Fliers about no Italian (7)
I believe the answer is:
genoese
'italian' is the definition.
(I know this)
'fliers about no' is the wordplay.
'fliers' becomes 'geese' (goose is a kind of bird).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'geese' placed around 'no' is 'GENOESE'.
(Other definitions for genoese that I've seen before include "Italian port's" , "Coming from the birthplace of Christopher Columbus" , "from northern Italy" , "people like Columbus" , "from Italian city" .)