ITA Airways’ new Airbus A350-900 named Enzo Ferrari will join the Frecce Tricolori in a flyover of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, September 11, 2022. This is the first time an aircraft has been named after the legendary founder of the most successful Formula 1 team.
On Friday (September 9, 2022), ITA Airways announced that their new blue-liveried Airbus A350-900, dedicated to the legendary Enzo Ferrari, with perform in a flyover of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, September 11, 2022 with the Frecce Tricolori. The performance will take place at the start of the race during the Italian national anthem. This is the first time Italy’s new Flagship carrier will be present at the event, and also the first time the Frecce Tricolori will be performing with a commercial aircraft. On the special aircraft, Enzo Ferrari’s name will be written on a red background, the color synonymous with Ferrari. The new A350-900 joins three other aircraft in ITA’s fleet named after Italian motor racing legends including Tazio Nuvolari (A330), Alberto Ascari and Michele Alboreto (A319s).
In Friday’s announcement, ITA Airways’ Executive Chairman, Alfredo Altavilla, said,
“The partnership between the Monza circuit, the Italian Grand Prix and the Flagship Company is a natural one. All the more so for the centenary of the Circuit, which, like ITA Airways, is an ambassador of our Country in the world. This is the first time that the flagship Company is present at the Italian Grand Prix and today, we strengthen the union between ITA Airways and sports. After the aircraft named after several sportsmen, here are those dedicated to four personalities who have written the history of Italian motor racing, with the exclusive aircraft named after Enzo Ferrari which will make its first at the high point of the Grand Prix after the national hymn.”
Also commenting on the upcoming flyover, the Automobile Club of Italy -ACI, the Italian Federation of Motor Sport’s President, Angelo Sticchi, added,
“With extraordinary sporting feats that have become legendary, Nuvolari, Ascari, Alboreto and, of course, Ferrari, have made generations of motorsport enthusiasts and fans from all over the world fly and meet. And it is precisely this ideal twinning of emotions - those of motor sport and those of flying - together with the sharing of fundamental values common to sports and aviation - utmost professionalism, strong competitiveness, continuous technological innovation, great attention to a sustainable future – that conveys the idea behind this important partnership between ACI and ITA Airways. This Sunday, the Ferrari myth will fly over the Monza National Circuit for its debut. This is the wish for an ever brighter and more fortunate future for all of us.”
Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA Airways) was founded in November 2020 and is the new Italian national carrier wholly-owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. Commencing operations in October 2021, the SkyTeam alliance member airline is committed to providing superior customer service through strong digitization processes that ensure a personalized, best-in-class guest experience. The company is committed to environmental sustainability through the operation of advanced fuel-efficient aircraft, the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and other developing technologies such as the development of urban air mobility through eVTOLs.
Source: ITA Airways
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