Jet starts to near airport in Italian city (7)

I believe the answer is:

ravenna

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'italian city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'jet starts to near airport' is the wordplay.
'jet' becomes 'raven' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'starts to' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'near airport' is 'na'.
'raven'+'na'='RAVENNA'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ravenna that I've seen before include "battle" , "city in Italy" , "Italian city with mosaics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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