BRUTALLY HONEST | Economy Class on ITA AIRWAYS brand-new Airbus A350-900 from ROME to NEW YORK!

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ITA Airways, the successor of Alitalia, is taking off with plenty of shiny new planes. But did the company improve beneath the surface? We'll find out!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: ITA Airways
Aircraft: Airbus A320 / Airbus A350-900
Registration: EI-IKF / EI-IFD
Flight Time: 0h 35min / 8h 45min
Seat: 6F / 54L
From: Bologna Guglielmo Marconi
Via: Rome Fiumicino Leonardo Da Vinci
To: New York John F. Kennedy
Date: March 2023
EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
Cameras used: Canon R6 (Canon 15-35mm F2.6 and Canon 35mm F2.0), GoPro Hero 8 Black, DJI Osmo Pocket
Additional equipment used: GoPro Suction Cup, Rode VideoMic Pro+, Blue Yeti Podcast Microphone
PRICE BREAKDOWN
Total Price: EUR 356.71
Total Routing: BLQ-FCO-JFK-FCO
Booked through: ITA Airways Website
Cost includes: Economy Class Ticket without checked luggage, plus seat reservation for FCO-JFK (EUR 29.00)
Booking made: December 2022
VIDEO BREAKDOWN
00:00 - Introduction
01:21 - Bologna Airport
03:06 - Flight from Bologna to Rome
05:18 - Transiting at FCO
06:27 - Boarding
07:13 - Cabin and Seat
09:53 - Taxi and Take Off
11:39 - Lunch Service
12:54 - Inflight Entertainment and WiFi
13:44 - Inflight
14:25 - Pre-Landing Snack
15:19 - Conclusion
16:22 - Return flight from New York
17:28 - Squarespace
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@turbofanct6679 Год назад

In a plethora of kidney-priced business/first class reviews, thank you Simply Aviation for reviewing what the vast majority of people actually fly!

@magnustan841 Год назад

Economy class reviews are out there, there are plenty of them, we're not short of them at all. Where Simply Aviation shines is they do it with nice imagery and narration.

@raphaelriccardi82 Год назад

@@magnustan841 12:15

@fakeshrew 11 месяцев назад

If you know how to book them it's not that hard, get some credit card deals to rack up some miles and you can get them for free

@encryptedairwayshasooseway2315 Год назад

Italy's flag carriers always collapse because nobody flies them. Domestically, everyone uses the very efficient, fast high-speed rail. International, there are usually better airlines to fly on. Nice review!

@maxsaviation9512 Год назад

This is the exact reason why I don’t want rail coming to the us, it will destroy aviation and will not end well

@Enceladus2106 Год назад

@@maxsaviation9512 Why do you see flights getting replaced by an efficient rail system as a bad thing?

@nonamernobrainer846 Год назад

It's very interesting how different Italy is from the United States when it comes to rail versus Airline utilization. We often hear about how American Railways are underutilized because Americans prefer to travel by planes, however, in this case, it's the complete opposite for Italians.

@the.abhiram.r Год назад

@@maxsaviation9512 there's not gonna be a high speed rail from new york to san francisco, the us is 30x the size of italy. don't worry aviation in the us is not going anywhere

@marko_ys Год назад

@@maxsaviation9512 It will not destroy aviation. Sure, it may lose some market share, but domestic travel is already pretty bad as it is. Plus, most rail will most likely be intrastate and not interstate, except for the Northeast Corridor and its surrounding areas (which it already is anyways). For transcontinental trips, flights might still be done.

@jayiwa Год назад

I was a fan of Alitalia, despite most people hated it, but haven't tried ITA yet. One of the reasons is as you pointed out in the video, the price could be ridiculously expensive for what is not (yet) recognised as a premium airlines. I also noted that their Skyteam membership doesn't seem to be fully integrated in either case of being Volare member flying other member airlines or a member of other programmes flying on ITA flights.

@Lasd-gs6ez 9 месяцев назад

nothing different actually, it's the same old Alitalia, maybe they have a few newer planes for long haul

@LeanderTravels Год назад

That was an excellent video! Too many reviewers just complain. You however identify weaknesses (even those where you “benefit” e.g. the beverage service) and provide well justified recommendations.

