Flights to Italy

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A beautiful country with an enduring appeal, Italy is located on the Italian peninsula in Southern Europe. France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia surround Italy's northern edge of the Alpine mountains. <br/><br/> Be it Rome, boasting of its grand monument, the coliseum, or the renaissance palaces and medieval churches; the romantic city of Venice with its canals, gondola rides, museums and churches; Florence boasting of its museums and Renaissance architectural and art centers; the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa; Milan's famous Duomo and fashion hub; Naples historic treasures; Sicily's home of art and architecture; Turin for its museums and historic cafe; Genoa, the principal seaport; or the Vatican city with its St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel, Italy is home to many sites well worth a visit. The best time to visit Italy is from April to September.

Getting to Italy

It is cheaper to fly to Venice than Rome or Milan. You can then take flights from Venice to other cities in Italy. Discounted fares can be obtained from Quantas and Thai Airways. Also, flights from Perth to Italy are cheaper.

Airports

The two main airline hubs of Italy are Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, better known as Flumicino Aiprort and Milan's Malpensa International. The low cost carriers flying to other airports are Ciampino in Rome, Pisa's Galileo Galilei and Marco Polo in Venice. Other important provincial airports include Bologna's Guglielmo Marconi, Elmas in Cagliari, Capodichino in Naples, and Palermo in Sicily.

Airlines

Italy's main carrier is Alitalia, which has recently merged with Air One. Italy is served by a number of airlines, domestic and international. The low-cost airlines flying to Italy are: Air One, EasyJet, Air Italy, Eurofly, Blue Panorama Airlines, Neos, Livingston Energy Flight and Ryan Air. The domestic airliners are: Alitalia, Air Alps, Wind Jet, Meridiana, Blu-express and Air One. International carriers flying to Italy are: British Airways, Air Malta, Air Mauritius, American Airlines, Aeroflot, Air China, Swiss Airlines, Japan Airlines, Air Seychelles, Lufthansa Italia, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific, Turkish Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air Transat, Air France, Egypt Air, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines and KLM. <br/><br/> Alitalia flies to 74 destinations in Italy and around the world with more than 2,500 flights a week. The fleet consists of 148 jet aircrafts consisting of Boeing B777-200s, B767-300s, 737-400s and 737-300s, and Airbus 321s, 320s e 319s, MD80-82s, and 330s. Others are Embraer 170s, Bombardier CRJ900s and Avro RJ70s. Alitalia, Aeroflot, AeroMexico, Air France, China Southern, Continental, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM, Korean Air, and Northwest form the Sky Team alliance. Associate carriers are Air Europa, Copa Airlines, and Kenya Airways. The Sky Team offers its members more earned miles, guaranteed bookings, lower and wider choice of air fares, easy connections, single-check ins, and more flights.

Other Money-Saving Tips

Other low-cost airliners are Air Berlin, Clickair, Iberia, Sky Europe, SN Brussels Airlines, Spanair, Virgin Express, Vueling, TAP Portugal, BMI Baby and British Midlands

In Closing

A place of olive oil, pasta, pizza, wine, beautiful landscapes, Roman ruins and renaissance palaces, Italy offers a plethora of enchanting and captivating surprises for everyone.