Aeroitalia launches flights to Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia
Italian carrier Aeroitalia will start seasonal summer flights from Forli in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy to Mostar, Belgrade, Dubrovnik and Zadar. The carrier will sell tickets for the new lines next week. Operations from Forli to Mostar will begin on April 7, to Belgrade on April 8, and to Dubrovnik and Zadar on June 15. The services will be maintained until the end of the summer season at the end of October, and the carrier will station a turboprop ATR72-600 aircraft and a Boeing 737-700 with 148 seats in Forli. Tickets can be purchased through the Aeroitalia website, as well as through tour operators GoTo Fly and GoToTravel.
None of the four cities in the former Yugoslavia are currently connected to Forli by direct air transport. The development is important for Mostar, which has now secured its first regular flights for this year. The arrival of Aeroitalia will also result in connecting Belgrade with a record ten cities in Italy, five of which will start this summer season. Forli will become Dubrovnik’s fifth destination in Italy, three of which start this year, while Zadar will now be connected to four cities on the Italian market. Exact frequencies for the new lines will be announced next week when tickets go on sale.
Aeroitalia is the newest Italian private carrier that started operating only last year. It is owned by the former consultant of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Francesco Gaetano Intrieri. The airline is financially supported by German Efromovich, who is the president of AeroItalia and was previously the owner of the Colombian airline Avianca. The Italian carrier currently operates a small fleet of four Boeing 737-800 aircraft and one ATR72-600. It will soon add another ATR72 and three more B737-800s to its fleet, and plans to introduce three B737-8 MAX jets. Aeroitalia offers a single cabin configuration on its aircraft with an in-flight purchase service.