A record 2017 for the airport of Orio al Serio. In the year just ended, the airport of Bergamo recorded the new all-time high of passengers: 12,336,137 with an increase of 10,54% equal to 1,176,506 passengers more than the previous year (about 100,000 more per month on average).
A very important result for Orio al Serio confirming the importance of this airport, which has now become the third airport of Milan. The forecasts of exceeding the 12 million mark were therefore fully respected.
According to what was declared by Sacbo, the company that manages the airport, there were essentially two factors that led to this growth: the improvement in the ratio between the passengers actually transported and the seats offered (defined "load factor“), And the increase in routes to non-European countries such as Russia, Turkey, Israel And Ukraine.
“A final balance that confirms the consolidation of the sector linked to the activity of courier carriers driven by the growth of e-commerce, thanks to which it was possible to record a constantly positive trend during the year, and strategic for the territorial production sector, which is response in the efficiency of shipping services with origin and destination at Milan Bergamo Airport"Explain from Sacbo.
2017 is the sixteenth year in a row that the airport of Orio al Serio marks growth, establishing itself as the third largest airport inItaly by number of passengers afterwards Fiumicino And Malpensa. In 2007, the Bergamo was in seventh place in Italy with "only" 5 million and 700 thousand passengers, later Fiumicino, Malpensa, Linate, Venice, Catania And Naples. In 10 years, therefore, the number of passengers per year has doubled.
The growth also involved the freight sector which reached 126 thousand tons throughout the year, equal to an increase of 7% compared to the previous year.
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