Tourism bodies in Italy are hoping that more airlines and routes start flying to the Southern Italian airports as it could lead to a repeat of the success story of low cost carriers opening up Spanish destinations to tourists.
According to the Global Property Group, No frills flights are sustaining tourism across southern areas of Italy. Director Mike Dunkerley said that affordable access to the region was "tremendously important." "Out of season you can get £50 returns, whereas if you're using the conventional airlines - it used to have to be Alitalia - you would be looking at £300, £400," he added.
Ryanair's prices are as low as £60 return out of season which makes the Italian destinations much more affordable for UK travelers. Stephen McNamara, head of communications at Ryanair, stated that the airlines low fares and punctuality is the reason for drawing more travelers.
Commenting on their success Mr. McNamara said, "Passengers opt for Ryanair's guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharge over BA's high fares and greedy fuel surcharges".
Dr Pasquale Schiano of Italian aerospace research center (CIRA) has said that government is undertaking an innovative regional economic initiative to enhance and upgrade the infrastructure that allows vital air traffic links throughout southern Italy. He comments: "The main objective here is to improve interregional mobility because, for example, in Italy we have several major airports - but if you want to travel from Naples to the south in Apulia or Calabria we really need to be talking about improvements in general aviation infrastructure."
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