Air Italy, previously called Meridiana, added a Milan (MXP)–Bangkok (BKK) route as part of its Asia expansion plan. The new flight operates five times a week.

The airline uses its Airbus A330-200 plane on the route, sporting 24 business-class seats, which lie flat to a 78-inch bed. Business-class passengers can also request pajamas and slippers, and have access to amenity kits, bedding and up to 60MB of free WiFi.

“With the opening of this third new international route this year to Bangkok, Air Italy is delighted and proud to fly for the first time to Thailand, a country famed for its beauty and one which is sure to prove popular with our ever-expanding customer base,” said Neil Mills, chief operating officer, Air Italy.

“We have had an extremely good summer thanks to the goals achieved on our new US flights to New York and Miami, which reached more than 90 per cent load factor. Added to this, more than half of our customers choose Air Italy to fly them from, and to, the South and the Centre of Italy via Milan. This confirms that our business plan is proving to be successful, and that we are already delivering on our promise of providing our customers with a new choice for their worldwide travel.”