Naples: Capodichino Airport will remain closed in November for work on the runway
The 30 million maintenance project is set to begin. Shuttle services have been set up between Naples and Salerno Pontecagnano Airport
These are the final days of full operation for Naples Capodichino Airport: it will be closed to traffic for the whole of November whilst major works are carried out, focusing primarily on the runway. The project is worth 30 million euros.
Travellers will need to make their way to the new Salerno-Pontecagnano Airport. To facilitate transfers, Gesac, the company managing the Naples airport, in collaboration with Busitalia Campania, has launched a special shuttle service between Naples Piazza Garibaldi and Salerno Costa d’Amalfi and Cilento Airport. The service comprises eight daily journeys in each direction, with timetables designed to facilitate passenger journeys in line with flight departures and arrivals. The ticket price is 12 euros per passenger per journey, payable directly on board via electronic payment. To further improve access to Salerno Airport, the number of daily services between Salerno Airport and Salerno railway station has also been increased, whilst connections to Potenza, Eboli, Battipaglia and the Amalfi Coast remain in place.
The decision to replace flights that will no longer be able to land or take off from Capodichino rests with the airlines, which drastically reduce their operations during the winter months and carry out maintenance work.
The project involves a major refurbishment of the runway to carry out exceptional maintenance work aimed at ensuring safety and efficiency.
Gesac also has a masterplan for the modernisation and development of Naples Airport. This need stems from the significant increase in passenger numbers in recent years and forecasts of further growth. The masterplan, in fact, envisages sustainable growth in passenger numbers from the current 13 million per year to 17.3 million by 2035. This, however, must be achieved without extending the airport’s operating hours, in order to take into account the sustainability requirements of an airport located within the city. To this end, the redevelopment of a large surrounding area is also planned.
