It's about time!

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-to-rome-direct-flights-ita-airways-2026/285-ee915be5-38c4-48c8-afe4-4351896368d1

Currently have a 20% off discount code, too! If you've ever wanted to go to Sicily, this is the way to do it. Such a better price and flight choices than when we went a few years ago!

where is this discount code?

Good find.

Interesting quotes in the article:

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The mayor and ITA Airways credited Houston's "chief salesperson," businessman, and U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Tilman Fertitta, with helping to land the deal.

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According to Eberhart, ITA will bring its most modern aircraft, an Airbus 330-900, to Houston. ITA Airways serves 16 Italian airports from its Rome Fiumicino hub, providing fast, seamless connections across the country.

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Fascinating story of how this airline used to be Alitalia and went through privatization and then went bankrupt and now has emerged as a new airline which it looks like has Lufthansa as a major investor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITA_Airways

Also, the Wikipedia says that it's part of SkyTeam right now but is switching to Star Alliance next year.

AustinCountyAg said:

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where is this discount code?

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If it's gone, it must have expired. But it was called something like Travel Tuesday, so maybe keep checking back to see if it reappears.