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USA Today
3 days ago
- Climate
- USA Today
8 injured after Ryanair flight encounters intense turbulence
8 injured after Ryanair flight encounters intense turbulence Show Caption Hide Caption What causes turbulence? Here's how climate change is making it worse. Climate change is making turbulence more frequent and intense. Here's how it could affect travelers during flights. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY An Italy-bound Ryanair flight was forced to make an emergency landing in west Germany after severe weather conditions caused violent turbulence, injuring eight people on board, including a toddler. The flight traveling from Berlin to Milan with 179 passengers and six crew members encountered intense turbulence around 8:25 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 4, prompting the pilot to make an unscheduled landing at Memmingen Airport in Bavaria, German police said. Eight people between the ages of two and 59 were injured by the turbulence, police said, adding a "59-year-old woman complained of back pain," while another "woman suffered a head laceration (and) her 2-year-old toddler suffered bruises." Three people were transported to a hospital in Memmingen for treatment, while the rest of the injured people were released after receiving outpatient treatment on site. Police said all passengers were checked for injuries by emergency officials as a precaution. "The captain (had) called ahead for medical assistance and the aircraft landed normally," Ryanair said in a statement. Graphics: Here are the flight routes with the most turbulence Alternate transportation organized for stranded passengers An additional flight was not approved by the Southern Bavaria Aviation Authority and passengers were later transported to Milan in a bus organized by the airline, police said. Milan is about 235 miles south of Memmingen, which is about 420 miles south of Berlin. Ryanair said a replacement flight was also organized for stranded passengers Thursday morning, June 5. "We sincerely apologize to passengers affected by this diversion,' the airline said. Climate is making turbulence worse While deaths from turbulence are extremely rare, the phenomenon is getting worse, with the trend likely to continue because of climate change. In the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration reported 163 passengers and crew have been seriously injured by turbulence between 2009 and 2022. According to Paul Williams, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Reading, there's no clear data on just how climate change is affecting mountain waves or convective turbulence, but clear air turbulence is becoming more frequent and intense. "It's going up because of climate change," Williams told USA TODAY last year. "The atmosphere is getting more turbulent; there will be more severe turbulence in the atmosphere." Thomas Guinn, chair of applied aviation sciences at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, agreed. "Turbulence is going to tend to become more frequent and more intense with climate change," he said. What to know: Yes, turbulence is getting worse, but deaths are very rare Contributing: Zach Wichter, USA TODAY Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@ and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
Local Italy
12-05-2025
- Business
- Local Italy
LISTED: The new flights to and from Italy in summer 2025
Please note: departure and arrival times are expressed according to the corresponding country's local time. American Airlines American Airlines will offer daily direct flights between Miami and Rome Fiumicino from June 5th. The direct service will depart from Miami at 7.45pm and arrive in Rome at 11.50am the next day. The US-bound service will leave Rome at 1.50pm and arrive in Miami at 6.55pm. The carrier will also launch new daily direct flights between Dallas-Fort Worth and Venice Marco Polo from June 5th. The Italy-bound service will depart from Dallas-Fort Worth at 5.25pm and arrive in Venice at 10.35am the next day. The US-bound service will leave Venice at 1.40pm and land at Dallas-Fort Worth airport at 6.10pm. Neos Private Italian airline Neos will launch a new direct route linking New York JFK to Bari International Airport from June 3rd to October 15th. Flights to Bari will depart from JFK every Tuesday at 5pm and arrive in Puglia's capital at 7.40am the following day. Flights in the opposite direction will depart from Bari every Wednesday at 11.35am and arrive in New York at 2.50pm. EasyJet British budget airline EasyJet will operate new direct flights between Bristol