Neos' wager on New York has paid off as the carrier offers up to 7 flights a week this year.
A major player from Milan Malpensa to the Big Apple
Neos NY aldo sarnataroNot only has Neos, the Alpitour group airline, become one of the major players operating from Milan Malpensa to the Big Apple, but the outlines of the inbound project are also more defined, with the next departure from Bari, following the launch of Palermo last year. The 2025 season aims “to confirm what was done in 2024, which was very good, - says Neos’ commercial director Aldo Sarnataro. -We are emerging from a pandemic and fortunately business is growing, now we need to reorganize and standardize what has been introduced, both in terms of volumes and diversification.”
“Demand on the USA-Italy route is very high”
“New York was a super challenging project, which might have seemed out of our league, but it produced the desired results. The product is there, demand on the USA-Italy route is very high and we can have our say. It also allows us to work on the trade by offering an important product, increasing volumes and targets towards travel agencies that can do other things with us.”
Up to 7 weekly Italy-New York flights
“The current trend in bookings is very positive, and we are relaunching because there is a lot of demand from different Italian airports: Bari started like that, and it adds another piece to our incoming puzzle. Even if, at the moment, compared to Palermo, there is a lot of outbound - we are at 70% to 30% - but the booking window from the USA is just starting, so we expect this to change.” Neos' 2025 offer between New York and Italy will include as many as 7 flights a week: four to Milan Malpensa, two to Palermo and one to Bari.
