can be reached nonstop from Italy.
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Several 'firsts' from Milan Malpensa: from the March 6, Turkmenistan Airlines will begin a WEEKLY LINK (on Wednesdays) with the Turkmen capital Ashgabat. From Milan Malpensa, flight T5 442 will take off every Wednesday evening at 7:20 p.m. with arrival at 5:05 a.m. the following day. From Ashgabat to Milan will always fly on Wednesdays with departure at 3:20 p.m. and landing at Malpensa at 5:20 p.m. The connection will be operated with one of three Boeing 777-200LR (Long Range) of Turkmenistan Airlines, set up in two classes for 291 seats, 28 of which are in a four-row Business Class cabin with seven seats per row in a 2+3+2 layout (obsolete, but it is actually the same as that offered on its Boeing 777s also by Turkish Airlines). The flight allows a convenient connection With one of the two weekly flights operated by Turkmenistan Airlines. Towards Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
June 5 to September 27 you will fly every Tuesday and every Friday to Ponta Delgada, in the Azores archipelago, with Azores Airlines: l'A321neo of the Portuguese airline will leave Malpensa at 2:20 p.m. to land at Ponta Delgada at 5 p.m. In the opposite direction, takeoff from the Azores is at 7:25 a.m. with arrival at Milan at 1:25 p.m. Azores Airlines operates a fleet of nine airplanes that includes five Airbus A321neo and four Airbus A320s (including three ceo and one neo). All aircraft operate with two classes of service, business and economy. In addition to Europe and North Africa, it also serves three destinations in North America: Toronto, Boston, and New York (JFK).
As of July 1, Thai Airways will return to connect the Lombard airport with its hub in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. Flights will be daily from now on and year-round, that is, non-seasonal. On the route, Thai will put a Boeing 787-9 two-class, with 30 seats in Business and 263 in Economy. From Milan, it will take off at 14:50 to reach the Thai capital at 5:55 the next morning. In the opposite direction, it will depart Bangkok at 00:50 to land at Malpensa at 7:35.
Two days later, July 3, All-business company BeOnd will begin twice-weekly service between Malpensa and Malé. The capital of the Maldives is not new in the strict sense of the word for those traveling from Milan, as Neos has already been flying there for years during the winter months. What is new is BeOnd and its A319 with only 44 all-business seats turning into beds, which will take off from Malpensa every Wednesday and Saturday at 11:10 p.m., arriving at 1:15 p.m. the following day. From Malè it will also depart every Wednesday and Saturday at 1:15 p.m., arriving in Milan at 10:10 p.m.
Neos will add in 2024 A new route between Italy and the United States to those already operated between Milan Malpensa and New York JFK (three times a week) and Malpensa and Toronto (weekly): starting next June 8, will connect Palermo and New York JFK twice a week.. Every Tuesday and Sunday one of the Boeing 787-9 (in two classes, Premium and Economy, for 355 seats) will take off from Punta Raisi at 11:25 a.m. and arrive at JFK at 2:50 p.m. Flights from the Big Apple to Palermo will instead operate every Monday and Saturday, departing at 5 p.m. and arriving in Sicily at 7:20 a.m. the next morning.
They will take the lion's share, however, Rome and ITA Airways, which for the year that has just begun announced. connections to seven new destinations, all departing from Fiumicino.
From April 7, it will fly to Chicago with six weekly frequencies, which will become daily from June. Outbound takes off from Fiumicino at 9:20 a.m. to arrive in Chicago at 1:10 p.m., while in the opposite direction takeoff is at 5:10 p.m. with arrival in Rome at 7:30 a.m. the next morning.
Rome-Toronto will start on May 10, with six flights a week that will also become daily from June. Takeoff from Fiumicino is scheduled at 10:15 a.m. with arrival in Canada at 2:05 p.m., while from Toronto it leaves at 5 p.m. to be in Rome at 7:35 a.m. the next morning. Both the Chicago and Toronto operations involve the use of theAirbus A330-200 to three classes of service: business, premium economy and economy.
Starting in the spring, ITA will begin using its brand new Airbus A321neo aircraft, which now fly between Rome and Paris and London, on intercontinental routes as well.
IMay 5, the moles will begin flying to Riyadh.. In the Saudi capital you will fly 4 times a week which will become five from June (Monday-Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Sunday) departing Rome at 3:15 p.m. and arriving at 9:25 p.m. On the return trip it will fly on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 1.45 a.m. with landing at 6.30 a.m.
One month later, June 5, it will be the turn of Accra, Ghana, and Kuwait City.. The first will be connected three times a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays), departing Rome at 3:15 p.m. and arriving in Ghana at 7:15 p.m.; in the reverse direction, take off on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 00:15 a.m. to be in Rome at 8:10 a.m. Instead, for Kuwait, it will take off every Monday, Friday and Sunday at 4:15 p.m. with arrival at 10 p.m.; in the opposite direction, departure is at 3:10 a.m. with landing in Rome at 7:35 a.m. every Monday, Tuesday and Saturday.
On July 5, it will be Dakar's turn in Senegal with five weekly frequencies, but the operative is not yet available on the company's website.
Finally, from Aug. 1 also Jeddah Will enter the network of the national airline With three flights per week. From Italy it will depart every Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday at 3:10 pm with arrival at 9:10 pm; from Saudi Arabia every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 3 am with landing in Rome at 7:10 am.
The A321neo aircraft that will serve these five new non-European destinations are outfitted in three classes for 165 places of which 12 in Business (with seats that turn into beds), 12 in premium economy and 141 in economy.
