Almost 95 thousand passengers in September. A growth compared to 2025 which stands at 7.9%, as emerges from Assaeroporti data, and another step forward for the Strait airport which at the end of the summer season looks to the challenge it came close to last year: the million passengers. Last year 977,984 users arrived. Of course, the figure is symbolic, but it marks a turning point for the airport which only five years ago seemed almost destined for closure and which in 2025 recorded the best growth percentage at a national level.
In the first nine months of 2026, approximately 760 thousand passengers passed through the city of the Strait; 240 thousand are missing to reach the goal coveted by the Region. Unimaginable data in 2024, before the arrival of the low-cost airline Ryanair and the restyling of the airport. The strengthening of the commercial offer with the new national and international routes has caused the numbers to soar.
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