Volotea strengthens its bond with Campania and flies ever higher above the sky of Naples. The low-cost airline has announced that it has chosen Naples as its sixth Italian base.
From 2020, Volotea will allocate two Airbus A319 aircraft at Naples airport and will launch 1 new exclusive route to Alicante (2 weekly flights starting from April 2020); the available routes from the airport rise to 22, 11 of which are exclusive, with a total offer of 1,000,000 tickets on sale for the next year, 150,000 more compared to 2019. Naples features the richest offer at the national level by the airline, which aims to grow further in the future. An estimated 60 new jobs are associated with the opening of the base.
The opening of the new base is linked to the excellent performance of the carrier in Naples, which recently exceeded 2,500,000 passengers transported locally. From January to September 2019, the low-cost airline operated approximately 5,300 flights in Naples (+17% compared to 2018), reaching a load factor of 94%. During the same period, 672,000 passengers traveled from Naples aboard the Volotea fleet (+21% compared to the same period of the previous year).
“We are very proud to open our new base in Naples, a city that has supported our growth journey and given us a truly warm welcome,” declared Carlos Muñoz, President and Founder of Volotea. “We will allocate 2 A319 aircraft at the airport, configured with 156 seats. The 2 aircraft will ensure better connectivity, thanks to even more convenient flight schedules, to fly to 22 destinations in Italy and abroad. Additionally, numerous job opportunities will be created at the airport. We strongly believe in the potential of the territory and in the successful partnership established with Naples Airport. On behalf of all of Volotea, I would like to thank local authorities and GESAC management who has supported us in this growth journey, as well as the passengers who have chosen to fly aboard our fleet internationally, over 2.5 million of whom have traveled through Naples, our first airport in Italy.”.
“Passengers, environment, and territory are the guiding principles of our strategy, based on the awareness of the crucial role played by the airport in the tourism supply chain. The opening of Volotea’s base in Naples is a strategic operation that responds to our main objectives: improving connectivity, protecting the environment, and fostering development, thanks to a stable number of destinations in more convenient time slots, reduced environmental impact, and new jobs,” emphasized Roberto Barbieri, CEO of GESAC.
From next year, Naples will join the already operational bases of the airline in Italy: Venice, Verona, Palermo, Genoa, and Cagliari.
In Naples, Volotea has a lineup of 22 routes – 11 of which are not operated by any other airline: the new route to Alicante will be added to domestic flights to Cagliari, Catania, Genoa, Olbia, Palermo, Turin, Trieste, and Verona, and international flights to Kefalonia, Heraklion, Mykonos, Preveza-Lefkada, Rhodes, Santorini, Skiathos, and Zante in Greece, Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes, and Toulouse in France, and Bilbao in Spain.
In the coming months, local recruitment sessions will be launched to identify 60 professionals among pilots and cabin crew, to which a Base Manager will be added for all coordination activities. Finally, the induced effects generated by tourist flows passing through the airport and the indirect job opportunities that will be created should not be forgotten.
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