Italy's flag carrier Alitalia is planning to add three weekly flights on its Tel Aviv-Rome route starting. As of the end of March, the airline will offer a total of 29 weekly flights – four flights a day on Mondays through Saturdays and five flights on Sundays.
It will be the highest number of flights offered by a European airline from Tel Aviv to a European city after Turkish Airlines.
Aldo D'Elia, Alitalia's country manager in Israel, explained that the company decided to increase the number of flights from Tel Aviv due to the growing demand for connecting flights from Israel to Europe and other destinations.
- "Many of our passengers continue with us to destinations in Latin America, like Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo, as well as to North America, mainly New York. In addition, quite a few Israelis fly with us to Marrakesh and Casablanca in Morocco," he said.
El Al and easyJet also offer regular flights from Tel Aviv to Rome, but according to D'Elia, "While easyJet offer low-cost prices, it only operates two flights a week, so we don’t consider it a significant player in this route."