(AGENPARL) – ven 28 aprile 2023 PRESS RELEASE
ITA Airways flies to the Maldives: on sale the direct connection Rome Fiumicino – Malé
Flight operated from 16 December 2023 to 25 March 2024
Rome, 28 April 2023 – ITA Airways confirms its focus on the intercontinental network and renews the possibility of flying from Rome to the Maldives after the success in the 2022-23 winter season.
As of today, on all ITA Airways sales channels it will be possible to purchase tickets for the direct flight Rome Fiumicino – Malè, the capital of the Maldives. The connection will be operated from 16 December 2023 until 25 March 2024, as last return date. During the 2023-24 winter season, there will be 2 weekly frequencies connecting Rome with Malè, with departure from Rome Fiumicino airport at 10:10 p.m. and arrival at Velana – Malè International Airport at 11:25 a.m., local time. The return flight from Velana – Malè is scheduled at 1:25 p.m. local time with landing in Rome Fiumicino at 7:45 p.m.
Thanks to ITA Airways’ extensive network, passengers will be travelling to the Maldives not only from Italy but from all over Europe via the Company’s convenient connections from Rome Fiumicino to the main European airports.
ITA Airways is thus strengthening its presence in South-East Asia and responding to the increasingly strong customers’ demand for one of the most sought-after destinations in world tourism – the Maldives.
With the Rome Fiumicino – Malé flight, ITA Airways’ intercontinental network grows to 12 destinations.
Malé joins the Company’s long-haul offer, which currently includes 11 destinations already operated by ITA Airways with direct flights to New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Miami, Washington, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Tokyo and New Delhi.
All the new ITA Airways flights can be purchased on ita-airways.com, or through the company’s call center, travel agencies and airport ticket offices.
For press information:
Nicolò Mardegan – Head of Communication and Institutional Relations
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.