A new Air Canada-ITA Airways codeshare deal  increases options for travel to Italy

Representative image of Codeshare deal. Image courtesy: Miguel Ángel Padriñán Alba/Unsplash

Montreal/CMEDIA: A new codeshare agreement reportedly  has been signed between Air Canada and Italian airline ITA Airways increasing travel options between Canada and Italy.

This agreement offers Air Canada to place its AC code on select routes operated by ITA Airways from Rome’s Fiumicino airport.

Included in these flights are five destinations in Italy, three in Africa as well as Tirana, Albania, and Tel Aviv.

ITA Airways will also be facilitated to place its AZ code on selected routes operated by Air Canada from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport to Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and St. John’s, N.L.

ITA Airways  will also put its code on selected Air Canada flights to the United States, including Boston, Orlando, Dallas and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Sales of codeshare tickets started Monday for travel starting on July 21.