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The company ITA Airways becomes the first Italian operator of the Airbus A350 having officially received its first aircraft of this type. ITA's photo
ITA Airways, the new national airline Italy, has taken delivery of its first A350, becoming the operator number 40 of this type. The plane, leased by ALAFCO, landed for the first time in Italy at Rome's Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport on Wednesday night.
The first A350
The cabin of A350 of ITA Airways is configured in a two-class layout, with 334 seats that include 33 Business seats with reclining beds and 301 Economy seats.
The A350 of ITA Airways will start operating at the beginning of June 2022 to serve the new intercontinental routes that the company will open in the summer season from Rome Fiumicino to Los Angeles, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.
in december 2021, the italian airline signed an order for 28 Airbus, included 18 single aisle (seven A220, 11 A320neo) and 10 A330neo, the latest version of the most popular A330 widebody aircraft. What's more, ITA Airways has already chartered more than 50 additional new generation Airbus aircraft, six of which are A350s, to complement the modernization of your fleet.
The clean sheet design of the Airbus A350 features aerodynamics, State-of-the-art fuselage and wings made from advanced materials, plus the more fuel efficient Rolls-Royce with Trent XWB engines, These latest technologies translate into unmatched levels of operational efficiency and sustainability for ITA Airways, with a reduction of 25% in the consumption of combustible and CO2 emissions compared to previous generation aircraft.
About ITA Airways
ITA Airways is a company wholly owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance for the exercise of business in the air transport sector. ITA Airways aims to create an efficient and innovative airline company that becomes a benchmark for providing Italy with quality connectivity both in terms of international destinations, thus promoting tourism and foreign trade, as within the country, also taking advantage of the train-air relationship. integrated mobility.
ITA Airways is a member of SkyTeam alliance from October 2021.
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