FLORENCE, ITALY – New flights are available between Florence and the south France during the spring-summer 2017 season.
Mistral Air launched flights between Florence and Marseille on April 13, 2017. Served twice-weekly (Thursdays and Sundays) on the carrier’s ATR 72-500s, the 483-kilometre link will face no direct competition.
The carrier also offers twice-weekly (Mondays and Fridays) flights between Florence and Nice.
With this launch, Florence is now connected to three destinations in France: Nice, Marseille and Paris. In the French capital arrives seven flights a day from the Tuscan city.
Mistral Air is an Italian charter airline based in Rome and a subsidiary of Poste italiane. It operates passenger and cargo services and maintains bases at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport and Florence Amerigo Vespucci.
Mistral Air was established in 1981 by actor and former swimmer Bud Spencer and started operations in 1984. It was wholly owned by TNT until March 2002 when TNT sold a 75% stake to Poste Italiane.
The airline has also been contracted by the Holy See of the Vatican to fly Pilgrims to holy sites such as Lourdes, Fátima, Santiago de Compostela, Medjugorje across Mostar, Israel (Holy Land), Poland and Mexico.
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