From the summer, 4 flights Alitalia Bergamo – Rome (and back) daily

An opportunity for the territory, both from the point of view of companies and citizens. The resumption of connection of Alitalia flights from Bergamo airport, coinciding with the closure of Linate Airport between July and October 2019, was welcomed with the meeting of the Project Committee of the Table for the Development and Competitiveness of Bergamo, held at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of Bergamo. The table brings together representatives of the city and the province, the University of Bergamo, the Confindustria Bergamo, trade and territory, Ubi Banca, the trade union world and the Chamber of Commerce.

Alitalia illustrated the program of the components of the table connection between Milan Bergamo and Rome Fiumicino airports, which will be introduced in the summer 2019 schedule and will not only allow the resumption of flights with the capital, but also the opportunity to enjoy a series of connections with some of the most important intercontinental destinations of its long distance network.

Thanks to the positioning of a plane at Bergamo airport and the planning of daily return on four frequencies (which means 4 outward and 4 return flights), which cover the time slots of the day and evening, Alitalia flights offer the possibility to meet the needs of the direct customers of the capital, combining the flexibility of schedules with Practical connections on routes depart from Fiumicino and cover an operational range from the American continent to South Africa and the Far East.

The members of the committee for the development and competitiveness table of Bergamo shared the added value represented by the resumption of the link with Rome Fiumicino and the importance, for the territory served by Milan Bergamo airport, of connecting more largely to the rest of the region. and at the same time prepare to attract new interests.

"The fixed presence of an Alitalia aircraft at Milan Bergamo Airport, born from the company's decision to guarantee a shuttle service with the capital, especially for the residents of the city. East of Milan, at the scheduled closure of Milan Linate Airport from July and October 2019, has become an opportunity to demonstrate the strong interest of the territory to benefit from a link that must be considered strategic in the strength of the international dimension of what Bergamo produces, from entrepreneurship to culture and tourism – declares Emilio Bellingardi, Director General of Sacbo. The airport manager is committed to ensuring the level of efficiency and reliability needed to return Alitalia to our airport. The welcome of the members of the Table for the development and competitiveness of Bergamo promises to provide the desired response in terms of membership of the air link service with the capital ".

"The territory of Bergamo represents an extremely interesting opportunity for Alitalia, not only for the growing number of pbadengers who use the airport daily to reach national and international destinations, but also for the dynamic entrepreneurial fabric of the territory," commented Fabio Maria LazzerinI am the commercial director of Alitalia. "In fact, commercial traffic is a central part of our recovery strategy for our company and so it is also in this sector that we intend to turn to our offer from and to the airport of Milan Bergamo, "added the director.

The President of the Chamber of Commerce, Paolo Malvestitistressed the strong congruence of this initiative with the strategies of the OECD table, which envisage projects of internationalization of companies and strengthening relations and centrality of the Bergamo system. It is clear that the path taken already shows, with the collaboration of this initiative, its considerable potential. The institutions and organizations participating at the table will now be able to exploit this experiment for the benefit of the entire territorial economy.