Abruzzo Airport

Abruzzo Airport
Abruzzo Airport
IATA: PSR – ICAO: LIBP
PSR
Location of airport in Italy
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator S.A.G.A. S.p.A.
Serves Pescara
Elevation AMSL 48 ft / 15 m
Website www.abruzzo-airport.it
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,419 7,936 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 461.086
Aircraft movements 7.971
Cargo (tons) 2.116
Statistics from Assaeroporti.[1]

Abruzzo Airport (IATA: PSR, ICAO: LIBP) is an airport located near Pescara, Italy. It is located approximately 4 km from the centre of Pescara, about 180 km from Rome, a 2 hour drive by car on a motorway across the Appennine mountains. Is the only international airport in the Abruzzo region. Open to civilian traffic since 1996, has seen over the years more and more increase the number of transit passengers mainly due to the low-cost airlines and flights.

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History

In 1973 the historian, Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, who was living in Abruzzo, organised a British Caledonian BAC 111 to take off from Genoa to Pescara as a test flight for a large commercial aircraft to test the feasibility of the approach and landing at Pescara.[2] With the British Caledonian chief pilot an (Ex-RAF) and Halpenny (also Ex-RAF) on board this manoeuvre was successfully accomplished;[2] now opening up the airport and the region for tourism.[2] Halpenny then arranged for a British Caledonian BAC 111 to take off from Gatwick London and fly to and land at Pescara and return to Gatwick.[2] Commercial flights were now shown to be possible.[2]

From 1 February 1979, Itavia is forced to suspend its flights to Pescara due to the revision of the "minimum" on some Italian airports dell'ANPAC implemented by the National Association of Civil Aviation Pilots; raising the minimum in question ( distance to the runway and its share - which the pilot must decide whether to continue the landing) depends on the lack of radio support (such as ILS, Instrument Landing System) and image is essential to enable the landing of aircraft conditions of poor visibility, and absent at the time the airport. Itavia, airline originated in Abruzzo, does not come back on the track of the Free. The mysterious facts of Ustica (June 27, 1980) lead to the termination of the company's flights.

After the dark period during which the Free does not have any connecting line, you start to see a little 'light by restoring the link with the capital of Lombardy, still Ancona, performed by Aermediterranea, a company belonging to the group and IRI owned by Alitalia, which will be operated from 1981 to 1983.

Since 1984, the flight to Milan Linate Airport is managed company of the other group: ATI (Italian Aero Transport) based in Naples. In 1988 it was the turn of the national flag carrier, which brings into play the modern MD-80 and use them until 1994, succeeding on and off, to make the much-awaited direct connection with Milan.

Since 1994, the scheduled flight to Milan Linate Airport is operated by Air One, the company founded in 1983 as a flight school and air taxi companies for services in Abruzzo as the Aliadriatica. In 1996 he opened the current terminal, while the old building was converted for use by technical and logistical support. The project has enabled the airport to offer more comfort and efficiency of service.

Since 2000

The development of the airport, from which 114,000 passengers in 2000 rose to over 400,000 in 2008, is due to the low cost phenomenon that affected all of Europe and most of the small Italian airports, involving a positive structure Pescara. Today the airport has a catchment area of over 400,000 passengers annually and connects the city of Pescara and the entire region with many Italian and European destinations.

Development future

Initially expected in early 2008 are left at year-end work for the modernization and expansion of the passenger: the arrivals area is not Schengen has been completely redesigned and rebuilt the side of the current (1,500 m²), while the space currently occupied will be converted into the departure area, are there other jobs which include:

Some of these works have been completed, others are firm and others have not yet begun. The expansion dell'APRON 2 has been completed and to date has been usually used as a parking lot parked aircraft and the expansion west of the module is finished already in operation, only the missing link to the old terminal that will happen with the restyling of this' last.

Currently the building of the old passenger terminal was converted to a warehouse and was employed by the airline cargoTNTup to December 2008 and operated by Maersk until October 2010.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Transat Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson
Air Vallée Turin
Alitalia Milan-Linate
Belle Air Tirana
Ryanair Beauvais, Bergamo, Charleroi, Girona, Hahn, London-Stansted
Seasonal: Cagliari, Eindhoven, Sandefjord, Trapani [suspended], Verona

Mail flights

Airlines Destinations
Poste Italiane operated by Mistral Air Brescia-Montichiari

Charter flights

Airlines Destinations
Balkan Express operated by BH Air Bourgas
Balkan Express operated by Corendon Airlines Istanbul
B&H Airlines Sarajevo, Mostar
Lauda Air Linz, Vienna
Mistral Air Lourdes
On Air operated by SmartWings Chania, Prague
On Air operated by Croatia Airlines Split

Statistics

Statistics for Abruzzo Airport [1]
Year Total passengers  % Total aircraft movements  % Cargo (tonnes)  %
1996 71,908 4,052 152
1997 72,962 2,86 4,618 13,9 195 28,3
1998 104,000 42,54 6,390 38,4 56 -71,3
1999 105,500 1,44 6,310 1,25 476 750
2000 114,024 8,08 9,940 57,5 2.851 499
2001 153,227 34,4 6,775 -31,8 3.115 9,3
2002 295,875 93,1 11,559 70,6 1.913 -38,6
2003 301,773 2,0 10,932 -5,4 1.795 -6,2
2004 334,998 10,9 10,075 -7,8 2.151 19,8
2005 350,447 4,7 10,339 2,6 2.390 11,1
2006 340,699 -2,8 12,139 17,4 2.849 19,2
2007 371,247 9,0 12,085 -0,4 3.291 15,5
2008 402.845 8,5 11.128 -7,9 3.339 1,5
2009 409.045 1,5 9.773 -12,2 2.431 -27,2
2010 461.086 12.7 7.971 -18,4 2.116 -13,0

References

  1. ^ Data from Assaeroporti (Italian)
  2. ^ a b c d e Abruzzo - Londra: è quasi una realtà Il Tempo - D'Abruzzo, editor Gianni Letta, 27 Ottobre 1973 - N. 294

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