(AGENPARL) – mar 12 novembre 2024 PRESS RELEASE
ITA Airways: new Rome Fiumicino – Tripoli flight now available for purchase
Direct flights between Italy and Libya operating from January 12, 2025
Rome, November 12, 2024 – ITA Airways, the Italian reference airline, opens today the ticket sales
for its new direct flight between Rome Fiumicino and Tripoli Mitiga. The new connections will start
operating on January 12, 2025.
The Rome -Tripoli flight will operate with two weekly frequencies, with departures every Thursday
and Sunday, according to the following schedule:
Departure from Rome Fiumicino at 9:15 a.m. (local time), arriving in Tripoli Mitiga at 12:10
p.m. (local time)
Departure from Tripoli Mitiga at 1:05 p.m. (local time), arriving in Rome Fiumicino at 2:10 p.m
(local time).
Libya represents a strategically important market for ITA Airways, which is committed to fostering
Italy’s presence in this Country, supporting the several leading Italian companies engaged locally in
significant industrial projects.
The resumption of direct flights between Rome Fiumicino and Tripoli Mitiga has been made possible
with the essential support of Italy’s Prime Minister’s Office and collaboration from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Transport, as well as civil aviation
authorities from both Italy and Libya (ENAC and the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority) with ITA Airways.
“ITA Airways has worked tirelessly, in close cooperation with the Prime Minister’s Office, the
Government, and ENAC, to establish regular connections between Italy and Libya,” said Andrea
Benassi, General Manager ITA Airways. “Libya is a highly important market, and this route will
enhance trade between our nations while supporting the many Italian businesses operating in the
North African country”.
With the opening of Tripoli, the destinations served by ITA Airways in the winter season will be 55.
Tickets for the Rome Fiumicino – Tripoli route are now available through ITA Airways’ official sales
channels, including the website at http://www.ita-airways.com, the airline’s Customer Information
Assistance Office, travel agencies, and airport ticket offices.
For press information:
Pietro Caldaroni, Chief Communication & Institutional Relations Officer
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.