INTRODUCTION
Hello everyone,
In mid-January I booked the flights to visit my family on the first weekend of March for my uncle's 80th birthday
The same day I decided to book tickets for Easter, flying from Milan-MXP to Pescara-PSR<a href="https://flight-report.com/en/report/76815/ryanair-fr6401-milan-mxp-pescara-psr/">
While the weekend for my uncle costed me 45 euros (same route) this one ended up costing almost 170 euros
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The 26th February I received an e-mail from my Ryanair
My flights had been rescheduled this way:
MXP-PSR departing 3rd April at 6:10
PSR-MXP departing 7th April (on day after) at 6:30
Apart the fact I would have been forced to get two early wake up, this solution meant taking one day off on Friday and half day off on Tuesday, quite a waste honestly
Moreover, landing so early in Tuesday was posing risk of getting much later at work
Considering no other solutions were feasible, I was able to get a full refund from Ryanair
My parents kindly offered to pay the difference with an ITA Airways flight
The cheapest and best solution was this
3rd April LIN > FCO at 17:00
6th April FCO > LIN at 20:00
Total price: 240 euros
On Saturday morning my family and I would have drove to Francavilla (just 2 hours) and we would have come back to Rome on Monday morning
On March 24th I got an e-mail from ITA stating my first leg had been anticipated to 16:30
Nothing problematic
ROUTING
ITA Airways - Milan Linate LIN > Rome Fiumicino FCO - Airbus A319
ITA Airways - Rome Fiumicino FCO > Milan Linate LIN - Airbus A320neo
Some stats:
8th flight of 2026 (as of late April)
Overall great-circle distance flown in 2026 (as of the reported flight): 7.310 km|3.947 nm
11th time on LIN-FCO route
THE FLIGHT
After a very pleasant Easter it was time to come back home
On Monday morning my parents and I drove to Rome and arrived there on lunch time
With the flight scheduled for 20 I agreed to be carried at FCO around 19
We left the house around 18:40
The road was traffic-less, even being a moment of people returning home after the long weekend
Minutes before 19 my parents dropped me off at Rome-Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" Airport
Terminal 1, ITA Airways base, was pretty busy
Being ITA's desks empty I made a quick stopover to drop-off my bag and have my boarding pass printed
Almost all departures were from European and domestic destinations
Quite a nice billboard to celebrate FCO's awards
Making my way to the security filter
Took 5 minutes to clear the inspection
Departure area A was quite busy, I wonder how close they're to capacity (even being pretty new)
The apron was a bit empty, being the pier A1-10 (on the left) under renovation
Lufthansa A320 taxiing on its way to Munich-MUC
Aerolineas Argentinas A330 heading to the runway for its loooong ride to Buenos Aires-EZE
Ryanair, WizzAir and Eurowings line-up at pier A61-83
ITA Airways and TAPortugal A320s
Pier A31-52 was full
Fortunately my gate was just at the entrance
Ready for boarding
The gate opened at 20, exactly the departure time
I guess some delay would happen…
ITA Airways Airbus A320neo EI-HON
First flight on 17th July 2024 (1.7 years old at the moment of the flight)
Delivered to ITA the following month
Equipped with 180 seats in C-Y mixed configuration
It's dedicated to Max Biaggi, a MotoGP racer being 4 time 250cc and 2 time SuperBike champion
Looking shiner than the oldie who brought me to Rome three days before
Casually I was assigned an emergency exit row
Free extra-legroom is always appreciated
Doors were closed almost 40 minutes after scheduled departure time
No explanation was given
Leaving the stand 40 minutes on delay
TF-FIA, an Icelandair 757 carrying a special National Geographic livery
It's equipped with 80 Business class seats only
I wonder why it's in Rome…
Mood lighting turning blue and green for departure
Almost one hour on delay we took off from runway 25
Banking soon after along the coastline
Soon into the flight the mood lighting turned blue for the service
Only a drink was served
I spent the rest of the flight napping a little
We began our descent 30 minutes into the flight
At 21:43, more than half a hour later than planned, we touched down at Milano-Linate Airport
Fortunately the taxiing was pretty fast
Disembark was as well
Being dropped off at the terminal minutes after 22
Bags were delivered soon
After retrieving mine I called the shuttle bus from the parking and went straight home
I arrived in San Pellegrino before midnight
Thank you for the attention
