Airport chaos in Sicily, all updates from Catania and Palermo
The situation of airports in Sicily continues to cause concern and, with each passing day, the full operation of Catania [...]
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The situation of the airports in Sicily continues to cause concern, and with each passing day, the full Catania operativity continues to be a mirage in the scorching and unfortunately "fiery" summer of 2023.
The fires in Palermo
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To the difficult resumption of flights over Catania, infati, was added the frightening fire that licked the Palermo airport on the night of July 24-25.
Lo Falcone-Borsellino airport remained closed for several hours today morning with more than 20 flights canceled and four connections diverted to Trapani airport.
Source: Palermo Airport
Long lead time for Terminal A
Back in Catania, however, the latest reports tell of a reopening of Terminal A in early August. The terminal is closed since last July 16, when a fire put a large portion of the airport area out of service.
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He was the president of the Sicilian Region, Renato Schifani, to announce that as of tomorrow, July 26, the operation of Catania airport will switch to the 8 to 10 flights per hour, 5 departures and 5 arrivals.
"From Tuesday, August 1, when it will go into operation. the 500-square-meter marquee set up by the Air Force, you will be able to get to up to 14 flights per hour," Schifani stressed.
But it slips the return to full operation because Terminal A is expected to reopen only "a few days later, as soon as they finish reclamation operations and restoration." There is still no certain date, then, for the reopening of Terminal A and also the re-departure of international flights extra-Schengen Still remains at the pole.
Currently, Catania airport allows the movement of 20 thousand passengers - plus another 6,000 diverted to Comiso - compared to 40,000 under normal conditions. By the first week of August, again according to the region, the goal is to restore the 90% of passenger traffic.
Flights and baggage: what's new from Catania
Meanwhile, the Catania airport website continues to be updated with the list of departing and arriving flights with indications also of connections diverted to Comiso or Trapani.
The Etna airport also reminded on Facebook what landing procedures have been activated in these hours.
We remind all the arriving passengers to CTAairport, with checked baggage, which this is delivered back below board, as soon as you get off the aircraft ladder. One is then escorted by our vehicles to the "Freight" gate, very close to the P2 parking lot and the air terminal. Outside the gate is however Amts shuttle present of the City of Catania, which can be used to reach Terminal C, bus stops or parking lots more conveniently.
Palermo airport restarts
Meanwhile, the Palermo airport has resumed all operations and has July 26 ex-Catania flights also announced which will instead be operated to/from Falcone-Borsellino.
In any case, according to the latest information released by the Gesap - company that operates the Palermo airport-there is a possibility that delays and further disruptions may occur on the entire operation in the coming hours.
Slowdowns, cancellations and difficulties that-we add-are marring the entire sicilian air transport which in this season is among the most crowded in the entire Mediterranean area.
