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

[@encryptedairwayshasooseway2315]

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]

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]

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

[@nonamernobrainer846]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@turbofanct6679]

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]

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]

@@magnustan841 12:15

[@fakeshrew]

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

[@jayiwa]

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]

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

[@dodaz5604]

Nobody hated Alitalia.

[@simofran6456]

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

[@simofran6456]

Fyi the new uniforms are live starting today! :)

[@2222arianna]

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]

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]

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

[@dodaz5604]

Esatto, sono d'accordo. Anche ITA è ottima !

[@dodaz5604]

@@skfmtt Yeah, and it's shameful. Una vergogna ste low cost !

[@dodaz5604]

@@coyotelong4349 True, verissimo.

[@magnustan841]

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.

[@mysticstarlight1]

Yeah I would like to see that soon on the channel

[@LeanderTravels]

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]

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

[@clambert2]

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!

[@lucaterracciano6608]

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]

Sounds like a backronym to me..

[@dodaz5604]

@@MrAronymous its not tho.

[@dodaz5604]

Eh infatti, non significa "Italia".

[@irisroeleven]

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 👌🏻

[@alfredvinciguerra532]

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

[@marcolave8282]

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 🙂

[@dodaz5604]

Ahah ma infatti diglieloooo, questi stranieri vogliono insegnarci pure come si mangia, ma vadano tutti a fanculo !! E comunque le nostre compagnie aeree sono le migliori.

[@howard4510]

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]

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]

so they ruin it like they have done with Air Dolomiti

[@Marina-vd5vm]

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]

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]

​​​@@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]

@@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.

[@jlust6660]

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]

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

[@Marcob1490]

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.

[@Cali-707-ica]

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

[@mkkm945]

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]

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

[@mkkm945]

@@ezioaltairac Perhaps yes.

[@lorddarlo6194]

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

[@bryant4422]

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

[@dennis12dec]

ITA Airways is joining the Star Alliance as it recently became part of the Lufthansa Group. In November they'll fly to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi the first Southeast Asian city to be served by the Italian flag carrier hopefully soon to Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hanoi.

[@aleGRC99]

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

[@ilcavicchioli]

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

[@17addidas]

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 !

[@Ugo98]

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.

[@eitanberechman2787]

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

[@aviationfalcon]

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

[@shizumaakiyama3129]

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.

[@bloxoss]

Imagine your job being to drive a Lamborghini around an airport tarmac and getting to see many different planes up close. The dream 😮

[@redpandaz5146]

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).

[@aviationazzurraita1486]

Nice work david, cool video💙💙😎

[@DHDAviation]

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

[@scubajoe3321]

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

[@keikomizuno2104]

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.

[@harrietb3722]

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

[@aidanpeairs1967]

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

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Absolutely fantastic video David!😸

[@BinkBricks]

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.

[@eduardoruano]

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

[@giacintolauretani9621]

Fantastica grande compagnia italiana vi seguo dal Canada 🇨🇦

[@cashewsinc.5647]

Fly AnadoluJet in Turkey, they are a domestic airliner within the country..

[@gunvaldsandhaland7757]

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

[@marcraharinosy6685]

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

[@hassanbadr8997]

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

[@ikmarchini]

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.

[@CerrúMuyFeo]

aspettavo questo video da secoli ormai

[@GenkisTravels]

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

[@alexis_ian]

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]

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

[@adammerhi5773]

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

[@leorabelo3209]

Tks for sharing info on your equipment

[@teukuzalditeupinsiron]

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

[@aviationazzurraita1486]

i love ita airways💙💙💙

[@deckard1970]

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 😁

[@schalkerleiden]

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

[@neilcoram3495]

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

[@dianeschroeder3980]

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]

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]

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

[@marklanders6833]

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

[@dianeschroeder3980]

@@marklanders6833 she’s going on 24 May

[@egg-h4b]

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

[@finlands2316]

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

[@pthuong.0110]

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

[@turk223]

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

[@TheLuisSloth]

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

[@T--kf6gs]

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!

[@toscanatrains]

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...

