UAE’s Etihad signs codeshare agreement with Italy’s ITA Airways

The UAE’s national airline, Etihad Airways, has signed a codeshare agreement with ITA Airways, the national carrier of Italy.

The new commercial partnership is designed to boost business travel and tourism between Italy and the UAE, and offer travellers better connectivity when travelling through Rome Fiumicino, Milan Malpensa and Abu Dhabi.

Available for flights from December 14, 2021, ITA Airways will apply its ‘AZ’ code on services operated by Etihad between Italy (Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa) and the UAE (Abu Dhabi).

Similarly, Etihad will codeshare AZ flights connecting Italian domestic services beyond Rome Fiumicino Airport (Genova, Bari, Brindisi, Catania, Palermo) plus regional European services (Malta).

The new codeshare flights are is already available for sale through the airlines’ respective websites.

Etihad said that the two are also working together to expand the scope of their cooperation over the coming months to offer customers even more travel options.

ITA is fully owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. The airline has been active since November 2020 and operates a fleet of 52 aircraft, including seven wide-bodies and 45 narrow-bodies aircraft.