Today also the stamp for the centenary reached the airport of the Sicilian city; it is a “B” on sale for 1.25 euros
One of the most representative perspectives of Catania Fontanarossa airport “observable from the runway, in particular the structure of the new terminal «A». In the foreground, the tail of an airplane and in the background, the silhouette of Etna which dominates the scene”. The centennial logo is added. This is what today’s other issue proposes, this one included in the series “The excellences of the productive and economic system”. From the “B” rate (1.25 euros), it can be used to send a postcard or an ordinary letter to the first inland port. The dentil is produced in two hundred and fifty thousand and twenty self-adhesive units prepared in sheets of forty-five. The first day cancellation is at the Catania Centro post office; It is located in Etnea 215.
Strategic in the Mediterranean basin
The structure “has changed face on several occasions to become today’s strategic airport, a hub in the heart of the Mediterranean that connects Sicily to national and international destinations, reaching almost 11 million passengers per year”. This was specified in the bulletin by the CEO of Sac, Domenico Torrisi, and the president of the National Civil Aviation Authority, Pierluigi Di Palma.
Its history dates back to the early twentieth century, when it was born as a volleyball field. After the years of the Second World War, during which it was used for military purposes, on 5 May 1947 the inaugural flight of the International Italian Airlines (which later took the name of Alitalia) landed from Turin. It was in the Sixties, however, that it began to take on an increasingly strategic importance given the considerable increase in passengers, over 260 thousand in 1966. The infrastructure was expanded again starting in the Seventies and inaugurated on 5 August 1981. Other redevelopment interventions are recorded in the early 2000s; Terminal “C” (end) was also inaugurated in 2018.
