Business Class Flights to Rome

The crossing is a comfortable length for the cabin to pay off. New York to Rome runs about eight and a half hours eastbound, an overnight that lands mid morning, and the flat bed is the difference between starting your first day on the Palatine Hill or starting it in the hotel sleeping off the flight. The six hour time difference is real but manageable, and arriving rested is what lets you walk straight into the city rather than surrender the first afternoon.

Fiumicino is the main gateway and the one nearly every long haul flight uses; the smaller Ciampino handles low cost European traffic and is rarely relevant to a US itinerary. From Fiumicino the Leonardo Express train reaches Termini in the heart of the city in about half an hour, and premium passengers clear the fast track lanes and reach it quickly, which matters when an early afternoon arrival can still put you at a late lunch in Trastevere.

Rome also works beautifully as the anchor of a wider Italian trip, and the ticket should reflect it. An open jaw into Rome and home from Milan or Venice prices close to a simple round trip on a negotiated fare, and the high speed trains link Rome with Florence, Naples and the north in a couple of hours, so a single transatlantic ticket with two Italian gateways often beats anything built around one airport. Ask us to price both shapes and compare.

Seasonally Rome rewards the shoulders. The published peak runs June through September, hot and crowded, while the sweet spots are April into May and late September into October, when the light is gentle, the queues shorten and fares come off their summer highs. Winter Rome is the quiet bargain, with the lowest business class fares of the year and the major sites nearly to yourself. Tell our travel experts your dates and your Italian itinerary, and we will quote ITA against the American carriers in one pass, with a personal quote typically within the hour.