@forreal22 Год назад

Completely agree! Simply Aviation has consistently balanced reviews, which is why I’m a loyal subscriber.

@magnustan841 Год назад

I would love Starlux Airlines to be covered soon! They stand out from other airline startups in that they are offering luxury and a premium offering for the middle class. I've seen a few economy and business reviews of them already, but I'd love to see one in Simply Aviation style.

@starlightdiamond1 Год назад

Yeah I would like to see that soon on the channel

@2222arianna Год назад

The reason why I enjoyed a lot Alitalia is because they treated every passenger really nicely and their food was really good. Plus they gave lots of snacks even in Economy, and their prices for intercontinental flights were really good. Never flew with Ita though (i am italian)

@skfmtt Год назад

Then low cost arrived. Making people think you can fly for free. Now after 15 years of low cost hammering markets and passengers brains, prices (and profits margins) go up again to more than what they were 15 years ago, but service remains wonderfully low cost.

@coyotelong4349 Год назад

@@skfmtt Not only that, but a ton of other factors too… Inflation/the global economy, COVID, fluctuations in oil prices, etc etc

@simofran6456 Год назад

Regarding the Alitalia uniforms, new ITA’s uniforms should start coming in during April. They are currently being delivered by the supplier!

@simofran6456 Год назад

Fyi the new uniforms are live starting today! :)

@lucaterracciano6608 Год назад

ITA is no abbreviation of Italia, but stands for Italia Trasporto Aereo (Italy's Air Transport), so you can pronounce it as an acronym, which is what it actually is.

@MrAronymous Год назад

Sounds like a backronym to me..

@marcolave8282 Год назад

good review all in all, but just a couple of things about the food review, Cannelloni are a typical Italian dish and they are served without tomato cause that's the original Italian recipe, and we never heat up bread because it's fresh and it doesn't need to be heated to make it crunchy. Also we don't eat crackers with cheese, but bread, salty crackers would cover up the taste. We have a lot to learn about airlines, less about food 🙂

@clambert2 Год назад

I am not too fond of that white livery on that specific aircraft but, your commentary fully explains the reason why it exists. I do love ITA's blue livery. I find it stunning!

@irisroeleven Год назад

I remember eating cannelloni at a local restaurant in Rome a few years ago but it contained spinach and ricotta and tomato sauce - That’s how the original classical dish is made if I’m right. Did you consider taking a train between Bologna and Rome? I know you guys like flying, but for such a short distance I think I definitely would consider taking one of the high speed trains, unless flying would still be the cheaper option 😅 I’ve been on the Frecciarossa once, between Milan and Venice. I know the Frecciarossa/Frecciabianca/Italo can be expensive, but these trains are actually very nice 👌🏻

@user_Andy33 Год назад

"ITA" does stand for Italy, but not in this case. In case of ITA Airways the "ITA" stands for "Italia-Trasporto-Aereo"

@howard4510 Год назад

My partner has flown Alitalia from Tokyo to Rome and twice and was able to upgrade to Business class for very reasonable price. He is still talking about it, he said it was better than Emirates. Qatar , BA, Air France Business class .

@ALPHA_153 Год назад

Maybe Lufthansa can bring some kind of consistency into the airline. I really wish them the best because Italy definitely needs a strong flag carrier

@mariacristinaciampi3069 Год назад

so they ruin it like they have done with Air Dolomiti

@Marina-vd5vm Год назад

What makes you think they would do that? LH itself is a mess and I'm not even gonna start on Eurowings or the desaster that is Eurowings Discover.

@lorenzofurnari Год назад

Then it will be a German airline and Italy will have lost its national airline. Yet another sell-out of Italian companies. Shameful and humiliating.

