The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 8 minutes and covered a distance of 1 nautical mile. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 05 at LIEO Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,434 meters, which accounted for 59% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 148 knots.

The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 5 knots from a direction of 230 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 1 knot and a tailwind of 5 knots. The aircraft then began its enroute climb, starting 1 mile northeast of LIEO Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport. The climb took 17 minutes and covered a distance of 109 nautical miles, with the aircraft ascending from an altitude of 317 meters above sea level to 10,860 meters above sea level.

Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which lasted for 20 minutes and covered a distance of 161 nautical miles. This phase began 83 miles southwest of Ponza, Italy. The aircraft then started its enroute descent, which began 13 miles north of Santo Stefano di Camastra, Sicily. The descent took 26 minutes and covered a distance of 61 nautical miles, with the aircraft descending from an altitude of 10,679 meters above sea level to 398 meters above sea level.

The final approach to runway 26 at LICC Catania-Fontanarossa Airport was made from the east, with the aircraft heading 264.0 degrees at an altitude of 386.4 meters above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 26, which had a length of 2,253 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was well above the target speed of 147 knots.

The touchdown distance was good at 421 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 140 knots. The touchdown rate was smooth at -0.5 meters per second. However, the runway touchdown position was significantly misaligned by 15.3 meters from the centerline. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 7 knots from a direction of 300 degrees. This resulted in a crosswind of 4 knots and a headwind of 6 knots.

The total landing distance was 1,359 meters, which accounted for 60% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was also misaligned by 15.3 meters from the centerline. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 3 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 340 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 75 minutes. The aircraft used 3,050 kilograms of fuel during the flight.