ITA Airways Takes Delivery of First Airbus A350

(15 May 2022, 08:24 +07)  ITA Airways, Italy’s new national carrier, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350, becoming the 40th operator of the type worldwide.

The aircraft is on lease from ALAFCO.

ITA Airways’ A350 cabin is configured in a two-class layout, with 334 seats comprising 33 full lie-flat bed seats in Business Class and 301 Economy Class seats.

ITA Airways Airbus A350

The A350 will start operations in early June 2022 serving 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 carrier firmed up an order for 28 Airbus, including 18 single aisle (seven A220s, 11 A320neos) and 10 A330neo widebody aircraft.

Moreover, ITA Airways has leased more than 50 additional new generation Airbus aircraft, six of which are A350s, to complement its fleet modernisation.

ITA Airways, a member of SkyTeam since October 2021, is owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.

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