@Ugo98 Год назад

@@lorenzofurnari I think that the aviation market has changed a lot in the last years, and that the concept of flag carrier is overcome and outdated, and maybe not that good for a State's economy anymore, Alitalia and TAP being two of the most significant examples. So I support at least a partial privatisation to let ITA grow as it could and deserved to do. I'm not that worried about what Lufthansa would do, I think (or at least I hope so) that they could keep the Italianity of the brand as an added value that would distinguish it from other airlines. But in my opinion, to summarize, in the new aviation market, it is most of all the airline that has to make the Italian feeling its characteristic feature, not much the country to reflect itself in the flag carrier. No surprise the largest operator in Italy is Ryanair, with ITA only being in fourth place

@lorenzofurnari Год назад

@@Ugo98 Unfortunately, Italian companies are gradually being taken over by foreign companies, it is not just a matter of the national airline. Other companies are moving to tax havens, which to me are unfair competition. Literally jackals.

@giovannipagliai6063 Год назад

Waited this video for so long! Keep up the fantastic work! 👍

@hassanbadr8997 Год назад

I remember watching this live on flight aware. Great review as always

@Marcob1490 Год назад

Beautiful video, just a few considerations. Slots over LHR are not ITA Airways property, as Alitalia sold them to Etihad around 2015. ITA rented their slot until march 2023, and they eventually got rid off 'em. EIIFD is not waiting to be painted in blue, it will simply remain white with the "Born to be sustainable" livery.

@ryanfrisby7389 Год назад

Absolutely fantastic video David!😸

@oscarward414 Год назад

Great video! It’s interesting to see your perspective as a long haul flyer. I fly very regularly from Heathrow to Fiumicino, and absolutely love ITA. The complimentary drink of choice and snack makes them stand out a lot for me. As well as the fact that in comparison to the other options I have, they are consistently the cheapest. For the 2 hour flight, in my opinion they’re very worth it.

@eitanberechman2787 Год назад

ITA uses both A330s and A350s for their long-haul network. In Boston, they use A330s (inherited from Alitalia)

@alexis_ianf Год назад

Like PAL I feel ITA has a lot of potential hopefully whomever will take ownership will help them grow also hoping they consider operating smaller aircraft while also codeshare with HST for routes that don't make sense I'm especially excited for the A330-900neo entering service soon! Also sad the pizza wasn't available as a pre-arrival meal.

@kote4305 9 месяцев назад

Ahahaha it was 9am too early to have a slice of pizza but I think they should considere serve it much early

@Markhutch-hf9vm Год назад

your videos are always the best thanks for everthing you do!

@GenkisTravels Год назад

Nice flight review. I like the colors of the seats, it looks very sleek.

@jlust6660 Год назад

I'd imagine that a part of the reason why they still have complimentary service in economy on domestic routes is because they also get competition from the high speed rail in Italy, which seems to offer a higher frequency, more comfort and complimentary service for roughly the same amount of money, or non complimentary service at much cheaper fares

@samroy5967 Год назад

For such short flights they should just distribute bottled water or individual size cartons of juice to all the passengers upon boarding - to save time Just like they used to hand out packets of hand sanitizer to each passenger upon boarding

@leorabelo3209 Год назад

Tks for sharing info on your equipment

@mkkm945 Год назад

I'm surprised that Delta aren't in for this airline. They already work with Korean & Virgin (both Skyteam) and adding a Southern EU carrier would be a good idea imo.

@ezioaltairac Год назад

Pandemic budgeting rules probably apply here. Plus their stake in LATAM hasn’t been going well.

@mkkm945 Год назад

@@ezioaltairac Perhaps yes.

@lorddarlo6194 Год назад

Virgin aren't In an Alliance despite being 49% owned by Delta.

@bryant4422 5 месяцев назад

The transatlantic joint venture is already big as it is. Delta virgin Air France klm

@kunti_putra Год назад

I really appreciate the wide variety of different airlines, from different parts of the world, this channel has introduced me to. Thank You ☺☺

@BinkBricks Год назад

Simply Aviation, you guys need to come to Australia and review REX airlines, the relaunched Virgin Australia, the new airline Bonza, LINK airways, Fly Pelican and so many more I can't even think of. Definitely add Aus to the list of places to travel too.

@alfredvinciguerra532 Год назад

Royal Blue is the color of the Savoy house that united Italy in 1860. Nothing to do with soccer.

@turk223 Год назад

I adore your channel! All of your videos are close to excellent.

