Bolzano Airport
Bolzano Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Bolzano — Dolomiti, German: Flughafen Bozen — Dolomiten) (IATA: BZO, ICAO: LIPB) is a small regional airport near Bolzano in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy.
Bolzano Airport Aeroporto di Bolzano Flughafen Bozen | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | ABD Airport AG/S.p.A. | ||||||||||
Serves | Bolzano, Italy | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 270 m / 787.4 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°27′37″N 011°19′35″E | ||||||||||
Website | bolzanoairport.it | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
Bolzano Airport | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2019) | |||||||||||
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Statistics from Assaeroporti [1] |
History
The airport was created in October 1926 with a 1300-meter landing runway.[2]
In June 2016, a public opinion poll decided to no longer support the highly deficient airport with money from the government. Therefore, it was decided that the airport's operator company would be liquidated and the licence given back to the Italian authorities, which means the airport would be shut down entirely if no other operator were found.
South Tirol spent over €120 million in recent years for the airport without attracting any lasting scheduled traffic.[3] Darwin Airline ceased their PSO-flights to Rome on behalf of Alitalia on 18 June 2015 leaving Bolzano Airport again without any scheduled commercial traffic.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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SkyAlps | Rome–Ciampino (begins 1 December 2020), Rome-Fiumicino (begins 1 December 2020)[5] Seasonal charter: Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Olbia (all begins 22 May 2021)[6] |
See also
References
- "Traffic Data 2019" (PDF).
- History of Bolzano
- aerotelegraph.com - "South Tyroleans do not want to support Bolzano Airport anymore" 14 June 2016
- http://www.austrianaviation.net/news-regional/news-detail/datum/2015/01/05/etihad-regional-stellt-bozen-rom-ein.html
- https://www.rainews.it/tgr/bolzano/articoli/2019/12/blz-Aeroporto-di-Bolzano-nuovi-voli-linea-Bolzano-Roma-Sud-Italia-Gostner-Skyalps-76c25ded-2715-4dbe-8520-458aa203693b.html
- https://www.rainews.it/tgr/bolzano/articoli/2019/12/blz-Aeroporto-di-Bolzano-nuovi-voli-linea-Bolzano-Roma-Sud-Italia-Gostner-Skyalps-76c25ded-2715-4dbe-8520-458aa203693b.html