Volotea continues to adjust summer network: flights from Palermo to Santorini
Carriers continue to adjust the summer network, the one where they make money and where planes travel at full [...]
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Carriers continue to adjust the summer network, the one where they make money and where planes travel at full throttle and loaded with passengers.
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Volotea heats up the engines in Sicily and, after announcing in the past weeks two new connections to Florence and Toulouse, today confirmed the launch of the new Palermo-Santorini route. The new destination, reachable from June 1, 2023 every Monday and Thursday, raises Volotea's signature routes at the airport to 18. At Palermo next year, the airline estimates it will hit the runway with a total supply of more than 430,000 seats for sale, representing an increase of 36% vs. 2022.
There are 18 destinations connected by Volotea to Palermo airport, 7 in Italy (Ancona, Florence - New 2023, Naples, Olbia, Turin, Venice and Verona) and 11 abroad: 3 in Greece (Athens, Zakynthos and Santorini - New 2023) and 8 in France (Deauville, Lille, Lyon, Lourdes, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg and Toulouse - New 2023).
Since its first flight, Volotea has focused heavily on Sicily, establishing such a synergistic relationship with Palermo that in 2013 it inaugurated one of its operational bases right at Falcone Borsellino. As a result of this important investment, Volotea has intensified traffic to and from the airport, with a considerable economic spin-off generated by tourist flows in transit. In addition, it should not be forgotten that with the Volotea base, numerous job opportunities have materialized in Palermo: in 2022 alone, the Volotea team at the airport numbers 40 people, including pilots and cabin crew.
Thanks to an attractive flight portfolio and competitive fares, Volotea has been able to win the trust of its Sicilian passengers: about 360,000 passengers were carried at Falcone Borsellino from the beginning of 2022 to October. In addition, at the airport, the company has operated more than 1,700 flights, totaling a load factor of 91%.
"Following the resumption of flights to Turin, scheduled for the holiday season, and the recent announcement of new flights to Toulouse and Florence, we confirm the launch of a new route to Santorini. This adds new destinations to our portfolio that are very different from each other but equally irresistible, which we are sure will win over an even larger number of passengers - Valeria Rebasti, Volotea's Country Manager Italy & Southeastern Europe, said.. Thanks to these new flights, the number of Volotea connections at the airport rises to 18 (10 of them exclusive), ensuring greater connectivity between Sicily and some of the most important destinations in Italy and abroad. Palermo, where we are the second airline in terms of the number of destinations that can be reached, is reconfirmed as an airport of strategic importance and we are confident that, with such a rich offer as the one announced, 2023 at Punta Raisi will be a year marked by the development of new synergies and important goals."
"With an offer of eighteen routes, Volotea confirms its historic partnership with Palermo Falcone Borsellino International Airport - commented Natale Chieppa, managing director of Gesap, the company that manages Palermo's air terminal. -. To the historical routes, the company has added new destinations that will certainly have a positive impact on the Palermo area."
"The fastest way to get to Palermo and Sicily is definitely by air, and when a company increases flights to and from our city and island it is definitely always good news - Sabrina Figuccia, alderman for Tourism of the City of Palermo, said. -It is basic that important airlines such as Volotea invest more and more on the Palermo airport, widening as much as possible the range of destinations and therefore the number of passengers who will come to admire our naturalistic, artistic and architectural beauties and, why not, taste our gastronomic goodness."
