Italian leisure airline Neos will begin flying to the U.S. during the second half of this year. No launch date has been announced.  Neos' first U.S. route will operate twice weekly between Milan and JFK. 

The carrier, which is based in Somma Lombardo, about an hour northwest of Milan, recently received DOT approval to operate service to the U.S., it said. Neos will operate Milan-JFK on a two-cabin Boeing 737-9 Dreamliner.