A record number of 41,000 passengers transitted at Trapani Birgi airport in June.
A 47% increase over the same month last year
This is the highest figure so far this year, and there were 1,040 flights. Airgest, the company that manages Trapani’s Birgi Airport, reports a 47% increase in passengers and an 18% increase in flight movements compared to June 2022. The total number of passengers in the first half of 2023 was 533,641, surpassing the corresponding period in 2022 by 47%. When compared to 2019, there has been a remarkable growth of 162%. The load factor for almost all destinations was high, with national destinations such as Bologna and Bergamo at 91%, Treviso at 89%, Pisa and the new Malpensa route at 88%, and international destinations like Baden-Baden at 93%, Riga at 92%, Katowice at 90%, and Frankfurt Hahn at 87%.
“The top-performing airport among those handling between 1 and 5 million passengers”
.“Step by step, month after month, we are shaping the future of our airport,” said Salvatore Ombra, president of Airgest. “Recently the Airports Council International, an association representing 575 airport operators from 179 countries, certified Trapani Birgi as the top-performing airport among those handling between 1 and 5 million passengers. We will mathematically reach the significant milestone of one million passengers by the end of the year. Our next objective is to become one of the most successful investments in the Sicilian Region.”
