ITA selects Airbus for fleet renewal

The successor of Alitalia, ITA -Italia Trasporto Aereo, has announced it has selected Airbus for its fleet renewal. The renewal takes place in two phases and for the first one it has ordered 28 aircraft directly with Airbus consisting of seven A220s, eleven A320neo-family aircraft and ten A330-900s. With Air Lease Corporation it signed a lease-agreement for 31 aircraft consisting of 15 A220s, two A320neos and nine A321neos. According to the lessor, they will deliver the aircraft between the second half of 2022 and early 2025 and all are aircraft ALC already has on order with Airbus.

For its second phase, the airline is discussion with ALC to lease 25 additional aircraft. This lease-deal involves 25 aircraft, consisting of eight widebodies (including the A350-900) and seventeen narrowbody aircraft.

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