Alitalia Starts Direct Rome - Abu Dhabi Flights

Alitalia starts flying from Rome to Abu Dhabi

(UAE)

Alitalia (AZ), Italy’s flag carrier and Star Alliance member airline) has started direct flights from Rome to Abu Dhabi (UAE).














Alitalia and Etihad celebrated with a ceremony the arrival of the first flight to the capital of the United Arab Emirates last night. Flight AZ854 touched down at Abu Dhabi International Airport at 19.55 local time and was greeted by a traditional water canon salute. Also greeting the flight were H.E. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, UAE Minister for Foreign Trade, H.E. Giorgio Starace, Italian Ambassador to the UAE, H. E. Ali Majed Al Mansoori, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) as well as senior executives from Etihad Airways.

Alitalia is operating the new Rome-Abu Dhabi flights in conjunction with codeshare partner Etihad Airways.  The launch of the new direct Rome-Abu Dhabi service follows last August’s announcement that the Italian carrier would fly four weekly return Airbus A330 services between the two capitals.

With the launch of the new codeshare flights, Alitalia and Etihad passengers will benefit from convenient onward connections:

• Onward codeshare connections for Etihad Airways customers from Rome to Athens, Milan, Frankfurt, Munich, Geneva, Venice and Zurich.
• Connections for Alitalia customers via Abu Dhabi to Bahrain, Muscat, Johannesburg, Bangkok, Melbourne and Sydney.

Alitalia and Etihad Aircraft