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About Air Italy

Air Italy is a private Italian airline that operates scheduled passenger services. The airline operates flights across Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean. Air Italy's hub airport is at Milan Malpensa Airport, which is also the hub for airlines such as Cargolux Italia and Fly Ernest.

The airline was previously named Meridiana. Air Italy was established in 2018, when it was announced that the airline Meridiana and its subsidiary, the original Air Italy (which had been part of Meridiana since 2013) would be merged to create the new Air Italy that operates today.

Today, the airline operates 26 routes. Along with the old Meridiana routes, Air Italy added new domestic routes to Milan to Rome, Naples, Palermo, Catania, Lamezia Terme and many other popular cities in Italy. It also operates flights to 13 international destinations, including New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in the US, as well as countries including Thailand, Spain, Russia, Kenya, and the UK.

Baggage Allowance

Alternative Airlines' customers are now able to book extra baggage at the time of purchasing your Air Italy flight. 

Carry-on Baggage

Passengers are allowed one item of carry-on baggage and one personal item, included in the price of their ticket.

The carry-on baggage can weigh no more than 8kg and must fit within the dimensions of 55 cm x 40 cm x 20 cm.

Passengers are also allowed one personal item. The personal item must fit within the dimensions of 40 cm x 30 cm x 15cm. Personal items can be objects such as a small rucksack, handbag or laptop.

Checked Baggage

All checked baggage must fit within the dimensions of 158 cm (height x length x width).

@MyAirItalyClub Gold Members

Passengers with @MyAirItalyClub gold membership have additional baggage allowance:

Extra Baggage

It is possible to add extra baggage to your reservation. This can be done at the time of booking, logging-in to ‘My Account’, or by contacting our customer service team after your booking has been made. The airline charges fee for additional bags (per bag); the price depends on your fare and the route, and will be confirmed during the booking process.

Check-In Information

Airport Check-In

Check-In Online

Web check-in is available for some flights, through Air Italy's online check-in page.

Web check-in is available only for Air Italy flights departing from: Bergamo, Bologna, Cairo, Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Los Angeles, Maldives, Milan Linate/Malpensa, Miami, Naples, New York, Olbia, Palermo, Rome, San Francisco, Sharm El Sheikh, Turin, Venice and Verona.

Flights to / from Canada are excluded

Class Fares

Air Italy offers two class types: Economy and Business. Within the classes there are also multiple fare options, which determine flight modifications and baggage allowance (see below).

Economy Class

Economy Class Facilities

Domestic and Medium Haul Flights: The airline is dedicated to ongoing fleet renewal, designed to offer more space and comfort throughout the economy cabin. The new brand seats have adjustable headrest and USB connectors, as well as a small screen on the seat-back in front of you.

International flights: satellite wi-fi is available, as well as a great range of on-demand entertainment.

Economy Class Seating

The cabin is designed for comfort, including extra overhead storage, and padded headrests.

Business Class

Business Class Facilities

Domestic and Medium Haul Flights: Enjoy a welcome drink service, as well as breakfast or snacks of your choice.

International flights: Enjoy lots of extras, including a seat mat, duvet, pijamas with slippers and Fedon pochette with socks, eye mask, earplugs, toothpaste and toothbrush set, face moisturizer and lip balm.

Business Class Seating

On international flights, the Airbus A330 business class offers, for maximum comfort, 180° reclining seats, with a seat pitch of 78”.

On-Board Entertainment

Films

The airline provides on-board entertainment for Economy passengers, in Italian and English, on long-haul international flights. This includes an extensive range of movies, as well as documentaries, TV series, biographies and kid channels.

Music

As well as TV and film, the airline has selected a wide variety of songs of all genres and for all ages. This service is available for Economy passengers on long-haul international flights.

Wi-Fi

A Wi-Fi service is available, allowing passengers to stay connected to your business, family and friends via e-mail, text messaging, calls and social media. Once on the place, passengers can connect to the WiFi to choose the rate plan you prefer. Prices for messaging WiFi start from three EUR, while surfing WiFi starts from 15 EUR. A total WiFi pass is 21 EUR.

