The first plane of Italia Trasporto Aereo to start operations is âIl Tintorettoâ, the Airbus A330 of over 9 years provisionally borrowed from Alitalia to be utilized in take a look at flights to get hold of certifications from the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC). To verify this are the pictures offered to the Corriere della Sera and brought at Rome Fiumicino airport.
It is among the two plane: the opposite, additionally by Alitalia, is an Airbus A320 used for brief and medium flights. Test flights are anticipated to be carried out subsequent week, most likely on Monday 16 August.
The A330 with the livery of Alitalia bears on the left aspect, the place there may be the entrance tailgate used for embarking and disembarking passengers, a sticker with the ITA brand and the inscription instantly above âoperated byâ.
In the start-up section, the newco will primarily use 52 plane which can be a part of Alitaliaâs fleet. At the tip of 2022, the marketing strategy plans to start renewing the machines by introducing new era plane that may additionally devour and pollute much less.
According to the preliminary agreements with the European Commission, ITA should purchase the aviation department of Alitalia, together with plane, by direct negotiation. But the mark â which is seen on plane â may have to be offered via a public tender, open to all and clear.
The final official flight, in accordance to the specialised web site Flightradar24, dates again to August 4th: the A330 took off from Rome Fiumicino after which returned to the identical airport after 28 minutes. From the paperwork consulted by the Corriere, it emerges that the plane â âbrandedâ EI-EJN â is the one Airbus A330 owned by Alitalia that obtained it in May 2012 immediately from the producer.
In reality, the indication âEIâ reveals that it’s an plane registered in Ireland. And in reality, it’s technically owned by A.P.C. Aircraft Purchase Company Ltd., one in all Alitaliaâs Irish firms that, nevertheless, has a bumpy historical past with different overseas firms, which ought to push ITA to take different Alitalia plane for the primary passenger flights.
According to the assessments of the specialists consulted by the Courier, an plane of that sort ten years previous on the finish of July had a present market worth of 18 million {dollars}, a web lower of 53% in contrast to 38.6 million {dollars} in January 2020, earlier than the coronavirus. ITA, nevertheless, intends to lease planes from Alitalia first and â when it renews the fleet â from leasing firms then: in accordance to specialists available on the market the month-to-month lease of a ten-year Airbus A330 is round 200 thousand {dollars}.
