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Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport ( it, link=no, Aeroporto Internazionale Vincenzo Bellini di Catania-Fontanarossa ) , also known as Vincenzo Bellini Airport, is an international airport southwest of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily. It is named after the opera composer Vincenzo Bellini, who was born in Catania. According to Assaeroporti, it is the busiest airport in Sicily and the fourth busiest in Italy in 2020. Major airlines such as ITA Airways, Lufthansa and KLM offer services here and connect numerous European destinations such as Rome, Munich, Amsterdam and Berlin, while low-cost airlines such as easyJet and Ryanair offer flights to leisure destinations. With nearly two million passengers carried in 2016, the Catania/Fontanarossa – Rome/Fiumicino route is Italy's busiest air route, and Europe's fourth busiest. History Early years Catania Airport's history dates back to 1924, when it was the region's first airport. During World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryanair
Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier founded in 1984. It is headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland and has its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports. It forms the largest part of the Ryanair Holdings family of airlines and has Ryanair UK, Buzz, Lauda Europe, and Malta Air as sister airlines. It is Ireland's biggest airline and in 2016 became Europe's largest budget airline by scheduled passengers flown, carrying more international passengers than any other airline. Ryanair Group operates more than 400 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with a single 737-700 used as a charter aircraft, as a backup, and for pilot training. The airline has been characterized by its rapid expansion, a result of the Airline deregulation, deregulation of the aviation industry in Europe in 1997 and the success of its low-cost business model. Ryanair's route network serves 40 countries in Europe, North Africa (Morocco), and the Middle East (Israel, Jordan and Turkey). The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Busiest Passenger Air Routes
These are lists of the busiest air routes by the number of passengers flown, by seat capacity and by aircraft movements. Global statistics By number of passengers Top 20 busiest air routes Busiest international air routes by origin-and-destination passenger volume (airport pairs) Busiest routes by region By aircraft movements The following are the lists of the world's busiest air routes based on the number of scheduled flights in both directions. Note that these statistics do not consider the number of passengers carried. Regional statistics Europe (2011-2021) Busiest air routes inside the EU, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway* * Figures are only available for EU countries, Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. :United Kingdom has not reported for 2021 and parts of 2020, due to Brexit, but data are available from EU/Eurostat countries for flights between them and UK, but not for UK domestic or UK to outside Europe. The multiple airports of Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens International Airport
Athens International Airport ''Eleftherios Venizelos'' ( el, Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος», ''Diethnís Aeroliménas Athinón "Elefthérios Venizélos"''), commonly initialised as AIA , is the largest international airport in Greece, serving the city of Athens and region of Attica. It began operation on 28 March 2001 (in time for the 2004 Summer Olympics) and is the main base of Aegean Airlines, as well as other smaller Greek airlines. It replaced the old Ellinikon International Airport. Athens International is currently a member of Group 1 of Airports Council International (over 25 million passengers) as of 2021, it is the 15th-busiest airport in Europe and the busiest and largest in the Balkans. History Development and ownership AIA is located between the towns of Markopoulo, Koropi, Spata and Loutsa, about to the east of central Athens ( by road, due to intervening hills). The airport is named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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