ITA Airways, 6 A330-200s still remain (one used as 'spare'). Dg Benassi unveils date of final withdrawal
ITA Airways' is an increasingly young fleet, both on short- to medium-haul and long-haul. In the former [...]
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That of ITA Airways is a younger and younger fleet, both on the short-to-medium range and on the long range. In the former case, the A220 and A320 neo are gradually taking the place of the A319 and A320ceo while in the second the six A350-900s (which this summer Have received a premium economy cabin proper) are joined by a growing number of A330-900s, which are now 11 of the 17 orderedi of the Italian company to the European manufacturer.
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However, some 'old' A330-200s still remain in service (which ITA had acquired from Alitalia in October 2021), Whose number has dropped to 6 specimens, "one of which is in fact always parked and is Used as a reserve, spare in case of failure of another aircraft" he explained to The Flight Club ITA Airways general manager Andrea Benassi.
The A330-200s still in service (which are configured with 20 seats in business, 17 in premium economy and 219 in economy and which are named after Paolo Maldini, Marco Pantani, Juri Chechi, Francesco Totti and Tazio Nuvolari) are currently used on routes between Rome and Boston, Washington, Chicago and on some rotations to New York JFK. And they offer a lower 'hard' product (seats, IFE) than the newer A350 and A330neo.
Their number is expected to decrease further during Winter 2024-2025. "During Summer 2025 we should have four more in the fleet, one of which is always 'spare''. E their final withdrawal is expected in November-December next year," the company's dg further explained.
While waiting for the Lufthansa deal to finally go through (which is expected between late November and early December) and for ITA and the German group to start talking about fleet and network, instead of the A330-200s with which ITA had begun its adventure three years ago there will be 17 A330-900s, which offer An increased capacity both overall (from 256 to 291 seats) and class by class with 30 seats (instead of 20) in Business, 24 (instead of 17) in Premium Economy, 237 (instead of 219) in Economy.
The flight range is slightly less (from 13,400km of the A330-200 to 12,130), but still sufficient to cover the entire ITA Airways network, with the exception of Buenos Aires, which is only within the reach of the A350-900.
