Trenitalia Partnership
Apr 21, 2015, 1:26 am
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Trenitalia Partnership
Apparently, Aegean cooperates with the Italian railway operator Trenitalia:
"Trenitalia and Aegean Airlines have signed an agreement that allows airline passengers to receive special discounts for the same day travel on Frecciarossa, Frecciargento or Frecciabianca services."
https://www.globalairrail.com/news/e...gn-partnership
What does that mean exactly? I'm not familiar with these train services. Is anyone here in the know? :-)
Is that similar to the German Rail&Fly (Zug zum Flug)? I have an A3-departure from MXP later this year, but I'll be staying in another city. Can I take advantage of a discount for my train to Milano, and how would that work?
TNX
"Trenitalia and Aegean Airlines have signed an agreement that allows airline passengers to receive special discounts for the same day travel on Frecciarossa, Frecciargento or Frecciabianca services."
https://www.globalairrail.com/news/e...gn-partnership
What does that mean exactly? I'm not familiar with these train services. Is anyone here in the know? :-)
Is that similar to the German Rail&Fly (Zug zum Flug)? I have an A3-departure from MXP later this year, but I'll be staying in another city. Can I take advantage of a discount for my train to Milano, and how would that work?
TNX
Apr 21, 2015, 4:06 am
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Trenitalia and Aegean Airlines sign partnership
ITALY: Trenitalia and Aegean Airlines have signed an agreement that allows airline passengers to receive special discounts for the same day travel on Frecciarossa, Frecciargento or Frecciabianca services.
The Greek airline fly to Rome, Milan and Venice and the reduced tickets can be purchased via travel agents.
“This new partnership adds on to the many deals we already have in place with other airlines, allowing seamless train/plane integration. It is another important step in the path of even greater integration between air and rail” Gianfranco Battisti, Director of Passenger Division at Trenitalia said.
ITALY: Trenitalia and Aegean Airlines have signed an agreement that allows airline passengers to receive special discounts for the same day travel on Frecciarossa, Frecciargento or Frecciabianca services.
The Greek airline fly to Rome, Milan and Venice and the reduced tickets can be purchased via travel agents.
“This new partnership adds on to the many deals we already have in place with other airlines, allowing seamless train/plane integration. It is another important step in the path of even greater integration between air and rail” Gianfranco Battisti, Director of Passenger Division at Trenitalia said.
Apr 21, 2015, 7:13 am
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I wonder if this is actually alive and kicking.
Apr 21, 2015, 7:22 am
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Oooops, it's that old! I haven't seen anything about that, neither in any A3-derived PR nor in Italy. I guess they must have thought about it and then they gave up. No wonder when Italy and Greece try to organise something together. 
Apr 22, 2015, 1:43 am
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Don't forget in Italy there is also the private-operated high speed train company, Italo, which is in my opinion much more professionally run. Every employee speaks English, tickets are much more easy to book (just a mobile boarding pass or to name your 5 digit code is all you need to board) and most importantly the trains are more comfy and from my experiences less prone to delays.
Besides, for those flying in/out of FCO I would add that Roma Tiburtina station (which most Italo trains use as opposed to Trenitalia which has its hub at Termini station) is reachable much faster/cheaper from the airport (handy if your destination is somewhere else in Italy, like Firenze or Napoli.
Besides, for those flying in/out of FCO I would add that Roma Tiburtina station (which most Italo trains use as opposed to Trenitalia which has its hub at Termini station) is reachable much faster/cheaper from the airport (handy if your destination is somewhere else in Italy, like Firenze or Napoli.
Apr 22, 2015, 9:06 am
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The last couple of posts (incl. this one) certainly don't belong here, as there are several posts on the matter in the Italy forum. Nevertheless, let me make a couple of minor corrections.
- Tiburtina is, indeed, easily reached but depending on the time of the day, the line is often late and the coaches are over-crowded.
- There are now (a few) Freccia services out of FCO, going North, certainly up to Firenze from where one could choose how to continue.
- Tiburtina is, indeed, easily reached but depending on the time of the day, the line is often late and the coaches are over-crowded.
- There are now (a few) Freccia services out of FCO, going North, certainly up to Firenze from where one could choose how to continue.
Apr 30, 2015, 10:49 am
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So I asked Aegan about this Trenitalia partnership and received this as a reply:
" we would like to inform you that through our web-site (http://tours.aegeanair.com/) you may reserve with our partner “City Discovery” a comfortable and fast transportation to / from the airport of Rome.
At this point, kindly notice that you may receive further information regarding the Airport transfer, by following the below link http://tours.aegeanair.com/contactUs.php. "
I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
" we would like to inform you that through our web-site (http://tours.aegeanair.com/) you may reserve with our partner “City Discovery” a comfortable and fast transportation to / from the airport of Rome.
At this point, kindly notice that you may receive further information regarding the Airport transfer, by following the below link http://tours.aegeanair.com/contactUs.php. "
I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
May 2, 2015, 11:41 pm
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So I asked Aegan about this Trenitalia partnership and received this as a reply:
" we would like to inform you that through our web-site (http://tours.aegeanair.com/) you may reserve with our partner “City Discovery” a comfortable and fast transportation to / from the airport of Rome.
At this point, kindly notice that you may receive further information regarding the Airport transfer, by following the below link http://tours.aegeanair.com/contactUs.php. "
I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
" we would like to inform you that through our web-site (http://tours.aegeanair.com/) you may reserve with our partner “City Discovery” a comfortable and fast transportation to / from the airport of Rome.
At this point, kindly notice that you may receive further information regarding the Airport transfer, by following the below link http://tours.aegeanair.com/contactUs.php. "
I'm not quite sure what to make of it.