and Palermo, Sicily's capital, from June 26th, with twice-weekly flights on Thursdays and Sundays, according to the carrier. The airline will also offer twice-weekly services between Palermo and Lisbon, Portugal, from June 3rd, and between Palermo and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, from June 23rd. As of June 23rd, EasyJet will operate twice-weekly flights (Mondays and Fridays) between Milan Malpensa and Biarritz, on France's Atlantic coast. Two days later, on June 25th, the airline will also start direct flights between Milan Malpensa and Thessaloniki, Greece. Flights in both directions will have a twice-weekly frequency (Wednesdays and Sundays). Finally, EasyJet will expand its southern Italy network this June with new flights to and from Naples Capodichino and Brindisi, Puglia. Thrice-weekly flights between Brindisi and Lyon, France, will start on June 5th, while weekly flights (on Wednesdays) between Naples and Fuerteventura, one of Spain's Canary Islands, will be launched on June 25th. Air Transat Canadian carrier Air Transat will strengthen its presence in Italy this summer by offering daily flights connecting Rome Fiumicino to Toronto and Montreal from June 9th and June 15th respectively. Flights on the Venice-Toronto and Venice-Montreal routes will also switch to a twice-weekly frequency from June 10th and June 13th respectively. Finally, weekly flights between Toronto and Lamezia, Calabria, will operate from June 12th. Vueling Spanish low-cost airline Vueling will launch three new links to Italy this summer. The carrier will operate three weekly flights between Salerno, Campania and Paris Orly from June 20th to October 24th. The southern Italian city will also be connected to Barcelona, Spain from July 3rd to October 25th. Services will run three times a week. Finally, twice-weekly flights will link Rimini, Emilia Romagna, with Barcelona from July 2nd to October 22nd. WizzAir Hungarian airline WizzAir will open up two new Italy-Poland direct routes in June. Thrice-weekly flights (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) between Pisa, Tuscany, and Katowice will start on June 2nd. Genoa- Krakow flights will be launched on June 17th, with services in both directions set to have a thrice-weekly frequency. Wizz Air is set to further expand its Italian network on June 19th by launching a new summer-season route between Alghero, Sardinia, and Sofia, Bulgaria. Volotea Spanish airline Volotea will operate weekly direct flights between Palermo and Heraklion, Greece, from July 8th to August 26th. The carrier will also add three connections between Salerno, Campania, and French airports in July. These include two weekly flights between Salerno and Lyon starting on July 4th (Mondays and Fridays), two between Salerno and Marseille starting on July 6th (Wednesdays and Sundays), and two between Salerno and Nantes (Tuesdays and Fridays). Ryanair Irish budget airline Ryanair will connect Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, to Stockholm Arlanda, Sweden, from July 2nd. The new route will run on Wednesdays.
Local Italy
25-03-2025
- Business
- Local Italy
LISTED: The new flights to and from Italy in spring 2025
Please note: departure and arrival times are expressed according to the corresponding country's local time. British Airways UK flag carrier British Airways will open up three new direct routes to Italy this year. The airline will launch a new route connecting London Heathrow with Rimini Federico Fellini Airport on May 15th. Flights in both directions will operate three times a week (Monday, Tuesday and Saturday) until September 27th. British Airways subsidiary BA EuroFlyer will operate three direct weekly services (Monday, Thursday and Saturday) between London Gatwick and Salerno from May 22nd to October 25th. Finally, British Airways' London City-based subsidiary BA CityFlyer will launch a new direct route to Olbia, Sardinia, starting from May 25th. BA Cityflyer will offer one weekly service from May 25th to July 16th, and then one with twice-weekly frequency (Wednesday and Saturday) from July 16th until September 28th. EasyJet British budget airline EasyJet will inaugurate two new Italian bases – one at Milan Linate and the other at Rome Fiumicino – on March 30th. This will translate to 16 new direct links with Linate (including three UK-Italy routes) and five new links with Rome Fiumicino, according to the carrier: Milan Linate: Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Brussels, Frankfurt, Vienna, Barcelona, Lisbon, Copenaghen, Figari (Corsica), Ibiza, Maiorca, Tenerife, Oslo, Split (Croatia) and Luxembourg. Rome