The new Air One flights from Milan-Malpensa to Rome-Fiumicino and Naplesdeparted this morning.
From April 1st Air One will activate a Milan- Malpensa – Palermo (once daily) flight.
On May 2nd the Milan-Malpensa – Berlin (one daily flight which will substitute the Linate-Berlin flight in order to increase the importance of the Milan-Malpensa hub and integrate it into an ever expanding Air One network) flight will be inaugurated.
OnJune2 the Milan-Malpensa – Brussels (twice daily) flight will begin; on June 7th the flight for Athens (twice daily) and onJune 8th the Milan Malpensa – Thessalonica (daily) flight will be activated.
Starting June, Air One will activate its flights from Milan-Malpensa to Boston and to Chicago, the first long range destinations offered by Air One.The flights to these two US cities will be operated in collaboration with US Airways (to Boston) and United Airlines (to Chicago), two major US airlines which will permit the passenger to connect to their respective US domestic networks.
Starting on July 8th Air One will initiate its daily Malpensa-Bari and Malpensa-Lamezia Terme flights, and the flights, now daily, to Palermo, will become twice daily flights.
With these new initiatives, Air One aims to become the main Milan-Malpensa carrier, thanks to its programme of constant growth in number of destinations and flight frequency.
Air One, by mid June, will have 140 weekly flights from Milan-Malpensa.
In the second half of 2008 more new flights are being planned.
The domestic and international flights will be operated with brand new Airbus A320 and Bombardier CRJ900 planes, new members of the Air One fleet, while the new intercontinental flights will be operated with two Airbus A330-200.