In-Flight Meals

Based on the departure time, the airline offers Economy passengers: breakfast snack, lunch (meal box) or dinner (meal box). The Meal Box is composed of: a main dish (cold dish, such as a Mexicana salad), crackers, snack (sweet or savoury), fruit jam or compote and Coffee.

Special Meals

Air Italy provides a wide choice of special meals, tailored for vegetarians, for intolerant or allergic passengers, and for health or religion needs. For more information and requests regarding special meals, the airline can be contacted. Passengers who have booked through Alternative Airlines can contact our customer service team. Please note that this will need to be done up to 48 hours before departure.

Drinks and Alcohol

During the flight Air Italy offers all passengers a welcome drink and a Bar Service is always available (fees may apply), with a choice of: coffee, tea, infusions, soft drinks, fruit juices.

Alcoholic options include sparkling wine, red wine, white wine, whisky, grappa, vodka, sambuca, rum, and tonic liquor. An exclusive selection of regional wines is available from our in-flight cellar of renowned wineries.

Destinations

Domestic Destinations

Accurate as of 2019

International Destinations

Accurate as of 2019

Air Italy's Fleet

As of 2019

*Boeing 737 Max 8 currently grounded

Airline Alliance

As of 2019, the airline is not a member of an airline alliance. However, the airline has expressed interested in joining Oneworld in the near future.

Frequent Flyer Program

@MyAirItalyClub

The airline has a loyalty programme called @MyAirItalyClub, using ‘Avios’ as the reward currency. Members can collect Avios on flights operated by Air Italy, as well as the airline’s partners. It is free for passengers to sign up to @MyAirItalyClub. Avios can also be used to upgrade the @MyAirItalyClub card to @MyAirItalyClub Silver or Gold tier membership, to enjoy added benefits.

Collecting Avios points

During the Alternative Airlines booking process you will be able to select your chosen frequent flyer program from the drop-down options. Simply select ‘@MyAirItalyClub’ and type in your personal membership number to collect Avios points.

Codeshare Agreements

Air Italy has codeshare agreements with a number of airlines. This means flight tickets might be owned and distributed by one airline, but on actual flight will be operated by another airline. Codeshare partners include:

Interline Agreement

You can read more about interline agreements here. The airline has the following interline (Special Prorate Agreement) partners:

Special Services

Special service requests might include mobility assistance, requesting an extra seat or requesting permission to fly with special service animals or medical equipment. Whatever your need, Alternative Airlines can help when booking Air Italy flight tickets. Requests for special services can be made at the time of booking, by completing the special request form - we then pass this information on to the airline. Or, you can contact our customer service team - more information can be found here.

Hub Airport

Milan Malpensa Airport

Milan Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP) is the largest international airport in the Milan area of Italy. Airlines fly to MXP from all over the world. As well as being a hub for Air Italy, the airport is also serves as a focus city for Ryanair, EasyJet, and Alitalia. Other airlines that fly to Milan Malpensa include Neos, Air France, Scandinavian Airlines, Blue Panorama Airlines, Air Cairo, American Airlines, Tunisair, Qatar Airlines, and Vueling, as well as many more international airlines.

Image Credit: Philip Tropschug, Wikipedia Commons

Alternative Airlines

The following airlines operate similar routes to the ones operated by Air Italy:

Air Italy News

18th June 2018

Air Italy fly to India

Air Italy has started taking bookings on a number of new routes from Milan Malpensa (MXP) to India. The first is a direct service from Milan Malpensa to Delhi (DEL), which Air Italy will operate five times a week. The Italian airline will use the Airbus A330-200 to carry passengers on this flight. The new service will begin flying on 28th October 2018 and is expected to take 7 hours and 30 minutes.

The second new direct service that Air Italy will fly is a route between Milan Malpensa and Mumbai (BOM). This will also fly five times a week and use its fleet of Airbus A330-200s to operate the flight. This service will launch on 30th October 2018 and is expected to take 8 hours.