ITA Airways, Italy’s flagship carrier, has announced an expansion of its nonstop flight offerings between Tokyo Haneda and Rome Fiumicino in response to surging customer demand. The airline will introduce two additional frequencies, bringing the total weekly flights between Japan and Italy to seven.
The decision to increase the number of flights to the Japanese capital follows the outstanding performance recorded in 2023 in terms of load factor on the Tokyo Haneda-Rome Fiumicino route, which was launched at the end of 2022. With these added frequencies, ITA Airways aims to provide travellers with enhanced accessibility to Japan, catering to both business and leisure traffic.
The schedule for the Tokyo Haneda – Rome Fiumicino route, during the upcoming Summer season, includes daily departure from Tokyo at 12:25 am (local time) and arrival in Rome Fiumicino at 8.10 pm (local time). Return from Rome Fiumicino is scheduled at 2:55 pm (local time) with landing in Tokyo at 10.25 am (local time) on the following day
ITA Airways’ expansion into long- and medium-haul continues in the current year. North America, Africa and the Middle East are the markets where ITA Airways will inaugurate direct flights from its Rome Fiumicino hub. In detail, a new direct flight from Rome Fiumicino to Chicago will be launched in April as well as direct connections to Toronto and Riyadh in May. In June, it will be the turn of nonstop flights to Accra and Kuwait City, in July of the one to Dakar and in August to Jeddah.
In total, in the Summer 2024, ITA Airways will operate 57 destinations, including 16 domestic, 26 international and 15 intercontinental. In addition, during the summer peak, ITA Airways will add 10 seasonal connections, selected among the most popular Mediterranean tourism destinations, including Greece, Spain, Croatia, and the Italian islands, reachable through nonstop flights from Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate. These are Rhodes, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Menorca, Heraklion, Corfu, Lampedusa, Pantelleria, as well as Split and Kefalonia operated only from Rome Fiumicino.
The new intercontinental destinations in Summer 2024 add to the direct long-haul flights already operated to New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Washington, San Francisco, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Tokyo and New Delhi.
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