Palermo International Airport
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(Falcone-Borsellino Airport)
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Palermo International Airport , also known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport and Punta Raisi Airport is located at Punta Raisi, 32km (19 miles) west of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily.
The airport was given the name Falcone-Borsellino in memory of the two leading anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino who were murdered by the mafia in 1992. A 1.90m diameter plaque featuring their portraits can be found to the right of one the main outside entrance to the departure hall, set into a mosaic of Sicily. Created by the sicilian sculptor Tommaso Geraci, it bears the inscription Giovanni Falcone - Paolo Borsellino - Gli Altri - L'orgoglio della Nuova Sicilia (Giovanni Falcone - Paolo Borsellino - The Others - The Pride of the New Sicily).
Airlines and Destinations
- Air Malta (Luqa)
- Air One (Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino)
- Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino)
- Alpi Eagles (Venice)
- Centralwings (Warsaw)
- Evolavia (Acona)
- Hapag Lloyd Express (Cologne/Bonn)
- MyAir (Bologna, Milan-Bergamo)
- Meridiana (Bologna, Florence, Lampedusa, Milan-Linate, Panterlleria, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Verona)
- Mistral Air (Rome-Ciampino) Cargo Only
- Ryanair (London-Stansted)
- Tunis Air (Tunis)
- Windjet (Barcelona, Forli, Madrid, Milan-Linate, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Venice)
See also
- Catania-Fontanarossa Airport - Sicily's other international airport
External links
- [Palermo International Airport] (official site)
- [World Aero Data on this airport (LICJ)]
- Map from [Multimap]
- Satellite image from [TerraServer]
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