It landed Friday, June 28 at Umbria International Airport, the inaugural flight of the HelloFly Company, marking the beginning of an important air connection between Lampedusa, Perugia and Verona. The flight, which departed from Lampedusa and headed to Verona, will make a weekly stopover in the Umbrian capital. This new air route represents a dual opportunity for travelers. On the one hand, it allows you to easily reach Lampedusa, one of the most fascinating islands in the Mediterranean, renowned for its breathtaking beaches and crystal clear waters. On the other hand, it offers a direct connection with Verona, a city of great economic and cultural importance in the Italian panorama.
Among others, the inaugural event was attended by the regional councilor for Transport Enrico Melasecche, the president of the Sase Company Antonello Marcucci, the councilor for Transport and Tourism of the Municipality of Lampedusa, the director of the Perugia Airport Umberto Solimeno, the CEO of the HelloFly Company Teodosio Longo, the director of the Lampedusa Airport and Piero Montagnoli, councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Deruta. Councilor Melasecche brought a particularly cordial greeting to the guests also on behalf of President Tesei, who has done a lot to reach today’s event and who was unable to be present today.
“In 2024 – he declared – we must consolidate the results achieved in the past year. What was decided by the council for the expansion and redevelopment of the airport will allow us to commit new investments, both by the Region with the Development and Cohesion Fund, and with those that Sase foresees in its industrial plan, to gradually allow the achievement of new goals because, for example, the increase in parking spaces alone, currently insufficient on peak days, will give the possibility of ensuring new attractiveness and new valuable revenues to increase the self-financing of the Company, such as the new technologies introduced with the telepass, which from the next few days will reduce the queues at the cash desks, improving the overall efficiency of the structure.
It would be serious to block the virtuous development process by not providing Sase with the resources necessary to pursue the challenging objectives that the council has designed for this legislature but also necessarily for the developments that a prospective vision imposes because the results achieved so far with the airport represent one of the many jewels in the cap of this council and this legislature”.
“We are extremely satisfied – said the president of the Sase Company, Antonello Marcucci – the Lampedusa route allows us further connections with the south and with the islands. This flight continues towards Verona, connecting us with another city which is fundamental for business”. Equally interesting was the observation of Lampedusa’s Transport and Tourism councilor Vincenzo Cantafia: “With this new route, San Francesco Airport represents a very important opportunity for us to open new relationships as, with the exception of flight from Forlì and Fiumicino, it is the only connection on our island with Central Italy for which there are already commitments with some municipalities in Tuscany to use your airport for Lampedusa and we invite all the inhabitants of this vast central area of the country to visit us for our natural beauty”.
