Verona Airport System (VRN/LIPX)
New routes and frequency possibilities and why these routes would work
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What more romantic city than Verona, the setting of Romeo and Juliet? The recent opening of Juliet’s balcony for weddings is bound to be a major draw. Verona Arena, the ancient Roman amphitheatre of world importance, alone attracts over 500,000 visitors annually to its spectacular opera performances. Air Malta, just one of several new airlines to realise Verona’s potential. |
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Other major factors for inbound tourism: Garda and the Italian Alps. The area’s inbound touristic flow is an entire 9 million per year.
Other major reasons to serve this airport
- Two airports form the Verona Airport System: Verona’s Valerio Catullo Airport and Brescia’s Gabriele d’Annunzio Airport
- This is a year-round destination: Summer season visits to Lake Garda and the historical cities are balanced by winter sports in the Italian Alps - the Dolomites.
- The area is well-known for its strong concentration of small and medium sized industries.
The cities and provinces listed below (total population of 7.2 million) provides the main traffic for the “Catullo” and “D’Annunzio” airports:
- Verona
- Vicenza
A rich seam of export thriving medium-sized industries populate the Verona airports’ catchment area including household names such as Pedrini and fire truck maker Brescia Anticendi International.
- Brescia
- Mantova
- Trento
- Bolzano
- Rovigo
- Piacenza
- Cremona
- Reggio Emilia
- Modena
The two airports in the Verona Airport System cover a 7.2m catchment including key industrial areas such as Modena – home of the Maserati.
Further on this profile will explain the economic potential and general characteristics of these provinces in greater detail. However, it should be noted that these local characteristics are well represented on the Board of Directors guaranteeing a strong level of regional ‘brand loyalty’ from an airport system centrally serving a market of 13 provinces within a radius of only 130 km!
Verona’s Ponte di Castelvecchio – it’s hard to believe that much encouragement is needed. Besides new-entrant incentives and marketing support the Verona and Brescia Airports System works closely with handlers and other supply chain partners to produce the most competitive offers for airlines considering new air services.
Marketing and other support
The Verona and Brescia Airports System would support new routes with competitive incentive schemes, including marketing support, and assisting the airlines with evidence for the launch of new routes and frequencies closely referenced to the market demands of the region.
The airport also works closely with handlers and other essential partners in the supply chain to maximise valuable competitive advantages for airlines considering the Verona and Brescia Airports System.
The Verona Airport System is a two-airport group comprising Valerio Catullo Airport (Verona) and Gabriele d’Annunzio (Brescia) offering valuable inward tourism and its own large commercially-important catchment of 7.2 million.
Catchment Area
The geographical area takes in three different regions, including the South Tyrol which has no primary commercial airports and all the provincial capitals are well connected to Verona by major motorway and rail links.
This very large catchment area is highly productive in terms of agriculture and industry, with prevalence of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as in the service sector.
Under-served freight opportunities and other economic impact factors
Of the two airports in the Verona Airport System, Brescia, open to commercial air traffic in March 1999, focusses on mail and cargo traffic, featuring::
Cargo centre: A Cargoitalia MD-11 at Brescia where the first phase of a new cargo centre becomes operational in 2010. Italy’s industry is clustered in the north favouring Brescia – now Italy’s 4th largest cargo airport.
- Italian Mail service hub
- Positioned as the 4th-largest Italian airport for cargo flights
- 3,000 m Runway (ILS Cat. IIIB)
- 4,200 sq.m cargo center (work in progress: 10,000 sq.m available at the beginning of the 2010)
- Experiencing a strong Far East cargo traffic increase
Geography
- One of the principal strong points of the “Valerio Catullo” (Verona) and “Gabriele d’Annunzio” (Brescia) is their strategic position in the centre of north-eastern Italy. The airports are located at the crossroads of the main Italian east-west motorway system (the A4 motorway between Turin and Trieste) and the north-south motorway (Modena - Brenner) as well as the main railway network. This makes airport access very easy and rapid.
Infrastructure & Operations
Verona:
- 3,000m runway ILS CatIIIB
- 29 apron stands
- 16,500m departures terminal; 28-40 check-in counters
- 6,100m arrivals terminal
Brescia:
- 3,000m runway ILS CatIIIB
- 6,500 passenger terminal
- 50,000m apron with 13 stands
- Four positions for 747 – ample cargo equipment for handling same
- Warehousing with 40 ULD/build up pallet positions
Vital statistics
- Verona (2009): 3.1 million passengers
- Brescia (2009): 200,000 passengers