@17addidas Год назад

Congrats ITA ! Economy 9 across seating on the A350 . AVOID 10 across seating like Air France - where aside from the slimmest of Aisles ...the overall Eco Cabin feeling is truly Claustrophobic to say the least.... AND Yes .. some inflight Pizza please !

@eduardoruano Год назад

229 airlines? That’s insane. But it makes sense as this is the best channel for any plane-related content. ❤❤

@Lefaid Год назад

I like how you all are including the model of the seats now.

@maitreyabhattacharya Год назад

Another excellent video! This is certainly one of the best aviation-reviewing channels on youtube. When and what will we get on the next video? Also, please try ton fly Starlux on their A350 or A330neo, they are also a very new airline. Thanks for sharing good content with us.

@willstrainsplanes Год назад

Wow I’m impressed with their meal service!! Their pre landing snack?? That seems worse than what I got with TAP! I’m eager to try out ITA sometime. Very nice and informative review!!!

@aidanpeairs1967 Год назад

I just flew the Delta A330neo and loved it! Excited for that video

@aviationazzurraita1486 Год назад

Nice work david, cool video💙💙😎

@keikomizuno2104 Год назад

Hi from Tokyo.I was just looking for ITA air ticket for summer vacation.only ita has direct flight to Rome.your video helped a lot thank you.

@alessandrogreco519 Год назад

the a350 is in the "born to be sustainable" livery, a special white livery used also on every a220 owned by the airline, the plane is not painted because it helps to use less fuel and me more sustainable

@ericinzesky1077 Год назад

super interesting, as always, thanks a lot ! 🙂

@zoebells767 Год назад

WOW! The seats, service, everything is a lot better than I was expecting

@nsuresh91 Год назад

Love all the info you provide about the company! Great video! :)

@marcraharinosy6685 Год назад

Great review !! You mentioned Finnair’s pillow, but they said they will stop providing them in order to reduce costs :/

@aviationfalcon Год назад

Of course, ITA Airways is like their currently national team. A missed chance in the world cup but hopefully a bright future.

@scubajoe3321 Год назад

Hope this company finds success Italy is one of the biggest tourist destinations and imagine if it didn't have a national airline

@GazzaBins Год назад

You should fly Loganair from Edinburgh to Stornaway or Glasgow to Barra where you get to land on the beach in Barra and the beaches are so amazing to look at :)

@simofran6456 Год назад

Thank you for this review!

@AviationFin Год назад

Nice 👍 Thanks for sharing Greetings from Helsinki ❄️ Finland

@HI-YAsychterz7363 Год назад

I can relate about schiphol airport. I always have to walk all the way around the airport

@Cali-707-ica Год назад

ITA has just announced service to San Francisco for this summer. I want to grab a ticket!

@JelmersAviation Год назад

Fantastic video!

@teukuzalditeupinsiron Год назад

I miss the old Italian airline called Alitalia. She flew for decades

@schalkerleiden Год назад

That is one of the most beautiful liveries I have ever seen

@DHDAviation Год назад

Aside from the good review, I liked how David pronounced Italian words!

@adammerhi5773 Год назад

5 days ago I too was at Bologna airport to go to lebanon via istanbul

@finlands2316 Год назад

Can you do a tripreport with Bamboo airways or Vietnam Airlines your choise

@pthuong.0110 Год назад

They did a couple Vietnam Airlines trip reports. I'm looking forward to Bamboo Airways review though, especially long-haul trip between Frankfurt or Prague to HCMC

@Ugo98 Год назад

EI-IFD is painted in the "Born to be sustainable" livery, a special livery by ITA to underline/advertise the better fuel economy of some of their new planes (I think these A350-900 compare to the former Alitalia's Boeing 777-200ER). A white livery is more "coherent" in doing so since its pigment is lighter than the blue one (that therefore adds weight to the plane). I don't know if this plane will be repainted in ITA's light blue main livery, given that all ITA's new Airbus A220s wear (for the same reason) the "Born to be sustainable" livery.

@dianeschroeder3980 Год назад

My daughter is going to fly Ita next month from LAX to Rome so this review will be interesting for her to watch. Thanks for the great review David!❤✈️

@marklanders6833 Год назад

How cool. She must be there by now. I'm from there and also live in Los Angeles. Hope she's having a good time.

