"in Venice by scheduled bus services; to several destinations in Venice itself by the Alilaguna water shuttle (Blue, Red and Orange lines); and to Piazza San Marco by the express Gold Line or water taxi. From the airport it is possible to reach: Venice Marco Polo Airport Venice Marco Polo Airport is the international airport of Venice, Italy. It is located on the mainland north of the city in Tessera, a ""Frazione"" of the Comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. Due to the importance of Venice as a leisure destination, it features flights to many European metropolitan areas as well"
"Catania–Fontanarossa Airport Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (, English: Catania International Airport) also named as Vincenzo Bellini Airport, is an international airport southwest of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily. It is named after the opera composer Vincenzo Bellini who was born in Catania. It is the busiest airport in Sicily and the 6th busiest in Italy with 9.120.913 passengers in 2017. Major airlines such as Alitalia, Lufthansa and KLM offer services here and connect numerous European destinations such as Rome, Munich, Amsterdam and Berlin, while low-cost airlines such as easyJet and Ryanair offer flights to leisure destinations."
"one to: Some airlines market Treviso Airport in Treviso, from Venice, as a Venice gateway. Some simply advertise flights to ""Venice"", while naming the actual airport only in small print. There are public buses from this airport to Venice. Venezia-Lido ""Giovanni Nicelli"", a public airport suitable for smaller aircraft, is at the NE end of Lido di Venezia. It has a 994-metre grass runway. The most Venetian sport is probably the """"Voga alla Veneta"""", also commonly called ""Voga Veneta"". The Venetian Rowing is a technique invented in the Venetian Lagoon which has the particularity to see the rower(s), one or"
"Pisa International Airport Pisa International Airport () , also named Galileo Galilei Airport is an airport located in Pisa, Italy. It is the main airport in Tuscany and the 10th in Italy in terms of passengers. It is named after Galileo Galilei, the famous scientist and native of Pisa. The airport was first developed for the military in the 1930s and 1940s. The airport was used by 5,233,118 passengers in 2017. It serves as a focus city of Ryanair. The airport had its own railway station with a service to and from Pisa Central railway station but this was closed"
"direct from the airport. Other airports in Sicily: Catania–Fontanarossa Airport Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (, English: Catania International Airport) also named as Vincenzo Bellini Airport, is an international airport southwest of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily. It is named after the opera composer Vincenzo Bellini who was born in Catania. It is the busiest airport in Sicily and the 6th busiest in Italy with 9.120.913 passengers in 2017. Major airlines such as Alitalia, Lufthansa and KLM offer services here and connect numerous European destinations such as Rome, Munich, Amsterdam and Berlin, while low-cost airlines such as"
"Florence Airport Florence Airport, Peretola , and formally Amerigo Vespucci Airport, is the international airport of Florence, the capital of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is the second-busiest Tuscan airport in terms of passengers after Pisa International Airport. It serves as a focus city for Vueling. The first air field in Florence was created in the Campo di Marte area in 1910, when military authorities allowed a field to be used for ""experiments in air navigation"". Campo di Marte thus became Florence's first airport, and remained so throughout the 1920s. However, the field was soon surrounded by houses and"
"an area of and is named after polymath Leonardo da Vinci who, in 1480, designed a flying machine with wings and the first proto helicopter. The airport was officially opened on 15 January 1961, with two runways, replacing the smaller Rome Ciampino Airport, which remains in service for some low-cost airlines as well as domestic and charter operations. Despite being officially opened in 1961, Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport had actually been in use since 20 August 1960. This was to help relieve air traffic that was congesting Rome Ciampino Airport during the 1960 Summer Olympics. During the 1960s, home-carrier Alitalia"
"Gianni Widmer Gianni Widmer (April 25, 1892 in Trieste, then in Austro-Hungarian Empire – October 30, 1971 in Milan, Italy) (Slovenian: Ivan Vidmar, German: Johann Widmer) was an Italian civil and military aviator of Slovenian descent, a pioneer of airmail. He was interred at the cemetery of S. Anna in Trieste. On September 24, 1911 he flew from Venice to Trieste across the Adriatic Sea in 1h 15 min. There is a monument to Gianni Widmer in San Marino on the mountain of Monte Carlo (Fiorentino commune) to commemorate his landing there on April 16, 1913. It was authored by"
"Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome–Fiumicino International Airport ""Leonardo da Vinci"" () , is an international airport in Rome and the major airport in Italy. It is one of the busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic with 41.7 million passengers served in 2016. It is located in Fiumicino, west of Rome's historic city centre. The airport serves as the main hub for Alitalia, the largest Italian airline and Vueling, a Spanish low-cost carrier owned by International Airlines Group. Based on total passenger numbers, it is the eighth-busiest airport in Europe and was the world's 47th-busiest airport in 2017. It covers"
"recently upgraded the airport complex. The airport is also the manufacturing base for Piaggio Aerospace, an Italian aircraft design and production company. In 2017, with 1,249,374 passengers having passed through the airport, Genoa remained as the 23rd busiest Italian airport by passenger traffic. The Spanish low-cost airline Volotea operates one of its four bases in Italy in Genoa Airport. The airport is named after the notable Genoese navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus. Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport Genoa Airport () also named Christopher Columbus Airport (""Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo"" in Italian) (), and commonly named ""Aeroporto di Genova-Sestri Ponente"" (Genoa-Sestri Ponente Airport,"
"for the trip across the Atlantic Ocean. After World War II, the U.S. government gave airport control to the City of Venice, naming the city the airport sponsor through various Federal grant assurances. After the September 11 attacks of 2001, local, state and national authorities discovered that three of the 9/11 terrorists, Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah, had all enrolled at the now defunct Huffman Aviation flight training school at VNC for general aviation flight training. Venice Municipal Airport covers an area of which contains two paved runways: 5/23 (asphalt) and 13/31 (Concrete), both measuring 5,000 x 150"
"Brescia Airport Brescia ""Gabriele D'Annunzio"" Airport (, ), also known as Montichiari Airport, is located in Montichiari, southeast of City of Brescia, Italy. Other nearby airports are Milan-Malpensa, Milan-Linate, Bergamo Orio al Serio and Verona-Villafranca. The airport is on the site of Italy's first air race meeting in September 1909, and the first outside France. The meeting was attended by the aviators Louis Blériot and Glenn Curtiss, among others. Gabriele D'Annunzio flew in one of Curtiss's planes and drew on the experience of the meeting in his novel ""Forse che sì forse che no"" (1910). Franz Kafka and Max Brod"
"the city center of Treviso. Daily coach service operated by DRD to Ljubljana (Slovenia) through the Venice Marco Polo Airport (Venice) and the Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (Trieste) A public coach vice versa service from Treviso to Padua is operated by SITA. Treviso Airport Treviso Airport, , is an international airport located west-southwest of Treviso and approximately away from the city of Venice, Italy. It is mainly used by low-cost airlines. Some airlines refer to the airport unofficially as """"Venice-Treviso"""" or similar despite its actual name - however, the primary airport of Venice is Venice Marco Polo Airport. The airport"
"is intituled to the Italian aviator Livio Bassi. The airport is a base for the ""37th Fighter Wing"" of the Italian Air Force with the Eurofighter Typhoon, and for the ""82th CSAR"" (Combat Search and Rescue) with the helicopters AgustaWestland AW139. The airfield is one of the four forward operating bases (FOBs) used by the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control stationed out of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen in Geilenkirchen, Germany. The airport gained international attention during Operation Unified Protector in 2011 when NATO aircraft were based there during military intervention in the Libyan Civil War. This table does not"
"the airport was renamed ""Friuli – Venezia Giulia ""Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà"" Airport"", in honor of the 19th-century humanitarian explorer of Africa known in English as Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, namegiver of Brazzaville. In recent years the airport has witnessed growth in low-cost and cargo traffic. The airport is owned and operated by Aeroporto Friuli Venezia Giulia S.p.A., a state corporation whose sole shareholder is the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region. The airport is connected to the national railway and highway networks thanks to the Intermodal Transit Hub completed in March 2018, serving as an air-road-rail interchange. The Trieste Airport railway"
"Venice-Lido Airport Venice-Lido Airport (, ) is an aerodrome located east of Venice (""Venezia""), a city in the Veneto region in Italy. It is situated on the north end of the island of Lido di Venezia. It is also known as Giovanni Nicelli Airport and was formerly known as Venice-San Nicolò Airport. The aerodrome is operated by Nicelli S.p.A. and administered by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) of Venice. The air traffic service (ATS) authority is ENAV. The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 05/23 with a grass surface measuring"
