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Premium Economy cabin between the Business and Economy ones . The retrofit will be carried out by Airbus in Toulouse and will include the addition of 24 Safran Z535i seats in a 2 + 3 + 2 configuration . As a result , the total seating on ITA ’ s A350s will drop from 334 seats to 319 . While the Safran 535 is the same seat installed in the A330- 900 ’ s Premium Economy class ,
6 ITA Airways does not to offer a Premium Economy cabin . All its A350s are fitted with just two cabins . Economy does have a separate section up front with more legroom — known as ‘ comfort economy ’. 39 of the 301 Economy seats on the Airbus A350s are configured this way . These are the same as Economy seats but with 34 inches of the 31-32 found as standard in the main cabin . // SIMONE CHELLINI
7 8 Blue and sand are the predominant colors in the cabin . Attention to detail is expressed by the embroidered logo on the headrests , with the Italian flag to mark the company ’ s identity . // SIMONE CHELLINI
9 ITA Airways is committed to becoming one of Europe ’ s greenest airlines by 2025 . // YIFEI YU
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installed , and the bulkheads separating the cabins too . To change all that would have been expensive and time-consuming . In practice , it would have meant missing the opportunity to have some of the A350s already in service during the summer 2022 season . That ’ s why we accepted the aircraft in a two-cabin layout .”
But this is going to change during the 2023-2024 winter season . ITA will give the A350s a major upgrade , introducing a
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