ITA Airways API: Track flight status, schedules and routes of ITA Airways

AirLabs allows you to track flight status for ITA Airways (formerly Alitalia) with a powerful API. Get connected to the ITA Airways API and thousands of other airlines in minutes.

Sergey St.

Published on Oct 8th 26

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Track flight status, get schedules and routes information with our ITA Airways API

ITA Airways (IATA AZ, ICAO ITY) is Italy's flag carrier and the successor to Alitalia, launched in October 2021 and now part of the Lufthansa Group. It operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from its hub at Rome Fiumicino (FCO) and Milan Linate (LIN) across an all-Airbus fleet. The AirLabs API is built from the ground up and lets you track ITA Airways flights — along with thousands of other airlines — through a single integration.

Note: ITA Airways inherited Alitalia's AZ ticketing code, so data that was previously published under Alitalia now flows under ITA Airways (AZ / ITY).

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Supported API features

The ITA Airways Developer API lets you create a custom experience for your users and increase the value of your product.

• Track flights with geo-positioning for ITA Airways aircraft.
• ITA Airways real-time flight status monitoring via API.
• Routes and schedules available through a simple HTTP API.
• Fresh ITA Airways fleet database in JSON, XML and CSV formats.
• Airline reference data — codes, callsign and country — from the Airlines Database.

How to use the ITA Airways API to track a live flight

curl "https://airlabs.co/api/v9/flights?airline_iata=AZ&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Query the /flight endpoint with a real flight code-number (for example AZ681) — it returns the single closest live, scheduled or landed flight with position, times, status and full aircraft details:

curl "https://airlabs.co/api/v9/flight?flight_iata=AZ681&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "hex": "4CAD49",
  "reg_number": "EI-IFF",
  "flag": "IT",
  "airline_iata": "AZ",
  "airline_icao": "ITY",
  "flight_number": "681",
  "flight_iata": "AZ681",
  "flight_icao": "ITY681",
  "lat": -31.522838,
  "lng": -53.126024,
  "alt": 11297,
  "dir": 50,
  "speed": 898,
  "v_speed": 0,
  "dep_iata": "EZE",
  "dep_icao": "SAEZ",
  "arr_iata": "FCO",
  "arr_icao": "LIRF",
  "aircraft_icao": "A359",
  "status": "en-route",
  "updated": 1791478406
}

This is a live example (ITA Airways flight AZ681, Buenos Aires → Rome, Airbus A350-900). The data is public ADS-B — no API key or private data is exposed. The full response also includes scheduled and estimated times (dep_time / arr_time and their _utc / _ts and _estimated forms), terminals, gates, delays, codeshare and extended aircraft specs (model, manufacturer, msn, built, age); a given flight returns only the fields that apply to it.  

Every time field also comes as UTC (_utc) and a Unix timestamp (_ts). Values above are placeholders — live values vary by flight.

ITA Airways API integration

Explore our extensive documentation of the aviation APIs and databases that are essential to developers and startups who want to build exceptional travel products. Filter any endpoint to ITA Airways with airline_iata=AZ.

FAQ

What is the ITA Airways API code? ITA Airways uses IATA code AZ and ICAO code ITY. You query any AirLabs endpoint for ITA Airways with airline_iata=AZ.

Is the ITA Airways API the same as the Alitalia API? ITA Airways is the successor to Alitalia and inherited the AZ ticketing code. Flight, schedule and route data for AZ now belongs to ITA Airways.

Can I track ITA Airways flights in real time? Yes. The Real-Time Flights endpoint returns live positions and status for airborne ITA Airways aircraft, and Schedules returns live departures and arrivals.

What data can I get for ITA Airways? Live flights and positions, schedules, routes, flight status and delays, and fleet data — all filterable by airline_iata=AZ.

Is there a free ITA Airways API? Yes. AirLabs has a free tier — get an API key and start pulling ITA Airways data.

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You can try it right now without any obligation. Get a free flight API plan and see for yourself that we have exactly the operational data your product needs.

If you need more information, don't hesitate to contact us. We are always happy to help you find the right approach for your use case.