Published on 20/01/2010
transport: Lufthansa Italia suspends Rome-Malpensa flights
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Lufthansa Italia, the Italian subsidiary of the German airline Lufthansa, has announced that it will be suspending its Rome Fiumicino-Milan Malpensa service as of 16 February due to competition from Alitalia on the Rome-Milan route. The Italian flag carrier has the monopoly on flights between Rome Fiumicino and Linate, Milan’s second airport, which is more convenient to the city centre.
However Lufthansa Italia, which has its hub at Malpensa, has also said that it will be introducing new destinations in Italy and Europe and expanding services on existing routes with its summer timetable, which comes into effect on 28 March.
Novelties include new connections to Stockholm, Warsaw, Palermo in Sicily and Olbia in Sardinia, and increased services to Naples, Budapest and Barcelona, which it already serves. The company, which went into service in late 2008, also operates flights to Bucharest, Madrid, Lisbon, London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Bari.
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