It really is an all-Italian summer for United Airlines, which is adding a second daily New York-Naples flight to its already packed summer schedule from the Big Apple.
“The new daily Naples flight will have 46 seats in business”
The new service will take-off from Newark at 22.15 and arrive in Naples at 13.00; depart from Capodichino at 15.00 and land in the US at 19.05.“The new flight on the Newark-Capodichino will operate from 23 June to 7 September with a Boeing 767-300 High J, with more seats in business class,” says Walter Cianciusi, Italy country sales manager United Airlines. The flight, with 46 seats in business, 22 in premium class, and 99 in economy will therefore be added during the peak of the summer season to the flight operating from 6 May and “responds to the very high demand from the United States. it will also guarantee more choice and options for Italian passengers bound for the US.”
The San Francisco-Rome flight will debut on 26 May
The Italian summer of United Airlines also brings with it the long-awaited debut of the San Francisco-Rome Fiumicino route:
"We will be the first and only American carrier to connect the West Coast with Italy: a historic event both for us, who have one of our hubs in San Francisco, and for the Italian market.” The connection will be daily from 26 May and operated with a Boeing 777 with an expected “purely leisure clientele, although we hope the route will also be attractive to corporate passengers. And it will mainly be, at least initially, inbound traffic to Italy.”
New York-Venice to resume from 26 April
The summer season will therefore see an increase in capacity on the Italian market of 25-30% (this figure does not yet include the second daily flight to Naples. Ed.). In addition to the annual flights from Newark to Milan Malpensa and Rome, the Washington-Rome flight will resume from March, and the New York-Venice flight from 26 April, as well as connections from Chicago, both to Rome and Milan and the Naples routes.”
