1st flight for 1st ITA Airways A330neo

A happy moment for ITA Airways on 27 April 2023 as its first Airbus A330neo took to the skies for the very first time. The aircraft, A330-900 F-WWYO (2035) conducted a 3:45 hour testflight from Toulouse. Delivery is expected in June and the aircraft will become EI-HJN.

The aircraft is the first of seventeen A330-900s the airline has acquired. Ten of these have been ordered directly with Airbus, the remaining seven are leased from AerCap (two) and Air Lease Corporation (five). ITA Airways will use the new A330s to replace its current fleet of eight A330-200s. The first destinations it will fly it to from Rome-Fiumicino will be Delhi, Miami (FL), New York-JFK (NY), and São Paulo.

Next to the A330s, ITA Airways growing fleet consists of four A220-300s, eighteen A319s, 27 A320s, five A320neos, and six A350-900s.

Photo by dn280 via Twitter.