Italian airport resumes 93% of flights after pandemic

By Tychyna TetianaFeb 6, 2024 08:00 AMNews
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Italian airport resumes 93% of flights after pandemic
Fiumicino Airport. Source: wikipedia

The lifting of pandemic restrictions has had a positive impact on the operations of the world's leading airports. For example, 2023 was a record year for Rome Airport, which handled more than 40 million passengers.

The busiest airport in Italy, Rome Fiumicino International Airport, also known as Leonardo da Vinci Airport, has recently opened new routes to North America and other parts of the world. In addition, travel in Europe and China has also significantly revived, writes Simple Flying.

It is emphasized that Fiumicino Airport is the first and only airport in Italy with a Skytrax rating of 5 stars and has recently resumed 93% of its flights after the pandemic. In addition, the total volume of the airport system in Rome handled 200,000 tons of cargo, and cargo traffic at Leonardo da Vinci Airport increased by 37% year-on-year.

"The positive dynamics of passenger traffic, which has intensified since the summer of 2023, has allowed us to overcome the uncertainty about the development prospects, which was marked by years of crisis in the industry due to travel restrictions imposed in almost all countries of the world," Airporti di Roma commented on the figures.

It is emphasized that over the past year, about 100 airlines operated flights from the Italian capital to more than 70 countries, a total of 200 routes. Of these, 45 are new connections, 15 of which can be reached by direct flight.

In addition, statistics show that since the beginning of the summer of 2023, there have been up to 34 flights per day to and from North America (Canada, the United States, and Mexico). Approximately 11 of them were destined for New York. It is projected that in February 2024, there will be 73 flights per week to New York.

At the same time, Rome Fiumicino Airport has set its sights on other great destinations in the world for 2024, such as Chicago, Toronto, Riyadh, Accra, Dakar, Jeddah, and Kuwait. In particular, companies such as Ryanair and Wizz Air may increase their operations here.

With international airlines such as Eurowings aiming to launch short- and medium-haul markets in Hanover and Nuremberg, SunExpress following suit for Izmir, Volotea for Brest and Jet2 for Edinburgh, aviation in Rome is looking forward to better days in 2024.

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