The airport will return active after a series of expansion and adaptation works begun in 2019 by Gesac, the company that has taken it over since that year and which also takes care of Naples Capodichino airport.

The most significant works will finish in spring, and for this reason in mid-January Gesac had obtained authorization for take-offs and landings from Enav, the company that manages Italian air traffic. The most recent news is that on Wednesday the first airline that will operate at the airport was announced: it is the Spanish Volotea, which has scheduled the first flight to Nantes, France, for 11 July, and to Cagliari on 13 July.

For the moment, Volotea has announced a total of four connections from Salerno airport: the other two are for Italy, Catania and Verona, and should start from 2 September. For all 4 connections the flight frequency will be twice a week. Flights can already be purchased on the company’s website. Volotea already has 23 connections in Campania, but from Capodichino.

The airport is actually in the province of Salerno, between the municipalities of Bellizzi and Pontecagnano Faiano, about twenty kilometers south of Salerno. It was built in 1926, but was small and not suitable for commercial flights. For a long time it was used for various purposes, for example as the headquarters of various flight schools or as a base for the units of some law enforcement bodies that use aircraft. In 2007 it was adapted for commercial traffic for the first time: among other things, four check-in desks, two boarding areas and baggage carousels were built.

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