(AGENPARL) – Wed 08 October 2025 PRESS RELEASE
ITA Airways at the TTG Travel Experience – International Tourism Fair in Rimini
Winter 2025/2026: 53 destinations, including 16 domestic, 21 international, and 16 intercontinental
Expansion of long-haul network with new direct flight Rome – Mauritius
12.6 million passengers carried in the first nine months of the year, with an average load factor of
83.4%
Rimini, October 8, 2025 – Today at the TTG Travel Experience – International Tourism Fair in Rimini, ITA
Airways executives, Chairman Sandro Pappalardo and CEO and General Manager Joerg Eberhart,
presented to the press and industry stakeholders the news for the Winter 2025/2026 season and the results
achieved in the first nine months of the year.
In the Winter 2025/2026 season, ITA Airways will fly to 53 destinations, including 16 domestic, 21
international, and 16 intercontinental routes. A highlight is the launch of the new direct Rome Fiumicino –
Mauritius flight on November 7, 2025. The flight will be operated with ITA Airways’ Airbus A330neo with
two weekly frequencies, departing from the Company’s Rome Fiumicino hub on Fridays and Sundays.
These will be overnight flights, providing great convenience both outbound and inbound.
The direct flight between Rome Fiumicino and Malé (Maldives) will resume on December 19, 2025,
operating daily until January 6. Following that period, the service will shift to three frequencies per week,
except in February, when it will increase to four weekly frequencies. Additionally, the route will also
operate during the Easter holidays next year.
Flights to Bangkok will be increased from five to seven weekly frequencies starting December 8, and
flights to Buenos Aires will grow from nine to ten weekly frequencies from December 16 to January 9.
In the first nine months of 2025, ITA Airways carried 12.6 million passengers, including 2 million on longhaul flights, with an average load factor of 83.4% (+2.5 percentage points compared to last year).
Passenger revenues amounted to €2.17 billion (+4% compared to 2024).
“I am proud to participate for the first time at TTG Travel Experience as Chairman of ITA Airways,” said
Sandro Pappalardo, President of ITA Airways. “Our Company is an integral part of Italian tourism and
Made in Italy — values we promote worldwide with excellence, innovation, and a strong customer focus.
This event represents a valuable opportunity for us to strengthen strategic partnerships and foster new
synergies to support both the national and international tourism sector.”
“These first nine months leading ITA Airways have been an exciting challenge that we face with
determination and strong team spirit,” stated Joerg Eberhart, CEO and General Manager of ITA Airways.
“The results achieved so far are encouraging, and the fact that 12.6 million passengers have chosen ITA
Airways for their travels confirms the trust of our customers and the strength of our strategy. I am particularly
pleased to share these results here at TTG with our trade partners, whose continued confidence has been
invaluable. Looking ahead, we remain focused on further improvements to deliver excellent service to our
passengers. This is essential for reaching breakeven by the end of 2025 and embarking on a new phase of
growth and investment from 2026 onward, further reinforcing ITA Airways’ position in the global market,
supported by growing synergies with the Lufthansa Group.”
ITA Airways continues its integration journey with the Lufthansa Group. During the first nine months of the
year, several synergies have been implemented. Last summer marked the launch of codeshare agreements
with five Group airlines: Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Air Dolomiti, offering
passengers over 150 new connections and improved connectivity to both European and non-European
destinations.
Additionally, since February, a partnership between Volare, ITA Airways’ loyalty program, and Lufthansa
Group’s Miles & More has been active. This collaboration allows Volare members to earn and redeem
points on flights operated by Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines, while Miles & More
members can earn and redeem points on ITA Airways flights.
Furthermore, ITA Airways passengers have access to over 130 lounges worldwide, and passengers of
Lufthansa Group carriers can use ITA Airways lounges in accordance with the airlines’ access policies.
Ground and flight operations are now under the same roof at Lufthansa Group terminals in Frankfurt,
Munich, and Hamburg airports. Flight schedules and frequencies between Lufthansa Group and ITA
Airways hubs (Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate) have been optimized to offer passengers a wider range of
options and shorter connection times.
For press information:
Pietro Caldaroni, Chief Communication Officer
About ITA Airways
ITA Airways is the Italian reference carrier. The Company is 59% owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and 41% by Deut sche Lufthansa
AG. ITA Airways operates both passenger and cargo air transport services, providing Italy with high-quality connectivity to international destinations,
supporting tourism and foreign trade, as well as domestic connectivity within the Country, also leveraging integrated mobility.
Through strong digitization of processes to ensure the best possible experience and personalized services, ITA Airways places customer service at
the core of its strategy. This is combined with a commitment to sustainability, which encompasses environmental aspects (such as a young,
technologically advanced fleet to reduce environmental impact), social aspects (a strong focus on its employees and the communities in which it
operates), and governance aspects (integrating sustainability into internal strategies and processes).