Friday, May 31, 2024 ITA Airways , Italy’s flagship airline, has unveiled a new direct flight route between Rome Fiumicino and Dubai, set to commence on October 27th. This route marks the inaugural launch in ITA Airways’ 2024/2025 winter schedule, connecting Italy and the United Arab Emirates with daily flights. “The opening of this new Rome – Dubai flight represents a further step forward in our Company’s growth – said Antonino Turicchi, President of ITA Airways – In the first four months of 2024, we recorded positive results, even beyond expectations.
We carried over 5 million passengers, a 29% increase versus last year, and generated 38% more revenue compared to the same period in 2023 thanks to the performance of the intercontinental sector, which reported revenue growth of more than 50% compared to the first four months of 2023. Our average load factor reached 78%, 3.6 percentage points higher than last year, with peaks of 82% in the intercontinental segment, a result that more than compensated for a slight reduction in average prices.
The data are also encouraging for the summer season, when we are expecting a 25% increase in carried passenger numbers compared to last year. From January to April 2024, our operations maintained a 99.9% regularity and achieved an approximately 85% on-time arrival rate within 15 minutes.
These achievements, added the President, enable us to invest in the Company’s development towards two main objectives: to establish oursel.
