page_title: Abruzzo Airport
section_title: Redevelopment and expansion plans
hierarchical_section_title: Abruzzo Airport / Redevelopment and expansion plans
caption_attribution_description: Pescara Airport
context_page_description: Pescara Abruzzo Airport is an airport located in Pescara, Italy. It is located approximately 4 km from the centre of Pescara, about 180 km from Rome, a 2-hour drive by car on a motorway across the Appennine mountains. The airport is located on the state road 5 Via Tiburtina Valeria and is well connected to important road and railway connections.
  Being the only international airport in the Abruzzo region, it plays a fundamental role for the transportation and aerial connection of the area and for that of neighbouring regions, catching people also from Molise, Marche and the Gargano area.
  The airport has seen a steady increase in the number of transit passengers over the years, mainly due to a growth in low-cost airlines and flights. The terminal built in 1996 has been extended in 2011 and recently restructured in 2018.
context_section_description: A series of development works have been carried out between 2008 and 2018 at the airport. Those completed at July 2019 include:
  Building of a new arrival hall (completed in September 2018);
  Building of a new departures hall with new gates, bar and toilettes (completed in November 2018);
  Redesign and expansion of the duty-free area (bar, shops, rent a car) to 7.800 m² (from the current 6.300 m²) and placed in the arrival hall (completed in July 2019);
  Retrofitting and regulation works (completed in late 2008);
  Expansion of the apron 2 (completed in January 2009);
  Expansion of the airport to the west (completed in 2011);
  Building of offices and accommodation for the Flight Police Department (completed in May 2014);
  Resurfacing of the runway (completed in March 2017);
  Modernization and redesign of the parking areas (completed in November 2017);
  Building of a Business room (completed in November 2018);
  Renovation of the toilets of departures and domestic arrivals areas;
  The union of domestic and international arrivals halls;
  Modernization of the baggage belts;
  New trim and fittings in the redeveloped areas
  Expansion of the airport security and video surveillance systems;
  The master plan of development and modernization of the airport includes further upgrading works of both the airside and landside areas, for an overall cost of 33 Euro million. The works include:
caption: Interior Terminal
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