@dianeschroeder3980 Год назад

@@marklanders6833 she’s leaving on May 24tfor two weeks

@marklanders6833 Год назад

@@dianeschroeder3980 Very cool! She's going to love it 🤩

@dianeschroeder3980 Год назад

@@marklanders6833 she’s going on 24 May

@TheLuisSloth Год назад

You NEED to fly with arajet, you will not regret it, I hope so.

@Italycountryball2006 Год назад

This was a marvellaus video , thank you so much for making a video on ITA airways . keep it up ♥

@enderbeam8089 Год назад

YESS!

@gunvaldsandhaland7757 Год назад

I Have Not Try Out ITA AIRWAYS Yet.But Have Experience On ALITALIA.Great Trip Report

@nwadibiamark2982 Год назад

Very nice review! I'm from italy and i flew on this airline called neos air. its an italian airline and it was pretty good. you guys could try that. Keep up the good work!

@brucemcabee5042 Год назад

I will also highly recommend that you fly Air Tahiti Nui to Papeete and enjoy a few days there. Flew them last May and they were wonderful in my opinion.

@SAPPHIRE_STUDI0S Год назад

You guys should come to Australia to fly all the Aussie airlines there’s bonza, Quantas, Jetstar, Rex, alliance and a few more

@redpandaz5146 Год назад

ITA should remain a nationalized carrier, not just in order to keep a higher standard of service, but also to realistically exist at all. Alitalia collapsed in part because of major competition with Italy's high speed railways, and it seems any privatization would suffer the same fate (along with, as mentioned, lower value for cost).

@ge009 Год назад

I know you’ve already done Uzbekistan Airways on their fifth freedom SIN-KUL flight but I would love to see a review of their TAS-JFK flight on the Dreamliner.

@KeemBeckford Год назад

Love your videos !!

@os4908 Год назад

❤🇺🇸

@Glacussia Год назад

Congrats to your first sponsorship!

@matte_rasso Год назад

Nice, LIPE is my home airport!

@deckard1970 Год назад

Just a info/curiosity, the chosen Blue livery, like the one used by Italy's Football national team derives from the Savoia family color, back in time when Italy was reunited under a King 😁

@aviationazzurraita1486 Год назад

i love ita airways💙💙💙

@nicozana5656 Год назад

Next time do Air Albania PLEASE❤

@ubuntufrank 9 месяцев назад

I've just subscribed to your channel. I love your highly-professional, informative tone but laid-back style. Videos are very nicely produced, too. Thank you!

@simply_aviation 9 месяцев назад

Thank you very much, and welcome to the channel! :) We have both videos with voice-overs (red text in thumbnails), as well as a videos with just subtitles (blue text in thumbnails), so you can easily tell them apart should you prefer just one of the two styles.

@funtasticadventures6359 Год назад

The remark CL3710 is my favourite economy seat

@EsteOeste-vw7ps Год назад

I flew Alitalia Premium Eco years ago LAX-FCO it was really nice. I should have flown ITA last October from Milan after Lufthansa Cancelled my flight!!.

@Sky_ranger Год назад

Maybe you could fly Indias brand new low lost airline AkasaAir I heard they have great service!

@ilcavicchioli Год назад

One thing to keep in mind about the Marconi Express is the steep price tag. Despite being relatively new (opening in late 2020), a one-way fare from the airport to Bologna Centrale (the main train station) costs €11 for a less than 10-minute ride. It used to be cheaper when it started running, but for something so overpriced it's worth avoiding. For a service that has even broken down a few times already replacement buses have been used, but you'd still have to pay the full price. Prior to its inauguration there was a perfectly running bus service connecting the same two places and followed the same schedule: the Aerobus. Once the Marconi Express became operational it shut down. One-way fares on the Aerobus were a reasonable €6 and you could also get a discount with an open return ticket

@friendmelll1933 Год назад

Maybe fly Sunwing next? Seems like a good airline

@toscanatrains3846 Год назад

The white livery isn't due to time constraints, because the rest of the a350 fleet were painted at the same time in the blue. This is the 'born to be sustainable' special livery, which is probably due to financial constraints if anything...