[@AviationFin]

Nice 👍 Thanks for sharing Greetings from Helsinki ❄️ Finland

[@duaneowens7777]

Great video. How was the seat comfort and customer service? Did they offer to check in carry ons for free

[@ZebraMan74]

Would love to fly ITA, sadly it doesn't go to my local airport but it does serve the city's best airport

[@SAPPHIRE_STUDI0S]

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

[@FrancescoSignorini11]

Which tablet is the best in economy class a350? This or Lufthansa?

[@GazzaBins]

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 :)

[@swooloo4991]

I will have a bulkhead seat (30J and 30K) in June 2024. Will I have a TV screen to watch? The seat looks so thin/minimalist that I don't see where they would hide it in the seat arm rest.

[@PamelaPortoFigueroa]

Hi, do I need to choose the meal after? Cause when I bought the flight it said the I need to choose the meal 24 hours before.

[@simply_aviation]

That only applies to special meals for people with dietary restrictions. The usual meal choice is given on board during the flight.

[@zoebells767]

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

[@Lefaid]

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

[@kaydimarco2802]

Did you have to pay extra to go into the ITA lounge room in Rome?

[@Sky_ranger]

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

[@apertureemployee215]

Man their livery is really pretty with that metallic blue

[@maitreyabhattacharya]

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.

[@Italycountryball2006]

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

[@funtasticadventures6359]

The remark CL3710 is my favourite economy seat

[@melodramatic7904]

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.

[@pesawatindonesia]

superb mister 😍

[@Markhutch-hf9vm]

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

[@ubuntufrank]

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]

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.

[@satoshi3946]

i would make illigal any flight that can be operated by our world top high speed train system, just as France did. That way you're sure they'll not be losing money on routes like Bologna-Rome AND they would be helping in saving the planet

[@marklanders6833]

Agree.

[@eraldo.faggiano]

Thank you 😍 we hope to improve 💙🇮🇹

[@sup1sup1]

You had to fill the documents because if you want to fly from Italy to the USA, you need the covid-19 vaccination. They recently took off this obbligation, but in March was still in effect

[@nicozana5656]

Next time do Air Albania PLEASE❤

[@Eli-k5m6q]

Maybe check out royal Brunei Airlines. Very underrated.

[@YTV537]

How long did you have to transfer to between flights in Rome? Was it easy enough?

[@nitishfatarpekar7730]

Can the first couple of rows in economy be booked for free with Sky team Elite plus ?

[@matte_rasso]

Nice, LIPE is my home airport!

[@Realmrfred]

You’ve gotta wait the A330neo to see the real Ita Airways cabins . The Neos are directly commissioned by Ita and will have 3 classes

[@toddpeterson5904]

I recently flew on ITA for the first time between TLV-FCO. The flight was inexpensive. The A330 was a bit old and worn. Service was average. I hoped for more, but had heard a lot of complaints. I wouldn't seek out an ITA flight in the future, but for the right price it's perfectly fine.

[@lazios]

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). 🍺

[@NicolaCaldo]

Flown from MXP to JFK and I have to say, Alitalia, with the exacct same aircraft offered a better service overall

[@JelmersAviation]

Fantastic video!

[@shubhamgoswami7425]

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.

[@paulsz6194]

That main meal of Canneloni looked like something you would buy from the frozen food sectional your supermarket, bottom shelf! Can’t beleive that Canneloni didn’t even have spinach in with the Ricotta Cheese, and I agree, the tomato sauce instead of Bechamél sauce would have been perfect, and added more flavour, to that rather bland looking main meal. After all, Italy is for its Tomatoes. 🍅 By the way, Qantas airways will be flying direct from Rome to Perth over the Summer, perhaps try this Airline & Route?

[@friendmelll1933]

Maybe fly Sunwing next? Seems like a good airline

[@olgerjovani8653]

I love Ita I was big fun of Alitalia Best pilots !

[@alexandujar3991]

Question for the travel experts. I'm planning to do a round trip with ITA from LAX to Rome, but I'm going to start the Italy trip in Venice, so going to do one-way from Rome to Venice on my first day. Also through ITA. Does anyone know if ITA will work with me to connect my Rome flight to the Venice flight so I can just go to the different gate and my luggage automatically transferred or will I need to go through customs in Rome, exit, get my luggage, and check in to the Venice flight as if it's a brand new flight itinerary?

[@Glacussia]

Congrats to your first sponsorship!

[@ge009]

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.