On its fifth birthday—15 October 2026—ITA Airways presented an expanded winter 2026/27 timetable at the TTG Travel Experience in Rimini. The flag carrier will serve 55 destinations this season, including 18 long-haul routes. Headlines include a brand-new weekly flight from Rome Fiumicino to Santo Domingo starting 30 November with a second frequency added from mid-December through Easter. CEO Joerg Eberhart highlighted network synergies since the airline joined Star Alliance and deepened codeshares with Lufthansa Group carriers, giving passengers access to over 150 additional destinations. ITA also confirmed extra capacity to Mauritius and Maldives over the holiday period and a dense 21-weekly shuttle between Rome and Verona from March 2027 to support Northern Italian exporters. For corporate mobility planners the news means more non-stop options to the Caribbean—an emerging meetings-and-incentive market—and better intercontinental connectivity via Rome hub. The Airbus A330-900neo operating the Santo Domingo flight offers full-flat business class and fast Ku-band Wi-Fi, useful for in-flight productivity on the 10-hour sector. ITA’s announcement coincides with ongoing EU competition scrutiny of the Lufthansa minority investment, but executives insist fleet growth to 109 aircraft (75 % new-generation types) will proceed regardless. Companies with high trans-Atlantic travel volumes may wish to revisit corporate-deal negotiations as ITA leverages alliance membership for joint-contract pricing.
Source: PrimaPaginaNews ADI
