(AGENPARL) – ven 02 settembre 2022 PRESS RELEASE
The Pope flies to Kazakistan with ITA Airways
next 13 September at 7:15 am with departure from Rome Fiumicino
on a plane with the new blue livery
Rome, 2 September 2022 – The Supreme Pontiff will travel with ITA Airways for his next papal flight on September 13 at 7:15 am from Rome Fiumicino to Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (Kazakistan). The flight will be operated on an Airbus A330 with the new blue livery and for the second time the Holy Father will depart from Terminal 5 of Rome Fiumicino’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport. The landing is scheduled for 5:45 pm local time.
Fabio Maria Lazzerini, ITA Airways CEO, and Emiliana Limosani, ITA Airways Chief Commercial Officer, will be greeting the Holy Father at Fiumicino Airport. A crew of 12 people made up of 3 pilots and 9 flight attendants will accompany the Sovereign of the State of Vatican City on his journey. Commander Massimiliano Marselli, with 18.000 hours of flight experience, will be the supervisor of on-board activities.
Additionally, the papal delegation and the representatives of the Italian and International press will travel together with Pope Francis. Furthermore, ITA Airways’ team dedicated to special flights will be on board.
To accompany the Supreme Pontiff in his trip is for ITA Airways an honor and a demonstration of the recognition of the Company’s values which places sustainability at the center of its strategy, as the Holy Father constantly recalls in his testimonies.
For press information:
Davide D’Amico
Head of Corporate Communications ITA Airways
About ITA Airways
ITA Airways is a company totally owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance for the exercise of business in the air transport sector. ITA Airways aims at creating an efficient and innovative air carrier that will become a reference point in providing Italy with quality connectivity both in terms of international destinations, thus boosting tourism and foreign trade, and within the Country, also taking advantage of the train-air integrated mobility. ITA Airways will place the best customer service at the center of its strategy (through a strong digitization of processes that ensure a best-in-class experience and personalized services), combined with sustainability, in its environmental (new green and technologically advanced aircraft, use of sustainable fuels), social (equality and inclusion for a gender-neutral company) and governance (integration of sustainability into internal strategies and processes) aspects. ITA Airways is a member of SkyTeam alliance as of October 2021.