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Flying from any US City to Italy
Posted on 11/11/16 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 11/11/16 at 3:40 pm
Experienced overseas travelers, what's the best city to depart from for a non-stop flight to Italy (Rome)? I can get to any city in the US for free on Southwest, but obviously they can't get me to Europe. I figure it's got to be one of the major cities on the east coast, but not sure which one is best to depart from.
Looking to do an Italy trip next Spring and I'm not the best on flights, so a non-stop over the pond is preferred. TIA!
Looking to do an Italy trip next Spring and I'm not the best on flights, so a non-stop over the pond is preferred. TIA!
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Posted on 11/11/16 at 3:54 pm to skewbs
This is kind of open ended but anything on the east coast would be preferable, so Newark, Dulles, etc where Southwest flies to.
An underrated resource is Wikipedia. If you wiki an airport,they all have an Airlines/Destinations section which tells you which airlines fly nonstop to what destinations. CTRL - F "Rome" or "Milan" or whatever and see what airlines fly there.
ETA:
You are in Houston? You may have a nonstop.
ETA2: Looks like you don't, but that's your preference if you want to connect domestically or connect in Europe after a IAH - Europe flight.
An underrated resource is Wikipedia. If you wiki an airport,they all have an Airlines/Destinations section which tells you which airlines fly nonstop to what destinations. CTRL - F "Rome" or "Milan" or whatever and see what airlines fly there.
ETA:
You are in Houston? You may have a nonstop.
ETA2: Looks like you don't, but that's your preference if you want to connect domestically or connect in Europe after a IAH - Europe flight.
This post was edited on 11/11/16 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 11/11/16 at 6:44 pm to skewbs
Southwest Airlines airports with nonstop service to Italy-
Newark-Milan - United
Newark-Rome - United (seasonal)
Dulles-Rome - United (seasonal )
Atlanta-Rome - Delta
Detroit-Rome - Delta (Seasonal)
Boston-Rome - Alitalia
Charlotte-Rome - American
Newark-Milan - United
Newark-Rome - United (seasonal)
Dulles-Rome - United (seasonal )
Atlanta-Rome - Delta
Detroit-Rome - Delta (Seasonal)
Boston-Rome - Alitalia
Charlotte-Rome - American
This post was edited on 11/11/16 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 11/12/16 at 9:38 am to Reservoir dawg
United has a regular Philly - Venice route.
We did Newark to Milan last time I went, it's probably the cheapest route and was only a 7.5 hour flight there.
We did Newark to Milan last time I went, it's probably the cheapest route and was only a 7.5 hour flight there.
Posted on 11/13/16 at 12:22 pm to skewbs
Just go to Alitalia's website and see which cities they fly direct from Rome to the US into. There's probably not many, most go through MIlan. You are going to have to fly either Alitalia or a Domestic Carrier to fly direct into Rome.
Posted on 11/14/16 at 11:11 pm to baldona
ALITALIA service to Rome from North America:
U.S.
BOS-FCO
JFK-FCO
MIA-FCO
ORD-FCO (Seasonal)
LAX-FCO (seasonal)
Canada
Toronto
YYZ-FCO
Mexico
Mexico City - Southwest Airlines flies here from Houston
MEX-FCO
U.S.
BOS-FCO
JFK-FCO
MIA-FCO
ORD-FCO (Seasonal)
LAX-FCO (seasonal)
Canada
Toronto
YYZ-FCO
Mexico
Mexico City - Southwest Airlines flies here from Houston
MEX-FCO
Posted on 11/15/16 at 12:02 am to skewbs
OP-since you are changing airlines a few things to be aware of:
1. Southwest will not interline your bags. So you'll have to pick them up at the carousel in whatever US city you're in and head to the ticket counter for the INTL carrier.
2. Neither carrier in either direction will care that your flight was delayed if it causes you to miss the "connection". So if that southwest flight on the outbound is delayed and you miss your Italy flight you're SOL.
1. Southwest will not interline your bags. So you'll have to pick them up at the carousel in whatever US city you're in and head to the ticket counter for the INTL carrier.
2. Neither carrier in either direction will care that your flight was delayed if it causes you to miss the "connection". So if that southwest flight on the outbound is delayed and you miss your Italy flight you're SOL.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 7:55 am to skewbs
We actually flew from Atlanta to Rome. Best international flight we've ever been on, but unfortunately it wasn't SW, rather delta. Never flown SW internationally. Flew back Venice to Newark I think.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 9:32 am to skewbs
i've taken the atl to rome flight on delta. super easy.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 3:04 pm to Golfer
quote:
2. Neither carrier in either direction will care that your flight was delayed if it causes you to miss the "connection". So if that southwest flight on the outbound is delayed and you miss your Italy flight you're SOL.
I was going to say this also. I wouldn't do this for an international flight unless you have no fricks to give about time. You miss your international flight and you are waiting a day to go. Southwest depending on where you are going may only have 1 flight a day or 1 flight every 2-3 days. I personally would not use Southwest and connect to another international flight. Just not worth the savings for the headache you are giving yourself.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 5:00 pm to skewbs
I flew MIA-FCO this summer on AA. Fly into FLL and take the shuttle to MIA
Posted on 11/16/16 at 1:10 pm to theOG
quote:
i've taken the atl to rome flight on delta. super easy.
how long was the flight? That is the one we want to take.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 9:34 pm to Fat Bastard
ATL-FCO is approximately 8hrs 40min. 5,030 miles. According to Flightaware tracking on 11-16
This post was edited on 11/17/16 at 12:57 am
Posted on 11/17/16 at 12:09 am to Reservoir dawg
Delta NS Service ATL-FCO-ATL
ATL-FCO
Flight # DL 64
Airbus 330
Flight Duration 9:16
FCO-ATL
Flight # DL 65
Airbus 330
Flight Duration 11:26
ATL-FCO
Flight # DL 64
Airbus 330
Flight Duration 9:16
FCO-ATL
Flight # DL 65
Airbus 330
Flight Duration 11:26
Posted on 11/17/16 at 1:24 pm to Reservoir dawg
quote:
ATL-FCO is approximately 8hrs 40min. 5,030 miles. According to Flightaware tracking on 11-16
Mille grazie a te mi amico!
Posted on 11/17/16 at 2:12 pm to skewbs
We flew American Airlines from CLT to FCO and returned VCE to PHL this past spring. We did not have any problems. There are two different train options to bring you from FCO to downtown Rome. One is direct, Leonardo Express, and the other, Regional FL1, makes a few stops and could be the better option depending on where in the city you are staying LINK. You can buy tickets in the station right before boarding the train. For train travel throughout Italy we booked tickets through ItaliaRail.
Posted on 11/17/16 at 7:15 pm to rrgtiger
Newark has some of the best prices for Rome and Madrid.
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