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NEW FLIGHTS RO
OME - M
MARSEILLES
START
TING FROM
M 26 OCTOBER THE C
COMPANY
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LIGHT TO THE
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MAIN C
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THIS NEW FLIGHT BRINGS
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EEN ITALY AND FRAN
NCE TO 17
78 PER
WEEK.
Rome, October 15
5th, 2014 – Starting O
October 26th Marseilles will join tthe Alitalia network
thanks tto the launcch of a new internationa
al direct connection to Rome Fium
micino.
The new
w flights Alitalia Rome
e-Marseilless will be op
perating on
n a daily baasis with an
n Airbus
A319 a
aircraft, con
nfigured in two classe
es of servic
ce: "Ottima"" - Alitalia business class
c
on
internattional routess - and "Cla
assica", the economy class.
c
Flight sschedules, in addition to trave
el for touris
sm or bus
siness to M
Marseilles, include
conveniient connecctions from the South of France to
t domestic
c destinatioons, intercon
ntinental
or in No
orth Africa and
a in the Middle
M
East sserved by Alitalia
A
via Rome
R
Fiumiicino hub.
From 26
6 October, the Alitalia aircraft will depart from
m Rome eve
ery day at 99:45 am, an
nd arrive
at Marsseilles at 11.10 am. Fro
om Marseil les, the Alittalia flight will
w depart aat 12.00 am
m landing
at Fiumicino airporrt at 13:25.
With this new dire
ect connecttion to Marrseilles, Alittalia streng
gthens its leeadership between
b
France and Italy during
d
the winter seasson, and brings
b
the direct
d
flightss between the two
countrie
es to 178 pe
er week.
Rome Fiumicino to Paris (Charless De Gaulle
e), Nice,
During the winter season Alittalia links R
Toulousse and Mon
ntpellier, as well as Marrseilles and
d Milan Lina
ate to Paris (Charles De
e Gaulle
and Orlyy).
Marseillles is the th
hird international destin
nation introd
duced by Alitalia to Rom
me Fiumicino since
the beg
ginning of 2014, und
der the pla
an to expa
and its inte
ernational rroutes. The
e airline
commenced directt connections between
n Rome an
nd Skopje, Capital of Macedonia
a from 1
May, an
nd a new dirrect flight be
etween Rom
me and Marrrakech from
m 3 Septem
mber.
Tickets for the new Alitalia Rome - Marseilles service are availablee for purch
hase on
Alitalia.ccom, at tra
avel agenc
cies, Alitalia
a ticket and contactin
ng the Alitaalia’s Customer at
+39.06.65649.
For presss informatiion:
Antonella Zivillica
Alitalia
VP Med
dia Relation
ns and Publiishing
Phone +
+39.06.65638950
Email. u
ufficio.stamp
[email protected]