A letter to the president of Puglia Airports and to the Councilor for Transport and Mobility of the Puglia Region from the President of the Province, Rinaldo Melucci, after the data published on Puglia’s airports. From January to May, 3,061,236 passengers passed through with an increase compared to the same period of the previous year of 6 percent for the Bari airport, 4.1 percent for the Brindisi airport and even 22.7 percent. for the “G. Lisa” of Foggia.
«Such brilliant results – writes Melucci – are sadly echoed by the total absence of the “M. Airport”. Arlotta” of Taranto – Grottaglie which, despite having the longest runway in southern Italy and a recently renovated and modernized connection network, continues to not be taken into consideration”. «The failure to open the Taranto – Grottaglie “M.” airport. Arlotta” to scheduled flights – writes Melucci – strongly penalizes the social, industrial and tourist development of the Ionian territory.
The scheduled arrival of some delegations at the airport in question on the occasion of the upcoming G7 summit demonstrates once again the validity of the airport’s infrastructure and the security connected to it”. The President of the Province also recalled once again that the Puglia Region recently requested delegation to the Services Conference only for the “G. Lisa” of Foggia, considered a regional airport, and did not do a similar thing for the “M. Arlotta” considered a national port for its importance at a strategic level. «Ultimately – concluded the President of the Province – I hope that the Taranto – Grottaglie airport can finally host airliners to satisfy the countless requests coming from the industrial, entrepreneurial sector and private citizens of the Ionian area, currently forced to travel at the airports of Bari and Brindisi, which are on average more than 100 kilometers away”.
