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ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) has “enriched” its growing range of intercontinental routes with the relaunch of its predecessor Alitalia’s connection between Milan Malpensa to New York JFK on April 2, it said in a news release.

The route, which will initially operate 5x weekly, is ITA’s first long-haul route from Milan, and it adds to three other services to the United States that were launched in March - from Rome Fiumicino to New York JFK (14x weekly), Boston (5x weekly), and Miami Int'l (4x weekly), the ch-aviation capacities module shows.

The new route will be operated with one of the carrier’s A330-200s, of which it has seven.

ITA Airways said it plans to “continue its expansion process in the US market, the most strategic market after Italy,” aiming to reach a total of 42 frequencies per week between Italy and the US by August 2022.

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