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February 2010 - Posts

Its low cost the new AirOne era

The new run for AirOne is low cost. Yesterday Rocco Sabelli and Roberto Colaninno, respectively CEO and Chairman ofm Alitalia has showed the new business case of the new market positioning of AirOne in the budget fare flights with key point at Milan Malpensa.

On March 29 2010, five A320s are expected in business from the Milanese key important gateway with destination 14 ports of call in Italy, Southern Europe and Northern Africa. The selected routes, most of them are all year round and two only are seasonal.

The new destinations in Italy are: Alghero, Trapani, Palermo, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Bari, Brindisi, Naples. Tirana in Albania; Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza in Spain. Cairo and Tunis in Northern Africa.

The pricing applied is extremely competitive versus the competitors EasyJet and Lufthansa Italia and uit starts by 25€ one way all inclusive.

 

 

 

The new Alitalia premium economy cabin class arrives with A330s

With the arrival of the new Airbus A330 aircraft in summer 2010, Alitalia will introduce a Premium Economy Class cabin. Passengers traveling in Alitalia's Premium Economy Class will enjoy a private cabin with more leg room and added space.

On board, passengers will be offered a welcome drink as well as a Magnifica Class amenity kit and hot towels.  The cabin will also feature business tools and connections such as USB ports and individual PC power connections.  On board catering will reflect Alitalia's economy class cabin.

Frequent flyers traveling in Alitalia's Premium Economy Class will accumulate more miles than what is earned for standard economy class travel.

Alitalia and United Airlines interline e-ticketing agreement

Alitalia informs that electronic tickets can now be issued and plated on Alitalia (055) for itineraries that include connecting flights in the United States on United Airlines. The development of interline e-ticketing capabilities with United Airlines means added convenience for passengers originating outside of Alitalia’s gateway cities of Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York (JFK and Newark airports). Look for the “E” identifier in the itinerary display, which indicates e-ticketing is available.

Travel agents may consult the GDS for complete information regarding interline e-ticketing procedures between Alitalia and United Airlines and other carriers.

Meridiana cancel Casablanca

No more flights to Casablanca from summer schedule 2010. The decision made by Royal Air Maroc to establish a new flight between Verona to Casablanca have forced the Italian airline to give up the route.

Verona joins the Royal Air Maroc network

Royal AIr Maroc by March 28 2010 will open a new stop to Italy: Verona. The new route to Casablanca is offered thrice weekly on mondays/thursdays/sundays. This is the fifth gateway in Italy and the fouth in the Northern part of the peninsula. The targets are business, leisure, ethnic passengers to Morocco and the option to swap travelers in the large number of destinations available off from Casablanca to Africa.

 

Lufthansa resume flights to Bari

Lufthansa will resume flights to Bari from March 28 2010 on daily basis from Munich with CRJ900s operated by Lufthansa CityLine.

Bari to Munich

11.55-13.50 LH2633 CRJ900s

Munich to Bari

09.15-11.00 LH2632 CRJ900s

Lufthansa is back to Bari after many years in the past operated by Air Dolomiti.

British Aiways apply code share on Meridiana flights from Florence

The flights to London Gatwick in departure from Florence "Amerigo Vespucci" airport by Feb 10 2010 will have the code share with British Airways. The route is operated twice a day and both the flights shows the UK flag carrier flight numbers.  This agreement is another step on the excellent relations between the carriers commenced some years ago when Eurofly have rented at Milan Linate one daily slot to British Airways.

The new deal allows the formal landing of British Airways at Florence with flights operated by the partner carrier Meridiana. London Gatwick allows some connections to the World and with Oneworld alliance partner carrier. The closest hub of London Heatherow is the way to use the extensive availability of flights in departure to the gateways served by the British Airways network.

The flights are operated with Airbus 319s with 12 seats in business class named Electa Club and 108 in economy class service.

One way or round trip flights can be booked with effectively tomorrow on web site ww.britishairways.com

Alitalia presents in Magnifica Class: Veneto

The second Italian region with recipes offered in the exclusive Magnifica Class is Veneto. After Abruzzo & Molise, now is the time to taste the excellent selection of fine and simple food gifted by their wonderful aromas accompanied with a great list of superb wines which bring out all its subtitles. The products are authentic, unique, nutritious and flavoursome.

The menu si available uploaded in internet at: http://www.alitalia.com/IT_IT/Images/MENU_Andata_tcm10-36978.pdfand it is bring you from the ideas of Nicola Portineri, a great chef of JRE.

Aperitif:

Codfish with braised IGP Castelfranco
Red Cabbage
Dark-wheat bread crostino
Sausage omelette
Dop Veneto Berico-Euganeo Prosciutto
Grana Padano Dop cheese
Veneto Polenta
Mixed wild mushrooms
Slices of Mezzano Asiago Dop cheese

Lunch

First course

Bigoli with duck ragù sauce
Pasta with Dop San Marzano tomato
and basil

Main course

Vicenza style codfi sh
Pastissata with sautéed beef
and vegetable croutons

Vegetables

Polenta
Mixed braised vegetables
Swiss chard with Garda Extra-Virgin Dop
Olive Oil
Fresh green salad

Bread

Rosemary bread
Wholemeal bread
Toasted-walnut bread roll
Bread braid

Desserts

Venetian style cake
Venetian zaleti cookies
Almond-glazed cake
Quince-jam cotognata
Fresh fruit
Espresso coffee* and tea

Snack
Dop Veneto Berico-Euganeo Prosciutto
Dop Grana Padano Cheese
Puff -pastry vol-au-vent with Casatella
Trevigiana Dop cheese and braised Igp Treviso
Red Cabbage
Sampling of fresh seasonal fruit
Focaccia brushed with olive oil and oregano
Espresso coff ee* and tea

Mistral Air contract Aviavalsa on short term lease

Mistral Air has under contract for two weeks one ATR42Fs operated by Aviavalsa. The operations are overnight mail services from Pescara to Brescia. First service is planeed tonight.

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