@shubhamgoswami7425 11 месяцев назад

How about a trip report or a brutally honest episode on the lesser known Neos Air, also based in Italy? Would love to see what they're like.

@shizumaakiyama3129 Год назад

I’m fling to Italy this fall and tried booking a business seat with ITA but the prices is emirates first class price tag… they need to work their pricing because wow. Needless to day i decided to book a different airline.

@ntrdonatello Год назад

You should try and fly the new Australian low-cost airline, Bonza! I heard for a low-cost carrier its pretty nice.

@BinkBricks Год назад

I haven't flown it yet but I've heard great things about it. Same with REX, also a great airline.

@neilcoram3495 Год назад

Just to let you know its an Italian Football team. Great video by the way. Keep up the good work.

@rolandovlog1757 Год назад

nice content brother God bless you always..❤❤❤

@ikmarchini Год назад

I flew Alitalia sporadically over 40 years, mostly avoiding them, and it was from sublime to ridiculous. In 2021 near the end of their life I was 16 lbs overweight with bags and they didn't even look up. Staff was done. That said, anything is probably better than Alitalia. Not sure why other airlines don't enter the US-Italy route as it is a huge vacation market. United runs EWR to Naples in summer at exorbitant prices. I even wrote JetBlue about the route instead of them entering the overcrowded NYC-LON scrum. BTW, don't expect LH or AF to jump at buying ITA until they prove they have their labor under control.

@Flywithchristos Год назад

EUROWINGS DISCOVER

@T--kf6gs Год назад

Just a note: 'Azzurri' is not blue, it's sky blue. I'm not Italian myself and I don't mean to be so pedantic, but I've read they make a distinction between the two colours as we do between red and pink in English. Great video nonetheless!

@victorkazamias2960 Год назад

Do a trip report of Cyprus air, Aegean's neo fleet and SKY Express (A321neo)

@lazios Год назад

Talking about FCO: to say (only?) it has improved a lot sounds reductive, actually is one of the best European airports for years (based on ranking, the best, 5 stars Skytrax), but I understand it has relatively to do with the video about ITA (exhaustive review, congratulations). 🍺

@ajax2020. Год назад

Maybe check out royal Brunei Airlines. Very underrated.

@goldhawkroad Год назад

I used to fly Alitalia LHR-FCO several times a year but I now fly BA because ITA is more than twice the price of Alitalia.

@harrietb3722 Год назад

Would anyone know how strict ITA airways is with carry one size? Its been hard to find a bag with those exact measurements

@clems33fr Год назад

Air france new 777 cabin in economy will be cool !

@patrickyorke3028 11 месяцев назад

Flew Economy to New York from Roma on this flight in June, I reckon the food was disastrous, the worst I've ever had on a long haul. Despite that, the price of the flights were really good, the staff wonderful, so I will definitely fly ITA next year to New York.

@ijoseluis Год назад

I liked your insight. Hope you fly and give an insight of long haul TAP flights.

@lindadepascale8290 Год назад

Great review. Loved your Italian accent!😊

@melodramatic7904 Год назад

I recently flew ITA airways roundtrip to JFK twice (personal reasons). The first time we flew on this plane (Nov 2022/Jan2023). The second time we flew on an A330 (Jan 2023). The A330 was awful. The landing snack of a sandwich with prosciutto cotto and mayonaise is actually very Italian. I'm raising my kids here and it's a pretty common snack (in fact, my son requested it this morning to pack as his mid-morning snack for school). You can also find them in any convenience store as a premade sandwich, though admittedly they're usually on full-sized sandwich bread and not a tiny roll. Anyway, from what you showed me, it seemed more like those other airlines were serving what other people's IDEA of Italian food while ITA served something more authentic (though it still could have been better). As I said earlier the trip on the A330 was awful and it was a shame because I had splurged on economy plus so I had extra leg room, better food, better service, and the second option for wifi you mentioned but for free. The issue was the plane itself which was old and almost literally falling apart. I hope they took that plane out of service for good. Edit to add that I wasn't asked to fill out anything related to COVID either time, but my husband (Italian) was asked to show proof of vaccination.