Sicily's Catania airport restarts flights after Etna alert downgrade
- Catania Airport in Sicily reopened at 2pm Saturday after a week-long flight suspension due to a volcanic eruption at Mount Etna, following the downgrade of the volcanic activity alert from red to orange.
- The flight suspensions disrupted plans for thousands of holidaymakers.
- Mount Etna, Europe's tallest active volcano at 3,324 meters, frequently erupts and attracted visitors with visible lava flows.
- In 2024, around 12 million passengers used Catania International Airport, which serves eastern Sicily, a major tourist area in Italy.
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In recent days, at least eight hundred flights destined for the airport have been canceled.
Sac, the managing company of the airport of Catania, backs: after announcing the restriction of flights until 12 today, August 18, this morning announced that all flight activities on departure and on arrival are restored with immediate effect. The reopening of closed sectors and the cancellation of restrictions [...] L'articolo The airport of Catania reopens: deleted all restrictions for the eruption of the Etna comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Sac, the company that manages the airport of Catania announces that following the passage of the state of alert of volcanic activities from Red to Orange, has been arranged to reopen...
Opened the closed sectors for the ash produced by the eruption of the volcano and transported by the winds.
The volcano in Sicily had erupted more than a week ago. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted since then. According to the operator, some 36 percent of flights planned for Catalania were cancelled between August 6 and 12. The operating company SAC described the impact on the airport infrastructure as the heaviest of the last 20 years. This Sunday, however, air traffic at the largest airport on the Italian island was normal. Etna is…
There are many Italians who in recent days are experiencing important inconveniences in the airports, Italian and not only, back from their holidays. From the eruption of Etna that has...
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