alitalia resumes flights to south korea and china. new flights rome

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ALITALIA RESUMES FLIGHTS TO SOUTH KOREA AND
CHINA.
NEW FLIGHTS ROME – SEOUL AND MILAN – SHANGHAI
AVAILABLE FOR SALE
FLIGHTS TO BEIJING TO RESUME BY THE END OF 2015.
Rome, 10th February 2015 – Beginning June 4th, Alitalia will resume services to
South Korea after more than 20 years with a new flight between Rome and Seoul,
capital of the fourth Asian economy. In 2013 the trade between Italy and South Korea
was around 7.5 billion euro.
On May 1st, in conjunction with the opening of Expo Milan 2015, Alitalia will also
inaugurate a new non-stop flight between Milan Malpensa and Shanghai, the
largest city of the Republic of China by number of inhabitants. The flight will operate
for the duration of Expo Milan 2015.
Starting today, the two new flights are available for sale.
The new Alitalia flights to Shanghai and Seoul will operate with Airbus A330 aircraft
configured in three travel classes: Magnifica, Classica Plus and Classica, with a total
of 250 seats.
By the end of this year, Alitalia will resume flights to Beijing with a direct flight from
Rome. In 2013, the trade between Italy and China was around 33 billion euro.
Silvano Cassano, CEO of Alitalia: “This is a major investment aimed at encouraging
incoming tourism, which will support Italian exports in the East, as well as the city of
Milan and Expo 2015. But above all, with these new flights, we keep our commitment
to revitalise Alitalia by increasing intercontinental flights and destinations".
Alitalia’s intercontinental network has already begun expanding this year with:
 new direct flights
 increased frequency of existing flights
 a new route network to the Middle East, Asia and Australia in partnership with
Etihad Airways, through the hub of Abu Dhabi, with non-stop flights from Rome,
Milan Malpensa and Venice starting from 29th March.
With this new offering – and with daily flights to Tokyo (Japan) from Rome Fiumicino
and Milan Malpensa - Alitalia is poised to become an industry leader between Italy
and the Far East.
New
w flight sche
edules (loca
al times):
F
Flight
D
Departs
Arrives
A
Freq
Aircraft
A
AZ 794 Milan MXP – Shang
ghai PVG
6.10
23.30
Wednesday
W
Friday
Sunday
Airbus A330
0
A
AZ 795 Shang
ghai PVG – Milan MXP
0.50
7.20
Monday
Thursday
Saturday
Airbus A330
0
D
Departs
Arrives
A
Freq
Aircraft
Airbus A330
0
Airbus A330
0
F
Flight
A
AZ 758 Roma
a FCO – Seoull ICN
15.00
9.25*
Thursday
Saturday
Sunday
A
AZ 759 Seoul ICN – Roma FCO
14.05
19.40
Monday
Friday
Sunday
* folllowing day
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