Trapani Birgi Airport has 26 routes this summer, and 16 of them are international.
Flights to many European destinations
Trapani Birgi Airport is becoming increasingly international. In fact, the airport in the far north-west of Sicily, has a strong network of 26 routes with a significant increase in international routes, which account for 16% of its total traffic. The airport’s only annual flight to Malta has been joined by connections to Brussels Charleroi, Billund, Bratislava, Dusseldorf Weeze, Baden-Baden, Frankfurt Hahn, Manchester, Riga, Seville, London Stansted, Warsaw Modlin, Toulouse, and Katowice. And international flights to Bordeaux and Porto will start on 5 May and 4 June 2023, respectively, for a total of 16 routes.
Increases were all in high dual digits
The upward performance of the Trapani’s Vincenzo Florio Airport has been a consolidated trend for the last two years says Salvatore Ombra, president of the management company Airgest .
"With the pandemic behind us, the number of flights has increased, as has the commitment of the management and the support from regional political players."
March recorded 57,330 passengers, +28% compared to the same month in 2022 and +42% compared to 2019. The final figures for the January-March 2023 quarter, again compared to 2022 and 2019, show increases of +35% and +32%.
Ryanair operates nine of the domestic routes
There will be new fights to Naples, starting on 6 May, and to Forlì from 15 June to 21 September. The other ten domestic routes are to Bologna, Milan Bergamo, Naples, Pescara, Pisa, Rome Fiumicino, Turin, Treviso and Pantelleria are all operated by Ryanair, except Pantelleria which is again served in territorial continuity by Dat.
