Passenger traffic at Italian airports exceeds pre-COVID levels for first time

Monthly passenger traffic at Italian airports surpassed the pre-pandemic levels for the first time in April, the Italian airport operators association Assaeroporti said on Wednesday. Last month the number of passengers at Italian airports rose to 16.5m, a 2.5% increase compared with April 2019. In period January-April passenger traffic was equal to 97.6% of the same period in 2019. Tourism is vital to southern Europe’s economies. The travel industry was worth E100b or 6.2% of Italian output in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the sector into its knees.<br/>
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL8N37S212
5/31/23