The Italian airline Alitalia has started regular flights between St. Petersburg and Venice, the Pulkovo airport press service reported. Flights will be carried out until October 7, 2017, once a week.

      In addition, in the current summer season Alitalia has already launched regular flights from St. Petersburg to Catania, located on the east coast of the island of Sicily. Flights are conducted on Sundays until 1 October. The airline also increased the number of scheduled flights on the route St. Petersburg - Rome to 4 per week. The flights are performed on the A320.

      Alitalia is the largest Italian airline.