Lufthansa's Airbus A319-112 D-AKNG (msn 654) is pictured at the gate at MXP with the Lufthansa Italia titles. Copyright Photo: Marco Finelli.

Lufthansa Italia (subsidiary of Lufthansa) (Milan-Malpensa) will start domestic flights on April 1 between Milan (Malpensa) and Rome, Naples and Bari with Airbus A319s.  The new Italian-style airline within an airline (it currently uses LH’s AOC) commenced international operations on February 2 when flight LH 1790 departed MXP for Barcelona.