Genoa Airport, summer season kicks off: connections to London increase and flight to Barcelona returns
A total of nine foreign countries connected by direct flights from Genoa City Airport
Genoa Airport's summer has 23 routes, including 10 domestic and 13 international, operated by 8 airlines.
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La summer aviation season commercial officially kicks off Sunday, March 26, and also brings with it numerous new features to "Christopher Columbus". Just on Sunday, the twice-weekly connection to London Gatwick by Vueling, while from Tuesday the Spanish airline will resume the Genoa-.Barcelona, three times a week. Volotea will move its twice-weekly connection to Paris from Charles De Gaulle Airport to Orly Airport, joining Vueling. Ryanair will increase the frequencies of its connection to London Stansted to six times a week; the carrier will also maintain flights to Manchester e Dublin as well as those for Bucharest e Brussels, all biweekly. The daily flight to Monaco of Air Dolomiti will provide access to the network of Lufthansa, while KLM will increase its operations to and from the intercontinental hub of Amsterdam. Albawings and Wizz Air confirm flights to Tirana, operating three and four per week, respectively. Nine in all are the foreign countries connected by direct flights from Genoa City Airport.
Ten domestic routes, with the resumption of Volotea flights to Olbia starting May 26 and up to four times a week in the summer peak. Sicily will continue to be connected with daily direct Ryanair flights to Catania and Palermo, while Bari and Brindisi will have three and two weekly frequencies, respectively. Two flights a week also to Lamezia Terme, while Naples will be able to count on eight frequencies a week thanks to four flights by Ryanair and as many by Volotea. Ita Airways confirms the four flights a day to Rome allowing convenient connections to the capital, but also the possibility of continuing one's journey to dozens of destinations in Italy, Europe and the world thanks to its gradually expanding network. In total, there will be 111 scheduled flights departing from Genoa and As many as those coming in each week.Â
"Summer 2023 offers numerous opportunities for Ligurians and businesses. - Paolo Odone, president of Genoa Airport, comments. - Air connectivity is also a tool to serve incoming tourism from Italy and abroad. Our data says that flows from markets connected by direct flights in 2022 grew three times the already very positive average. Also worth highlighting are the opportunities related to the connections with the hubs of Amsterdam, Munich and Rome, which make it possible to fly between Genoa and hundreds of airports in Europe and around the world with a single stopover, not forgetting Vueling's network that can be used on Barcelona, Paris and London."
Meanwhile. work continues on modernization and expansion of the air terminal which will lead, when fully operational, to An increase in service, shopping and dining areas and to a marked improvement in the passenger travel experience. Already this summer to welcome passengers there will be a more spacious and brighter departure concourse, with the first phase of renovation work completed just in the last few days. In the coming months the additional east block will be completed, spanning 3 floors and 5,500 square meters bringing the total area of the terminal to more than 20,000 square meters. The new facilities will gradually enter service as they are completed; the renovated air terminal will enter full service during 2024.