"is served by a six-lane motorway and numerous buses and taxis. From the 1960s until the 1980s, the airport experienced significant aircraft hijackings as well as being the scene of two major terrorist attacks and the port of origin for an aircraft bombing in flight—some engendered by Palestinians as part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. <br> Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Rome–Fiumicino International Airport ""Leonardo da Vinci"" () , is an international airport in Rome and the major airport in Italy. It is one of the busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic with 41.7 million passengers served in 2016. It is"
". Venice-Lido Airport Venice-Lido Airport (, ) is an aerodrome located east of Venice (""Venezia""), a city in the Veneto region in Italy. It is situated on the north end of the island of Lido di Venezia. It is also known as Giovanni Nicelli Airport and was formerly known as Venice-San Nicolò Airport. The aerodrome is operated by Nicelli S.p.A. and administered by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) of Venice. The air traffic service (ATS) authority is ENAV. The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 05/23 with a grass surface"
"Mafia following Falcone and Borsellino's deaths, Riina was arrested on 15 January 1993, and was serving a life sentence, until his death in 2017, for sanctioning the murders of both magistrates as well as many other crimes. Another Mafioso convicted of the murder of Falcone is Giovanni Brusca, also known as ""lo scannacristiani"" (the people slaughterer). He was one of Riina's associates, who admitted to being the one who detonated the explosives. Palermo International Airport has been named ""Falcone-Borsellino Airport"" in honor of the two judges and hosts a memorial of the pair by the local sculptor Tommaso Geraci. Monuments"
"unearthed. <BR> Piazza Venezia Piazza Venezia () is the central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II) alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice. The Palazzo Venezia served as the embassy of the Republic of Venice in Rome. One side of the Piazza is the site of Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Altare della Patria, part of the Monument to Vittorio"
"number of airplanes and passengers has steadily increased. In 1990, the airport was renamed after Florence native Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian merchant and cartographer. In 1992, the building now dedicated to arrivals, constructed by AdF, was inaugurated. Two years later, a departures building opened, and the City of Florence opened a car park at the entrance to the airport. In 1996, the runway was extended by 250 metres, and AdF funded further enlargement of the departure area. Today, the new area has 15 check-in desks and covers a total of 1,200 square metres, 770 of which are for public use."
"Piazza Venezia Piazza Venezia () is the central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II) alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice. The Palazzo Venezia served as the embassy of the Republic of Venice in Rome. One side of the Piazza is the site of Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Altare della Patria, part of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II,"
"towns and villages at both sides of the lakes. The waterways in Venice, including the Grand Canal, serve as the vital transportation network for local residents and tourists. Frequent shuttle ferries (""vaporetta"") connect different points on the main island of Venice and other outlying islands of the lagoon. In addition, there are direct shuttle boats between Venice and the Venice Marco Polo Airport. Italy's largest airline is Alitalia, which was privatised in 2008. Its main hub is Rome Fiumicino Airport. Alitalia also operates a regional subsidiary under the Alitalia CityLiner brand. Italy's second largest airline is Air Italy, which operates"
"Varese-Venegono Airport Varese-Venegono Airport (ICAO: LILN), known also as """"Aeroporto Arturo Ferrarin"","" is an Italian airport that supports military and leisure activities. Located in Venegono Inferiore, in north Italy, it serves the surrounding areas (Varese, Como and Milano provinces) as a touristic airport and Alenia Aermacchi as a military airport. The airport is located 5.4 NM from Varese city, 12.4 NM from Milan Malpensa Airport and 27.3 NM from Milan Linate Airport. The ""Aerodrome Administration Authority"" is the Italian Air Force-Cameri Aerodrome Command, and the operator is ""Varese Aeroclub"". The airport was established in the 1930s as a temporary military"
"attempt to help his comerades, made Visintini a legend at the time. In 1942, a volume of the series, ""Eroi della nostra guerra"" (Heroes of Our War), entitled ""Il Pilota solitario"" (The Lonely Pilot) was dedicated to him. Postwar, the ""Gruppo Giovanile Mario Visintini"" named in honour of Visintini was a youth group in Eritrea that operated from 1950–1957. The ""Aeroporto di Rivolto ""MOVM Cap. Mario Visintini"""" is a small regional civil airport located four km southwest of Udine, Italy. Mario Visintini Mario Visintini, MOVM, (26 April 1913 – 11 February 1941), was the first Regia Aeronautica ace of World"
