Italy’s airports have returned to pre-Covid levels thanks to international traffic.
Over 219 million passengers in 2024
According to Assaeroporti, for the year just ended, traffic recorded on international routes brought helped the double-digit growth for the Italian airport system with more than 219 million passengers passing through Italy's airports, 11.1% more than in 2023 . Of these, 146 million flew on international routes, which means that with one third of travellers were on the domestic segment and two thirds on the international segment.
Record numbers of aircraft movements
Aircraft movements, in the year just ended, marked a full recovery in volumes: with a growth of 7.5% compared to 2023, reaching 1.7 million units and exceeding for the first time the levels recorded in 2019 before the pandemic.
Rome’s Fiumicino is the top Italian airport
The ranking of the top 10 airports by traffic reaffirms the supremacy of Rome Fiumicino with 49.2 million passengers, followed by Milan Malpensa with 28.9 million and Milan Bergamo with 17.3 million. They are followed by Naples, Catania and Venice with 12 million and Bologna and Milan Linate with 10 million. Closing the top ten are the airports of Palermo and Bari. Analyzing the data by airport size class, it emerges that in 2024 all airports contributed to the growth of the national airport system, with percentages of increase varying between 5.7% (in the 1-5 million passenger class) and 16.5% (for airports with less than 1 million passengers).
