The Italian airline Ita Airways announced this Tuesday the formal reestablishment of the direct route between the airports of Rome-Fiumicino and Caracas-Maiquetía as of March 30, 2027.
The reactivation of the intercontinental air link puts an end to more than a decade of interruption of direct flights with Italy, suspended in 2015 by the former Alitalia due to exchange disputes and debts accumulated by the administration of the then president Nicolas Maduro.
The institutional agreement was made official through the signing of a memorandum of understanding signed by the executive director of Ita Airways, Joerg Eberhart, and the Venezuelan ambassador to Italy, Maria Elena Uzzo Giannattasio.
The route will operate with three weekly frequencies – Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday -, which constitutes a strategic step in the process of commercial and diplomatic reintegration of Venezuela with the European Union after the reestablishment of bilateral dialogue with the transitional Executive.
Ita Airways —refounded by the Italian State and the Lufthansa corporate group— highlighted that the return to Caracas will strengthen the airline’s presence in the Latin American market, energizing tourist flows, commercial exchange and institutional links with the historic and large community of Italian residents in the country.
“Rome and Caracas are once again connected by a direct flight: a service that goes beyond its commercial dimension, bringing people, families and companies closer together, and renewing the historical link between Italy and Venezuela,” celebrated the CEO of Ita Airways, Joerg Eberhart.
The return of the Italian flag line adds to the process of normalization of international air traffic to Venezuela promoted after the reactivation of licenses and financing from multilateral banks.
The reopening of the transatlantic route will facilitate the operations of European corporations with investments in the Venezuelan industrial and energy sector, positioning the Simón Bolívar International Airport as a renewed nodal point on the region’s intercontinental routes.
