New name, new livery and now ... new planes: Aeroitalia gets five 737 MAX 8s. The first one by the end of 2026 and there will be wifi on board
New name, new livery--and now new planes. Or rather, new planes. Aeroitalia, which starting in early 2026 [...]
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New name, new livery--and now new planes. Or rather, new planes. Aeroitalia, which starting in early 2026 it will take on the name Air Italy and will equip its aircraft with an entirely new livery, has indeed announced the signing with Air Lease Corporation for the arrival of five Boeing 737 MAX 8s into the fleet.
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These are brand new aircraft, the first for Aeroitalia/Air Italy, which until now had always acquired used aircraft (all Boeing 737NG, i.e., -700 and -800 and one Airbus A319) coming today to have a fleet of 14 machines (in addition to twelve 737s there are also two ATR 72s).
The MAXs will join the airline's fleet starting in the last quarter of 2026, with deliveries scheduled to be completed by the second quarter of 2027. They will be single-class for 189 seats to sit and the lease was signed for 12 years.
For CEO Gaetano Intrieri, "this is a great leap forward. which moves us even further away from the low-cost model from which we have always distanced ourselves and allows us to offer our passengers a new level of comfort and a better travel experience, thanks also to the wifi that will be available on board. And we are already in negotiations to acquire four more aircraft of the same type."
The five MAX 8s will add to Aeroitalia/Air Italy's fleet, but Intrieri adds that "with the arrival of the next four MAXs, we will retire some -800s in order to gradually rejuvenate the fleet. From now on, except for one more -800 that we will add before the next summer season, all the planes entering the fleet will be 737 MAX."
Of course, The new planes will arrive from the United States already in the carrier's new livery, which will be presented in November at the latest. As for the controversy raised about the adoption of the name 'Air Italy,' the CEO told The Flight Club that he was calm: "I am not a lawyer, but our lawyers have assured us that it is our right to adopt the name Air Italy, partly because we are only interested in the name, not the brand."
