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Neos S.p.A. is an Italian airline, headquartered in Lombardy. It offers 73 scheduled domestic, European, and intercontinental destinations on its fleet of Boeing 737 Next Generation, 737 MAX and Boeing 787 aircraft. I had never heard of this carrier, but this summer it has launched nonstop flights between Palermo Airport (PMO) and New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Sicily is one of my favorite parts of Italy. We visited in summer 2022 and 2023 (I’m itching to go back). Palermo is a frenetic and fun city (check out my top picks for things to do in Sicily here) located on the western side of Sicily. It is easy to connect there from most of Europe, but going nonstop from the US to Palermo has not been an option (United Airlines announced a route back in 2019, but this fell off during the pandemic). Neos is now offering flights 2x weekly on Mondays and Saturdays (through October 7th) for New York departures and on Sundays and Tuesdays from Palermo. Flights launched on June 9th using a Boeing 787-9 aircraft with 355 to 359 seats (with 291 to 295 in Economy Class, 36 in Economy Extra Plus (extra legroom) and 28 in Premium Economy. When I looked at tickets, I only see a single class being sold and was not given the Economy Extra Plus or Premium Economy options. Tickets include meals and baggage (both checked and carry-on).
Neos’ CEO, Carlo Stradiotti, told Aska News:
I believe that New York summarizes well a sort of new direction for Neos which [previously] starts from purely tourist destinations and then [now] works to connect other [destinations] not exclusively dedicated to the activity of national tour operators and foreign countries (with whom we obviously continue to work and who represent the fundamental clientele for the company).
For this flight to New York from Palermo, I am very happy to have seen the first connection in the Sicilian capital. It is another very important step forward in our development perspective.”
Palermo Airport (PMO) is not the only Italian city that Neos connects to the United States. It also flies to/from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) and New York John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Anthony’s Take: I love that Neos is bringing people to Sicily and wish one of the major US carriers would add nonstop service. We’ll see if United, who is always the most creative with route planning, ever adds this route.
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Is NEOS the reincarnate of Meridiana? Jokes aside, they have an interesting operation connection Italians to an island in northern Madagascar and Kazakhstan
I flew into JFK on Sunday and I saw that airline. I had never heard of it before and wonder where it flew. Now I know. Thanks