ITA Airways brings its A321neo to Dubai from Oct. 27. Italy-Emirati: all companies and routes.
It had not been since last fall that ITA Airways announced a new long-haul route and a subsequent expansion of [...]
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It had been since last fall that ITA Airways did not announce a new long-haul route and a subsequent expansion of its intercontinental network. It returned to do so today, reporting that starting next October 27 will fly daily from Rome to Dubai with the 'jewel' of its fleet, the Airbus A321neo which so successful so far on intra-European flights..
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The plane, starting June 2., will begin to operate On the routes for which the company wanted him in the fleet, namely. Medium- to long-haul connections between five and six hours flight time: June 2 will trigger the Rome-Riyadh, followed on June 6 by the Rome-Accra and July 1 from the Rome-Kuwait City. July 3 will be the turn of the Rome-Dakar and August 1 of the Rome-Jeddah.
With the start of the winter schedule next October 27, the A321neo will then make its Dubai debut with his three-class cabin which includes 12 seats in Business with lie-flat seats in 1-1 configuration, 12 seats in Premium Economy with 2-2 configuration and 141 seats in Economy 3-3, 12 of them 'comfort' with more legroom.
The flight, which Will be open for reservations from Monday, June 3, will take off from Fiumicino at 10:40 a.m. to arrive in Dubai at 7:50 p.m. In the opposite direction, takeoff will be at 1:50 a.m. with arrival in Rome at 6 a.m.
ITA Airways will thus go in with a high-end in-flight product in a market, that between Italy and the United Arab Emirates, dominated by two top carriers such as Emirates and Etihad (flying over Abu Dhabi).
The first connects Milan and Rome to Dubai twice a day by Airbus A380 to three classes of service: First, Business and Economy, But also flies from Venice and Bologna once a day with Boeing 777-300ER always three-class. Starting Dec. 1, the Romagna city will be connected to Dubai with one of the brand new Airbus A350s, which will take the place of the 777.
Etihad, on the other hand, flies Rome to Abu Dhabi 11 times a week with a mix of Boeing 777-300ER and Boeing 787-9 two-classes (Business and Economy) and Milan to Abu Dhabi 10 times a week With Boeing 787-9 always two-class.
A third and fourth Emirati carriers operate between Italy and the UAE. These are. flydubai, which connects Bergamo (1 time a day until July 31, then 2 times a day), Pisa (3 times a week), Naples (5 times a week), Catania (3 times a week) and Olbia (from June 15, 2 times a week) at Dubai International Airport With two-class Boeing 737 MAX 8 (Business and Economy).
And of Air Arabia flying 6 times a week from Bergamo on Sharjah airport., located about fifty kilometers north of Dubai International, with Airbus A321neo in single Economy class. Finally, the low-cost Wizz Air connects Rome and Abu Dhabi on a daily basis with Airbus A321neo in all-Economy configuration.
