![]() ![]() ![]() was the first airport management company in Italy to be privatised: BAA acquires 70% of the share package from the City Council and Province of Naples. ![]() drew up – with BAA assistance – a new master plan, which marked the beginning of a twenty-year development plan. ("Gestione Servizi Aeroporto Capodichino") was established to administer the airport in 1982, it became "Gestione Servizi Aeroporti Campani" and participated in by the City Council, the province of Naples and Alitalia. When the combat units moved out, Air Transport Command used the airport as a major transshipment hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel for the remainder of the war. It was then used by the US Twelfth Air Force which stationed the following units at the airport: 79th Fighter Group (January–May 1944, P-40 Warhawk/P-47 Thunderbolt) 47th Bombardment Group (March–April 1944, A-20 Havoc) 33d Fighter Group (April–May 1944, P-40 Warhawk), 332nd FG (15 Apr 44 - 28 Mar 44, P-39 Airacobra). 324 Wing with its five squadrons of Supermarine Spitfires in 1943. ĭuring World War II, it was used as a combat airfield by the United States Army Air Forces and the Royal Air Force extensively during the Italian Campaign. During the First World War, "Campo di Marte" became a military airport in order to defend the town against Austro-Hungarian and German air attacks. The district of Capodichino – in the area known as "Campo di Marte" – hosted the first flight exhibitions in Naples in 1910. Located 3.2 NM (5.9 km 3.7 mi) north-northeast of the city in the Naples, the airport is officially named Aeroporto di Napoli-Capodichino Ugo Niutta, after decorated WWI pilot Ugo Niutta. The airport serves as a base for easyJet, Ryanair, Volotea and Wizzair. According to 2019 data, the airport is the fifth-busiest airport in Italy and the busiest in Southern Italy. Naples-Capodichino International Airport ( IATA: NAP, ICAO: LIRN) ( Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Napoli) is the intercontinental airport serving Naples and the Southern Italian region of Campania. ![]()
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