Busitalia Busitalia bought the Italian team and Olympic flag to the Quirinale Palace in Rome.
The return of the Olympic flag
The Trenitalia subsidiary was a key player in transport services for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, and it recently accompanied the Italian Olympic Team to the Quirinale Palace for the return of the Olympic flag, the athletes travelling to the flag-return ceremony at the on a Busitalia open-top bus. 
An open-top Busitalia bus
For the occasion, Busitalia provided a vehicle featuring the ‘Italia Team’ livery to highlight the celebratory nature of the event. Two other coach buses with a dedicated ‘Look of the Games’ livery were used to transport the staff. Busitalia also ensured the delegation’s transport to the official visit to the Vatican for the meeting with Pope Leo XIV the following day. The open-top bus made available to the Italian medallists is part of the fleet of City Sightseeing Italia, a company acquired by Busitalia in January 2026, with the aim of promoting integration between rail, local transport and sightseeing services through intermodal solutions that extend the value chain of tourist transport and contribute to the enhancement of cities and the national cultural heritage.
Over two million passengers during the Games
Alongside the expansion of high-speed and regional train services, new bus routes such as Padua–Cortina and Milan–Livigno were introduced during the Games, also with a view to integrated train-plus-bus transport. During the Games, Busitalia managed the transport service for athletes, sports staff and the media, "providing more than 500 buses every day across three different regions,- explained Serafino Lo Piano, CEO and general manager Busitalia. - 12 routes were in operation, totalling 110,000 journeys, and over two million passengers were transported.”
