Beginning this Sunday, it’s going to be simpler to fly between Mexico and Italy due to a brand new codeshare settlement between Aeroméxico and ITA Airways.
The deal signed Thursday will enable Aeroméxico passengers flying from Mexico Metropolis Worldwide Airport (AICM) to Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (FCO) to attach with a single ticket to fifteen different Italian locations, resembling Milan, Genoa, Florence, Naples and Turin.
Equally, these flying to Mexico Metropolis on ITA Airways could have entry to twenty-eight locations in Mexico served by Aeroméxico.
One of many largest pluses: your baggage will probably be checked straight via out of your level of origin to your vacation spot.
Moreover, each nation’s flagship airways will enable frequent flyers to accrue and redeem factors with both airline. That is along with advantages they already get as SkyTeam or Elite/Elite Plus members.
Notably, members of Aeroméxico Rewards who’ve Platinum or Titanium standing will have the ability to use ITA Airways lounges in Italy, test an extra bag without spending a dime and get precedence boarding.
The identical will maintain true for Premium- and Government-level members of Volare, the ITA Airways loyalty program.
Aeroméxico mentioned it would proceed utilizing the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for its nonstop Mexico Metropolis/Rome route. ITA’s fleet includes 83 Airbus airplanes.
Aeroméxico, which has established 36 codeshare agreements over the previous two years, just lately introduced it will be resuming flights to South Korea on Aug. 1 and that’s increasing its service out of Mexico Metropolis’s second airport Felipe Ángeles Worldwide (AIFA).
General, the growth of Mexican airline routes is on the upswing, particularly since the USA’ Federal Aviation Administration reinstated Mexico’s Class 1 aviation security ranking final September after it had been downgraded to Class 2 for greater than two years.
A latest report by Mabriana journey and tourism knowledge intelligence firm, confirmed that Mexico is No. 1 in worldwide air connectivity amongst Latin American nations – by a big margin.
With experiences from Reform, American Journal of Transportation and Europa Press
