ITA has just taken off with ambitions to become the benchmark airline on the Italian peninsula. It is starting its activity with a limited network and a compact fleet compared to what Alitalia was before the pandemic.
For his debut, ITA serves 44 destinations via 59 airlinesin particular from Rome-Fiumicino (29.1% of capacity), Milan-Linate (27.4%) and Catania (5.6%). As a reminder, in October 2019, Alitalia's network comprised 78 destinations and more than a hundred routes.
The company's capacity therefore represents...
ITA has just taken off with ambitions to become the benchmark airline on the Italian peninsula. It is starting its activity with a limited network and a compact fleet compared to what Alitalia was before the pandemic.
For his debut, ITA serves 44 destinations via 59 airlinesin particular from Rome-Fiumicino (29.1% of capacity), Milan-Linate (27.4%) and Catania (5.6%). As a reminder, in October 2019, Alitalia's network comprised 78 destinations and more than a hundred routes.
The airline's capacity is therefore only 54% of what it was in the Alitalia era. The fleet of 52 aircraft includes only seven long-haul aircraft, all Airbus A330s..
ITA is already planning services for next year 58 destinations on 74 routes with 78 aircraft. It will resume its flights to New York in November. This will be followed in March by a return to Miami and Boston, and during the summer of 2022 to Los Angeles, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.
For the time being, the carrier has decided to take up the vacancy left by Alitalia in the Skyteam alliance.. It has already signed an initial partnership agreement with Delta Air Lines. Skyteam and ITA will have to formalise their links officially. And if a future strategic partner of the new airline is also interested in the Skyteam alliance. It is said thatAir France-KLM is considering a strategic merger with the new company.
Skyteam would in fact appear to be in favour of accepting ITA as a member.. Indeed, the alliance is currently suffering from a weakening of its membership in Europe with the restructuring of the Czech airline CSA and the probable takeover of Air Europa by IAG. But the game is still wide open.
