Cathay Pacific is to operate weekly flights between Milan Malpensa and Hong Kong from 8 October 2022. For the coming months of October and November the weekly direct flight will depart Milan on Saturdays and arrive in Italy on Fridays. “Milan is an important business and leisure stopover” "The gradual…

Icelandair’s three Reykjavik-Rome flights may also operate this winter. The direct twice-weekly flights, operated for the first time this year from Rome Fiumicino to Reykjavik-Keflavik, took off in July and will run until the end of October. High load factors The initial load factor of 94% rose to 96% in…

Ryanair will expand its Venice network with 20 new routes, placing a fourth aircraft in the lagoon city for the winter of 2022/23. The further development worth US$100 million brings the total investment of the low cost airline at Marco Polo Airport to $400 million, and a total investment of…

Large cruise ships have returned to Venice thanks to launchers that circumvent the docking ban. These nifty craft, carrying 150 passengers each, recently transported some 1,500 passengers into Venice from the Norwegian Gem stationed just outside the Lido. The system, agreed with the Venezia Terminal Passeggeri company and the harbour…

Trenitalia has introduced new direct Frecciarossa high speed services between the cities of Naples and Florence and Rome’s Fiumicino airport. This is the train operator’s first step in the integration between train and air traffic. Another novelty is the direct services between Rome airport and the stations of Napoli Centrale…

EasyJet has put on sale some of the new Italian 2022-23 winter routes. Starting on 1 November the new Paris Charles de Gaulle-Palermo flights will be introduced, operating two frequencies a week on Tuesdays and Saturday. The Palermo route is a new addition to the 76 that easyJet operates between…

Korean Air reintroduced its direct Milan Malpensa-Seoul flights on 1 July. The three weekly Boeing 787 services, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, have a configuration of 24 seats in business and 245 in economy. "The three flights from Milan are excellent for business passengers who represent the prevailing type of…

Emirates has reintroduced the Airbus A380 to Rome, confirming the company's recovery path and speeding up operations to meet the growing demand for travel in and out of Italy. The Emirates A380 now flies to 34 destinations - including Sydney, Paris, and London - thanks to the addition of Rome…