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The primary ITA Airways flight from Rome Fiumicino arrived yesterday at Kotoka Worldwide Airport in Accra, Ghana. The plane, an Airbus A321neo, was greeted with a water arch salute.
The inaugural ITA Airways flight from Accra Airport to Rome Fiumicino took off at 11:45 p.m. native time.
To mark the launch of this new intercontinental route, ITA Airways’ first vacation spot in sub-Saharan Africa, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at arrival gate C8 in Terminal 3 of Accra Airport. The ceremony was attended by Yvonne Nana Afriyie Opare, Managing Director of Ghana Airports Firm Restricted; Daniela d’Orlandi, Ambassador of Italy to Ghana and Togo; Merene Benyah, Ambassador of Ghana to Italy; Rev Stephen Wilfred Arthur, Director of Enterprise Improvement and Financial Laws on the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA); Pierfrancesco Carino, Vice President of Worldwide Gross sales at ITA Airways; and Benedetto Mencaroni, Regional Supervisor for Asia, Center East, and Africa at ITA Airways.
“We are proud to inaugurate the new direct flight between Accra and Rome,” stated Emiliana Limosani, Chief Industrial Officer of ITA Airways and CEO of Volare. “The launch of this new flight, the only direct connection between Ghana and Italy, represents a significant step forward for the Company: it is the first new flight to the African continent, a market with a great potential, of the current Summer season and will enable ITA Airways not only to gain a strategic entry for point-to-point traffic but also to reach other destinations within both Countries, thereby combining leisure and business travel.”
Reacting to the information, Yvonne Nana Afriyie Opare, Managing Director of Ghana Airports Firm Restricted on behalf of the Board, Administration and Workers, expressed pleasure in regards to the new airline whose entry provides to the varied portfolio of airways arriving and departing from Kotoka Worldwide Airport. “We stay up for ITA Airways’ inaugural flight on June 6, 2024, simply in time for the summer time peak journey season’’, she stated. She additional assured of GACL’s readiness to facilitate operations and processes in working collaboratively with all businesses on the airport along with ITA Airways to offer passengers a easy journey expertise
by Kotoka Worldwide Airport.
Daniela d’Orlandi, Ambassador of Italy to Ghana, welcomed: “The start of ITA Airways’ direct connections between Accra and Rome will further strengthen the already excellent collaborative relationship between Italy and Ghana in all areas and will bring our peoples even closer”.
Merene Benyah, Ambassador of Ghana to Italy stated: “This renewed direct flight service by ITA Airways is indeed a measure of the growing business and commercial interests between Ghana and Italy; and will no doubt enhance trade, investment, tourism, and cultural links between the two Countries. Ghana has often
been described as the gateway to Africa due to its strategic geographic location, democratic credentials, conducive business environment, healthy respect for the rule of law, and the proverbial warm hospitality of its people. The decision of ITA Airways to re-commence services between the two Countries is a testament to this”.
The Accra–Rome route, the one direct connection between Ghana and Italy, marks the Firm’s preliminary transfer to ascertain a stronger presence in West Africa, a vital hub for each leisure and company vacationers. Following the launch of the Accra route, a brand new flight from Rome Fiumicino to Dakar is ready to start in July.
The schedule for the brand new route is as follows:
- Accra to Rome: three weekly flights, rising to 4 in July. Departure from Kotoka Worldwide Airport is at 11:45 p.m. (native time), arriving at Rome Fiumicino at 7:35 a.m. the next morning (native time).
- Rome to Accra: three weekly flights, rising to 4 in July. Departure from Rome Fiumicino is at 3:30 p.m. (native time), arriving in Ghana at 7:15 p.m. (native time).
Flights on the Accra route might be operated utilizing the brand new Airbus A321neo, a state-of-the-art plane within the Airbus A320neo household. The A321neo, recognized for its effectivity and quiet efficiency, gives 20% decrease gasoline consumption and CO2 emissions per seat. It’s the first narrow-body plane with three separate cabins: Enterprise Class (12 seats), Premium Economic system (12 seats), and Economic system (141 seats, together with 12 Consolation Economic system seats). The cabin interiors, designed by Walter de Silva, embody Italian magnificence and elegance.
The A321neo options the Airspace Cabin with new colours and supplies, the newest technology of seats, personalized ITA Airways inside lighting, and XL overhead bins. Every seat is provided with a sophisticated leisure system, together with “on-demand” video and audio, and touchscreens with 17.3” (Enterprise), 15.6” (Premium Economic system), and 13.3” (Economic system) low reflectivity and 4K decision for an intuitive person expertise.
With this new route, ITA Airways will function 57 locations in the course of the present summer time season, together with 16 home, 26 worldwide, and 15 intercontinental locations. Moreover, in the course of the peak summer time interval, the airline will supply flights to 12 further seasonal locations, widespread Mediterranean vacationer spots comparable to Greece, Spain, Croatia, and the Italian islands, with direct flights from Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate.
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