Backpackers could choose to buy
online travel insurance if they choose to take advantage of new services from Lufthansa Italia.
Lufthansa's expanded services will include flights from London Heathrow to Milan, which will commence operations from late March, while flights will also be available from locations such as Madrid, Bucharest and Brussels.
Travellers will find they have more options with the new services, while people booking places on the airline's flight to Milan before February 10th will be able to buy two tickets from just £99.
Marianne Sammann, general manager of Lufthansa UK and Ireland, said: "[The new services] will allow us to offer both business and leisure travellers alike a convenient and frequent service to northern Italy with the high Lufthansa quality which our customers expect."
The services will make Europe even more accessible to travellers, many of whom may choose to buy
worldwide travel insurance before leaving home.
Shorter haul travel is being favoured by some holidaymakers in response to the global economic crisis.
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