ITA Airways operates new nonstop flight to Senegal

DAKAR / ROME – The first ITA Airways flight from Rome Fiumicino AZ854 landed on July 3rd at Dakar-Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, at 6:55 pm (local time). The aircraft, an Airbus A321neo, was welcomed with a water arch salute. The inaugural ITA Airways flight from Dakar Airport to Rome Fiumicino AZ855 departed at 11:40 p.m. (local time).

To celebrate the launch of this new intercontinental route, the company’s second destination in sub-Saharan Africa, an increasingly strategic market for the Italian carrier...