Alitalia Boosts Flights to Los Angeles

Posted 23/05/2011

Alitalia is to offer a daily schedule on its Rome – Los Angeles route during the peak summer months, but will revert to a four times weekly schedule from the start of October.  The SkyTeam alliance member has already confirmed the introduction of a sixth weekly frequency from June 3, but will now offer a daily schedule between July 5 and October 2.

An estimated 127,000 O&D passengers travelled between Rome Fiumicino and Los Angeles in the past year, with Alitalia holding a29 per cent share of the traffic ahead of US Airways (12 per cent via Charlotte Douglas and Philadelphia), British Airways (8 per cent via London Heathrow), Continental Airlines (7 per cent) and United Airlines (6 per cent).

Schedule:

AZ620 FCO0915 – 1325LAX 772 D
AZ621 LAX1525 – 1215+1FCO 772
Note:  Day 4 service begins June 2;  Day 2 service begins July 5

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