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ITA Airways announced today that its expanding with its first route to Thailand. Service between Leonardo da Vinci-Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) and Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) will begin on November 16th.
The flights will operate 5x weekly with departures on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from Rome and on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday from Bangkok. The route will be operated with an Airbus A330-900neo that includes 30 Business Class, 24 Premium Economy, and 237 Economy Class seats.
Emiliana Limosani, Chief Commercial Officer of ITA Airways and CEO of Volare, said:
Our new Rome – Bangkok connection represents an important step forward in ITA Airways’ development strategy as it adds another intercontinental destination and opens for our passengers the doors to Thailand, a strategic market in terms of leisure tourism and business segment. Bangkok has always been one of the world’s top tourism capitals and an important hub, that allows to reach the most famous paradisiacal destinations in the world thanks to connecting flights with numerous Thai islands. At the same time, it is a key destination for business traffic between the two Countries, a sector in constant growth. The new direct flight also reflects ITA Airways’ commitment to providing optimal travel solutions, confirming the importance of developing the intercontinental network in the Company’s commercial strategies.”
ITA Airways operates 57 destinations, including 16 domestic, 26 international, and 15 intercontinental. The airline recently launched new nonstop flights from its Rome Fiumicino hub to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) (April 2024), Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) (May 2024), Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport (RUH) (June 2023), and Accra’s Kotoka International Airport (ACC) (June 2023). Flights to Dakar’s Blaise Diagne International Airport (DSS) start tomorrow and Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) will begin on August 1st.
Anthony’s Take: I have not been to Bangkok in many years, but loved the city. It will be interesting to see if ITA Airways’ network changes and what that will look like if it is folded into the Lufthansa Group as proposed.
(Image Credits: ITA Airways and Remi Prevost.)
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