250 thousand passengers in Palermo (+10.4%) from 25 April to 2 May – Italiavola & Travel

There are 88 thousand passengers on international flights: +30%

30% more international passengers in the long bridge from 24 April to 2 May 2024. In detail, according to estimates developed by the statistics office of Gesap, the management company of the ‘Falcone Borsellino’ international airport in Palermo, 250,860 passengers will transit on the two bridges between April and May (25 April Liberation Day and 1 May Workers’ Day), 10.4 more than in the same period in 2023 (227,192). Passengers on domestic flights will be 163,008, up by 2.2% compared to 2023 (159,559), while passengers on international flights are growing by 30% (87,852 compared to 67,633 in 2023).“With the conclusion of the first lot of works of modernizing the passenger terminal, we have opened new lounges for travellers, in addition to the fundamental infrastructures for operations, such as the new seven telescopic piers for embarkation/disembarkation operations – says Vito Riggio, CEO of Gesap – Already from this season In the summer, new spaces will be needed based on the growth in passenger traffic, as recent estimates confirm. This is why it is necessary to accelerate investments”. In fact, double-digit growth was also recorded for flights, with +13.2% (1,695 compared to 1,498 in 2023): +6.2% for domestic flights (1,132 against 1,066 in 2023) and +30.3% international flights (563 compared to 432 in 2023).AnswersReply to allForward

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