ITA Airways Opens Sales for New Nonstop Rome – Dakar Flight

Airbus A321neo. Photo source: ITA Airways.

ITA Airways, the Italian national carrier, recently opened sales for the new nonstop Rome – Dakar connection that will start from July 3.

The opening of the new Rome – Dakar connection represents the second new flight to the African continent taking off in summer 2024.

The new flight will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays according to the following schedule:

• Rome – Dakar with four weekly frequencies: from July to October, the timetable includes departure from Rome Fiumicino at 3:30 p.m. (local time) and arrival in Senegal at 7:30 p.m. (local time). Starting October 27th, departure from Fiumicino will be at 3 pm (local time) and arrival in Dakar at 8:10 pm (local time).
• Dakar – Rome with four weekly frequencies: from July to October, departure from Dakar Blaise Diagne airport is scheduled at 11:40 pm (local time), with arrival in Rome Fiumicino the following morning at 7:20 am (local time). Starting October 27th, departure will be at 11:50 pm (local time), with arrival in Rome at 6:25 am.

Entrance to ITA Airways lounge at Rome Fiumicino Airport. Photo source: Aeroporti di Roma

The new nonstop flight will allow ITA Airways to obtain not only a strategic entry for point-to-point traffic, but also to reach other destinations within both countries, thus combining leisure and business travel.

The flights will be operated with the new generation and technologically advanced Airbus A321neo.

The largest in the Airbus A320neo family, the aircraft boasts more than 20 percent lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions per seat and enables a 50 percent reduction in noise impact compared to previous generation aircraft.

With the new Rome – Dakar connection opening in the 2024 summer season, ITA Airways will operate 57 destinations, including 16 domestic, 26 international and 15 intercontinental.

In addition, in the summer peak, the company will fly to 10 additional seasonal tourism destinations, including Rhodes, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Menorca, Heraklion, Corfu, Lampedusa, Pantelleria, Split and Kefalonia (the two latter only from Rome Fiumicino).