Aeroitalia announced an ambitious expansion plan for Bergamo International Airport (BGY), ahead of the 2023 northern summer season. The new destinations include eight cities in Greece, seven in Italy, four in Spain, Albania, Cyprus, Israel, Poland and Romania. The Italian carrier will have to compete at Ryanair’s third largest base in Europe.
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Aeroitalia had landed in Bergamo in November by launching its direct services to Rome/Fiumicino (FCO) with two daily flights. It also launched flights to Bacau (BCM) in Romania; Catania (CTA) in Italy and London/Heathrow (LHR) in the UK in December; the latter will increase from 5 to 7 weekly flights by March 2023.
«Today we are pleased to announce the expansion of our Milan-Bergamo base and launch 27 fantastic new routes at affordable prices, for the benefit of our customers who will enjoy more and better travel options for their vacations in Southern Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Romania, Poland and Albania,» said Aeroitalia’s Chief Commercial Officer, Krassimir Tanev.
Also, Kassimir stated that the airlift to Rome will undergo modifications following the increase in demand, going from two to four daily flights.
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«The announcement related to a significant increase in destinations in the 2023 summer flight schedule reflects Aeroitalia’s desire to attribute an important role to Milan Bergamo Airport in its activities,» said for his part Giacomo Cattaneo, director of aviation sales at SACBO, the company that manages Milan Bergamo Airport.
The scheduling launched by Aeroitalia also helps to strengthen the offer of typically Mediterranean holiday destinations. To implement these operations, the company will base five Boeing 737-800s configured with 189 seats. It currently operates three Boeing 737-800s and uses two ATR 72-600s under a wet lease contract with Air Connect.
New routes and current operations
Milan/Bergamo is low-cost territory, mainly for Ryanair, which has its largest base there in Italy and the third largest in Europe, behind London/Stansted and Dublin. It also has an important network of holiday destinations of the tour operators NEOS and Albastar, to Greece, the Canary Islands and Africa.
According to the schedule, Aeroitalia will have no direct competition in six destinations: Larnaca in Cyprus; Lublin in Poland; Reggio Calabria and Roca in Italy; and London in the United Kingdom.
On the other hand, Aeroitalia will compete on 15 destinations against Ryanair.