Fiumicino: Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Zurich and Brussels. Services to and from Manchester and Edinburgh will have daily frequency, whereas flights to and from Birmingham will run twice a week (Monday and Friday). EasyJet will also operate three new routes to Milan Malpensa starting from March 30th: Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Evenes-Lofoten, Norway. Finally, the carrier will launch two new weekly flights (Thursday and Sunday) between Edinburgh and Olbia, Sardinia, from May 1st, and three weekly flights (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) between Lyon and Bari, Puglia, from May 23rd. American Airlines American Airlines will offer daily direct flights from Chicago O'Hare to Naples from May 6th to October 24th. Flights are scheduled to leave O'Hare at 8.30pm every day and arrive in Naples at 1pm the next day. American Airlines has also announced it will operate new daily direct flights between Philadelphia and Milan Malpensa from May 23rd until October 24th. Italy-bound flights will depart from Philadelphia at 9.25pm, reaching Milan at 11.20am the next day. Flights in the other direction will leave Milan at 1.20pm, arriving in Philadelphia at 4.25pm. Delta Air Lines Atlanta-headquartered Delta Air Lines will open up four new direct routes to Italy this year for its largest-ever transatlantic summer schedule. On May 22nd, the airline will launch daily direct flights from New York JFK to Catania – the first direct route from the US to the Sicilian city. Flights will depart from JFK at 5.25pm and arrive in Catania at 8.35am the next day. The service will run until October 24th. Delta Air Lines will operate three other routes to and from Italy from May 22nd to October 24th. Minneapolis- Rome and Boston- Milan Malpensa services will run four times a week, flying to Italy on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and to the US on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Atlanta-to- Naples services will run on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, whereas Naples-to-Atlanta flights will run on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. United Airlines United Airlines will launch the first-ever direct route between Denver International Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport from May 2nd, with the airline operating daily services in both directions until September 25th. Flights from Denver will depart at 5.50pm and arrive in Rome at 12.20pm the following day, whereas services from Rome will depart at 2.20pm, arriving in Denver at 5.45pm. The airline will also launch three weekly services between Newark and Palermo from May 22nd (on Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and daily direct flights between Washington and Venice from May 23rd. Air Canada Canada's flag carrier Air Canada will open up a new direct route connecting Montreal with Naples from May 16th to October 17th. The carrier said it will operate four weekly flights in each direction: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday to Naples; Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Montreal. Naples-bound services will depart from Montreal at 7.15pm, arriving in Campania's capital at 9.30am the next day. Montreal-bound flights will leave Naples at 11.40am and arrive in Montreal at 2.50pm local time. ITA Airways Italy's flag carrier ITA Airways will launch new direct flights connecting Munich, Germany, with Milan Linate from March 30th. The airline will offer two daily flights in each direction from Monday to Friday, with departures from Linate at 7.30am and 5.30pm, and departures from Munich at 9.35am and 7.35pm. Frequency will drop to one daily flight in either direction on Saturdays and Sundays. Ryanair Irish budget airline Ryanair will connect Trieste with Prague, Czech Republic, and Lamezia Terme, Calabria, with two weekly flights from March 30th. Though the exact date hasn't been announced yet, the carrier will also operate new flights between Paris Orly and Bergamo. Volotea Spanish budget airline Volotea will offer new direct flights from Paris Orly to Verona from March 27th; to Turin from March 30th; and to Alghero, Sardinia, from March 31st. The carrier will also launch two weekly flights between Palermo and Bilbao, Spain, from April 12th. WizzAir Hungarian airline WizzAir will open up a new direct route connecting Genoa with Poland's capital, Warsaw, from May 1st. The carrier will offer three weekly flights in each direction. Aeroitalia As of March 23rd, Italian airline Aeroitalia offers two weekly flights (on Thursday and Sunday) between Rome Fiumicino and Brno, Czech Republic.
