ITA Airways launched its nonstop service between San Francisco and Rome. The inaugural flight, AZ 641 connecting the two cities departed from July 1 from San Francisco International airport and was operated with an Airbus A350, ITA Airways’ flagship aircraft.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the departure gate in San Francisco, in the presence of Emiliana Limosani, Chief Commercial Officer ITA Airways and CEO Volare, Pierfrancesco Carino, Vice President International Sales ITA Airways, Massimo Allegri, Regional Manager Americas ITA Airways, Kevin Bumen, Chief Financial and Commercial Officer San Francisco International Airport, Sergio Strozzi, Consul General of Italy in San Francisco.
“The new connection to San Francisco further enriches the intercontinental network of ITA Airways, which is one of the Company’s main assets”, said Emiliana Limosani, Chief Commercial Officer of ITA Airways and CEO Volare.
With the launch of this new destination, the second in California and the sixth in North America, we consolidate the Company’s expansion towards the U.S. market, which the first international market for ITA Airways. The multiple services from Rome Fiumicino hub connecting to New York, Boston, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles, and the newly opened San Francisco will allow us to be the reference carrier from the United States to Italy and via Rome to Europe and the Mediterranean for the Italian community, the international business communities in North America as well as the major communities in the Mediterranean region”.
ITA Airways Launches San Francisco – Rome Non-stop Flight
