Alitalia cuts Mideast operations

DUBAI - Italy's premier airline Alitalia, which has continued to operate normal services following the situation in Iraq, has announced to cancel its Middle East flights to some destinations from March 30 till April 13.

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Published: Fri 28 Mar 2003, 8:58 PM

Last updated: Wed 1 Apr 2015, 10:58 PM

The airline, in a Press release, said that the cancellation was due to the "changing scenario and the resulting drop in demand for air transport". The airports involved in the cancellation of flights to Milan include Dubai, Beirut, Amman and Damascus.

Alitalia operates daily flights from Dubai with the exception of Friday and Sunday. After April 13, there would be three flights a week - each on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. It also has daily flights (except Thursday) from Beirut. Alitalia operates four flights from Amman - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The airline flies from Damascus every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

Alitalia said it was monitoring the situation very closely and would resume full operations as soon as it was possible.


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