"airport started to be used for gliding. An enterprise based at first at Malpensa, called Aeronautica Aermacchi, moved in Venegono Inferiore. This company, originally, was specialized in ""Vampire Aircraft"" reviews and tests on the MB 326. In 1981 it was reorganized as a holding company, called ""Aermacchi SpA"" Later, in 1993, it moved the whole production of its aircraft to Venegono. In 2003 it was purchased by ""Finmeccanica"", changing its name to Alenia Aermacchi. The airport was renamed ""Aeroporto "" in homage to the Italian pilot. Arturo Ferrarin was a fighter pilot during the World War I and enrolled in"
"requested resources. The city of Venice, called on by a popular petition, has honored his memory by dedicating the stretch of the Lido promenade that borders the ""Venice-Lido Airport"". Umberto Klinger Umberto Klinger (Saluzzo, August 3, 1900 - Venice, January 26, 1971) was an aviator, Italian politician and entrepreneur. Volunteer in the Alpini assault troop Arditi detachments during the First World War, subsequently participated in the Fiume Exploit event. Appointed by Italo Balbo, the Italian Air Minister from 1929 to 1933, he chaired and organized the first Italian airline flag company. Senior pilot officer of the reserve in World War"
"1985, until 1994 GESAP operated exclusively as handler and supplier of ground services for Palermo Airport, the management of which is directly assigned by the government and overseen by the District Airport Directorate. The airport was given the name ""Falcone Borsellino"" in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the Sicilian Mafia in 1992. A diameter plaque featuring their portraits can be found to the right of one of the main outside entrances to the departure hall, set into a mosaic of Sicily. Created by the Sicilian sculptor Tommaso Geraci, it"
"Via Veneto Via Vittorio Veneto (), colloquially called Via Veneto, is one of the most famous, elegant, and expensive streets of Rome, Italy. The street is named after the Battle of Vittorio Veneto (1918), a decisive Italian victory of World War I. Federico Fellini's classic 1960 film ""La Dolce Vita"" was mostly centered on the Via Veneto area. Initially, like other streets in the Ludovisi neighborhood, Via Veneto was dedicated to an Italian region, in this case, Venetia. After the First World War, the name was changed to commemorate the Battle of Vittorio Veneto. The street was built in the"
"the Royal Italian Army air service in 1916. In 1923 he was absorbed into Italy's ""Regia Aeronautica"". He served principally as a test pilot, but also as a participant at various international air competitions. He died in 1941 when a prototype aircraft that he was testing crashed at ""Guidonia"", Italy. Venegono airport is considered a ""military airport"", serving authorized ""civil aviation"" and coordinated by the operator """"Aeroclub di Varese"""". The association """"Aeroclub di Varese"""" (AeC) was created in 1948; it is a non profit organization aimed at practicing ""sportive activities, didactics, touristic and promotional in the sector of the flights"""
"Air Force war-hero Tito Minniti, who was born in Reggio Calabria. Its IATA airport code REG is derived from Reggio, Calabria's main city, which the airport is closest to. On the outskirts of the airport the training grounds of local football club Reggina Calcio are located. In March 2017, Alitalia announced to terminate all 56 weekly flights to and from the airport (to Milan, Rome and Turin) stating all routes were heavily loss-making. However, this decision was revoked shortly after. In summer 2017 Sacal S.p.A. (Società aeroportuale calabrese), also managing Lamezia Terme took over the management of the airport. Number"
"was subsequently restored by GVAS (the Italian aeronautical preservation society). Many roads in Italy are named after Baracca. The airport of Bolzano, a city in the province of South Tyrol, the Roma-Centocelle Italian Air Force base, and the Lugo di Romagna air field are all named after Baracca. A huge momument to his memory dominates the main square of his home town at Lugo di Romagna. In later years, Baracca's mother presented his prancing stallion emblem, the ""Cavallino Rampante"", to Enzo Ferrari. The prancing horse has been the official symbol of the Scuderia Ferrari racing team since 1929, and of"
"its original name ""Military Airport Orazio Pierozzi"", named in memory of an Italian airman of the First World War. The airport is officially named after Antonio Papola, in memory of the Italian aviator died on February 13, 1948 in an air accident who had a special bond with the city. It is also officially known as ""Casale"" with reference to the contiguous neighborhood in Brindisi with the same name and also as ""Salento Airport"" with reference to the geographic region where it is located. The strategic position of the airport in the Mediterranean region, along with its multi-modal connections with"