Tony Loeb

✈ Air Senegal will suspend seven international routes starting next week, including the flight from Dakar to Milan. The six-year-old carrier is facing a severe financial crisis. Routes to be suspended are New York, Milan, Barcelona, Libreville, Douala, Marseille, and Lyon. The suspension takes effect on September 20, with refund details provided by Aviareps, the airline's representative in Italy.

✈️ EasyJet, the second-largest airline in Italy, carried over 20 million passengers last year on 226 routes from 21 Italian airports. The winter 2024 season will see a 7.5% increase in offerings, with an eighth aircraft in Naples and 13 new routes from Milan Malpensa and Naples, including destinations like Tromsø, Cairo, Oslo, Rabat, Alicante, and Prague. EasyJet plans to reorganize operations in Italy, reallocating aircraft from Venice to ensure long-term success, but will maintain connections to major European destinations from Venice. Lorenzo Lagorio, country manager of easyJet Italy, highlighted investment growth in Lombardy, Campania, and other Italian destinations. If selected as a remedy taker in the Ita Airways and Lufthansa agreement, easyJet aims to open bases at Milan Linate and Rome Fiumicino by summer 2025.