The Tuscan Airport System continues to grow: new record in June with over 950 thousand passengers (+15%), Florence and Pisa mark new all-time highs

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The Tuscan Airport System continues to grow: new record in June with over 950

thousand passengers (+15%), Florence and Pisa mark new all-time highs

Florence, July 2, 2024 - The Tuscan Airport System marks a new record in June, exceeding 950 thousand passengers (952 thousand to be precise) transiting through the airports of Florence and Pisa. This is a 15% increase compared to the same month in 2023, driven by the growth in the number of commercial passenger flights (+12.2%) and a load factor of scheduled flights (so-called load factor) of 86.2% (+0.4% percentage points).

Overall, the first half of 2024 closes with another milestone: for the first time, the Tuscan Airport System exceeds 4 million passengers (4.1 million), registering a +14.2% compared to the same period of the previous year.

The Amerigo Vespucci airport in Florence has recorded a new monthly record in June, exceeding 357 thousand passengers (+11.3% compared to the same month in 2023). This significant increase is mainly due to the increase in the number of commercial passenger flights (+7.5%) and an improvement in the load factor, which stands at 84.5% (+1.5 percentage points). International scheduled traffic showed a 15.3% growth, offsetting the 5.4% decline in domestic traffic. The main destinations served with scheduled flights were Paris, London, Amsterdam, Rome and Zurich.

For the Florence airport, the first half of 2024 closed with a historical record, exceeding 1.6 million passengers and marking a 21.9% growth compared to the same period of the previous year.

The Galileo Galilei airport in Pisa also reached a new monthly record in June, with 595 thousand passengers (+17.4% compared to June 2023). The airport recorded an increase in the number of commercial passenger flights (+16.5%) and a 0.4 percentage point decrease in the load factor, which stood at 87.3%. Both international (+19.3%) and domestic (+12.4%) traffic showed significant growth. The main destinations served were London, Tirana, Palermo, Catania and Paris.

In the first six months of 2024, the Pisa airport reached its historical maximum, with approximately 2.5 million passengers transiting overall, an increase of 1.2% compared to the same period of the previous year.

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Toscana Aeroporti S.p.A. is the management company of the Florence and Pisa airports. Founded on 1 June 2015 through the merger of AdF - Aeroporto di Firenze S.p.A. (managing company of the Florence A. Vespucci airport) and SAT - Società Aeroporto Toscano S.p.A. (managing company of the Pisa G. Galilei Airport), Toscana Aeroporti S.p.A. stands out for the complementary nature of the two airports, each with its own specific features: Florence airport focuses on the development of business and leisure traffic through full-service carriers, linking the major European hubs; whereas Pisa airport focuses mainly on tourism traffic operated by low-cost carriers and on cargo flights, paying particular attention to intercontinental connections. The Tuscan Airport System is one of the most important in Italy and is a driver of local economic development in one of the world's best known and most loved regions.

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