Airbuses Volotea (from Nantes) and easyJet (from Milan Malpensa) inaugurate the airport which will help Naples manage record flows. Ryanair is the carrier that offers the most flights. But the winter is still unknown to Campania airport
The airport originated the international flight from Nantes, France Salerno-Amalfi Coast, the 39th airport in Italy with scheduled flights (after an eight-year break), 73 kilometers south of Naples and above all a facility that should allow Capodichino to “breathe” during the summer, moving some traffic away from feet Vesuvius during peak periods. The first plane to land around 8 am is the Airbus A319 of the Volotea connection V72152 with at least 140 people on board. Following shortly after will be easyJet A320neo (U23609) from Milan Malpensa (renamed just after Silvio Berlusconi, ed.) which was also the first jet to take off from the Campania runway.
The reactions
“The airport system here will bring thousands of jobs to the area and will connect Salerno and Campania with Italy with London, Berlin and other countries in the world,” said Vice President of the Council and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, on the sideline of the inauguration ceremony of the «Costa d’Amalfi». And again: «We are financing the metro that will come here with 300 million euros, so it means more travel and less pollution, earning more. Nice day. When politics comes together on infrastructure, it does a great service.” «Historical day. It took almost twenty years of work to achieve this result”, says the president of the Campania Region, Vincenzo De Luca.
Computer programming
There are currently four airlines that have requested slots, take-off and landing rights, to be able to land and take off. There are the biggest low cost ones – Ryanair, easyJet, Volotea – and also smaller carriers like the Maltese Universal Air. The facility is managed by Gesac, the same management company as Naples airport, and currently has 776 flights scheduled between now and December 31 and just over 141 thousand seats for sale between departure and arrival, according to the data provided available from Cirium al. courier. The goal, in the next few years, is to reach 4 million passengers.
With low cost
Ryanair is the one offering the largest number of seats by the end of the year (just under 55 thousand), followed by easyet (with more than 50 thousand) and Volotea (less than 35 thousand). But the three low-cost companies pursue different strategies. EasyJet starts from day one and then effectively ends its presence in November and December, which corresponds to the start of the winter season (which starts in the sector at the end of October). Volotea remains more or less constant over the months. Ryanair retires in August and continues at the end of the year.
In Europe
Airport inaugurations are no longer an everyday occurrence in Europe. Quite the opposite. In recent years, the approach of national governments has been, on the one hand, not to predict investments in new structures and, on the other hand, to delay the expansion plans of existing airports. With the Dutch government even trying to reduce movements at Amsterdam airport, it will only – so far – take a step back, but not put its plan on the backburner.
Criticalities
Salerno airport is carefully studied by various professionals. Not only to understand how much more flow it could generate compared to the ones that currently exist in Campania. But also because there are many critical issues. Currently the flight occupancy rate — between July and September — is around 45%, according to internal carrier data consulted by the Authority. courier. A value that is less than half of what is being recorded by low-cost companies in this period.
A few moves after the summer
Not only. In winter the number of connections is significantly reduced: if there were movements every day there would be enough seats for three flights a day, not enough to keep a facility always open with significant fixed costs. Carriers, to be sure, will not fly every day. So much so that, according to the analysis of courier on the schedule, from November 1 to November 30 there are 12 days without any flights. Almost half of the month. But even on the days when they move, there will be 1 to 4 total movements, between arrival and departure.
Malpensa named after Berlusconi
Speaking of Italian airports. During the press conference in Salerno, Minister Salvini announced that he had “proudly signed the approval” to name Malpensa after Silvio Berlusconi. “He was a great entrepreneur, a great man of business, sports, publishing, finance – he emphasized -. For me he is also a great politician, I will leave that for others to judge. But anyone who questions the entrepreneurial greatness of the man who created millions of jobs is out of touch with the world and with history.” “As an Italian as well as a Lombard, I can’t wait to land at Malpensa Berlusconi airport,” he said. .
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