Alitalia Airlines is launching nonstop service from Los Angeles to Rome, Italy on June 1 using Boeing 777-200 aircraft with coach and business-class service.

The flight will operate five days per week and will be the only nonstop service between California and Italy.

Traveling eastbound, AZ flight 621 will depart Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at 3:10 p.m. and arrive Rome, Fiumicino Airport at 12:10 p.m. the following day. Traveling westbound, AZ flight 620 will depart Rome, Fiumicino Airport at 9:10 a.m. and arrive LAX at 1:10 p.m. the same day. Flying times will be approximately 10 hours eastbound and 15 hours westbound. The departure and arrival times were designed to allow for connections to and from other cities in California and across the Southwest.  Visit alitalia.com.