“Flights are available on this route Mondays and Sundays and a roundtrip ticket costs EUR150 all taxes included,” an employee of the Italian airline said via the phone.

Air One is a low-cost Italian company that merged with Alitalia in January 2009. It has been operating flights between Rome and Milan since 1995 and then expanded to destinations abroad. The company has operating bases in Milan, Venice and Pisa. Prior to merging with Alitalia, Air One used to be one of the main competitors on the air transport market, operating flights to 35 destinations in Italy, Europe and North America. Air One first started as Aliadriatica in 1983. It initially worked as a flight school and provider of air taxi services and then began offering regular flights. The company has a fleet of seven aircraft.

(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)