(Finance) – In the end, around 30 thousand passengers were missing from reaching the 16 million milestone, but 2023 (40 countries reached, with 140 summer destinations and 119 in the winter timetable in force from the end of October) it represented the record year for Bergamo airport, after the restart in 2022 which led to it once again exceeding the 13 million mark.
Compared to 2019, which closed with the previous all-time high of 13.8 million passengers, an increase of 15.7%. Over 21.5% more than 2022. A boost provided largely by the appointment with Bergamo Brescia Capital of Culture.
Bergamo airport, firmly third in the ranking of Italian airports by passenger traffic, it was awarded the title of best European airport in the 5-15 million passenger category by ACI World for the second consecutive year. The airport management company Sacbo will bring to the Board of Directors in March a balance sheet which shows for the first time a turnover of 200 million euros and a 20% growth in non-aviation revenues.
Sacbo has already invested 12 million for the connection between the passenger terminal and the future train terminusthe first run of which is expected in 2026. There are 60 million in the pipeline in 2024, a third destined for the construction of stands and taxiways to ensure the most effective conduct of air movements on the ground, 13 for interventions in the environmental sustainability, with a photovoltaic system that will guarantee 10% of the electricity needed for needs, in addition to the renewal of the fleet of electric vehicles and the completion of the cycle path which, together with the bike room present in the airport, it has already made Bergamo airport the first “bike friendly” in Europe.