Alitalia, Italy's national airline, plans to add three weekly flights on its Tel Aviv-Rome route starting in April, bringing the number of its weekly flights between Israel and Italy to 29.
The flights will be added on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. They will leave Rome at 9:30 am and Tel Aviv at 3:50 pm.
According to recent reports, Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways is in early-stage talks over a possible €300 million ($413 million) investment in Alitalia, which could help rescue the loss-making Italian airline.
Meanwhile, Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air announced its plan to add another route from Israel to Europe. The new route, to the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, will be launched on May 14, 2014.
Reuters contributed to this report