Venice Marco Polo Airport

Venice Marco Polo Airport Шаблон:Airport codes is the international airport of Venice, Italy. It is located on the mainland Шаблон:Convert north of the city in Tessera, a Frazione of the Comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. Due to the importance of Venice as a leisure destination it features flights to European metropolitan areas as well as some partly seasonal long-haul routes to the United States, Canada and the Middle East. With 8,751,028 passengers having passed through the airport in 2015, it remains the fifth busiest airport in Italy. The airport is christened after Marco Polo and serves as a base for Volotea and easyJet.

There is another airport located in the Venice area, Treviso Airport, which is sometimes labelled as Venice-Treviso and mostly serves low-cost airlines.

Overview

A modern terminal was opened in 2002, but it is already at full capacity. It handles all scheduled and charter flights, including some long-haul flights to North America, the Middle East, and Asia.

The airport is managed by SAVE S.p.A., a company partially owned by local authorities which also controls the smaller Treviso Airport, dedicated mainly to low-cost carriers. The airport was named after the Venetian traveller Marco Polo, whose book introduced Central Asia and China to Europeans.

In August 2014, Air One announced the closure of its operations including the shutdown of its Venice base on 30 September 2014.

Terminal

The airport terminal has three floors: the ground floor for arrivals and the second floor for departures. The departure area has 70 check-in desks and has two lounges airside for customers. The two departure lounges are the "Tintoretto Lounge" for SkyTeam customers and the "Marco Polo Room" for customers of all other companies. The third floor of the terminal has offices for the operating company and airlines. The departure gates area is separated into Schengen and Non-Schengen flights. Flights in the Non-Schengen gate area require passengers to pass through Italian Passport Control.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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Cargo

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Ground transportation

The airport is connected to the nearby railway station of Venice Mestre and to the bus terminal of Piazzale Roma in Venice by scheduled bus services; to several destinations in Venice itself by the Alilaguna water shuttle (Blue, Red and Orange lines); and to Piazza San Marco by the express Gold Line or BookTaxiVenice water taxi. From the airport it is possible to reach:

  • Venice Piazzale Roma by ATVO (provincial company) buses and by ACTV (city company) buses (route 5 aerobus);
  • Venice, Lido and Murano by Alilaguna (private company) motorboats;
  • Mestre, the mainland and Venice Mestre railways station (convenient for connections to Milan, Padova, Trieste, Verona and the rest of Italy) by ACTV buses (route 15 and 45) and ATVO buses;
  • regional destinations (Treviso, Padua, beaches ...) by ATVO buses and by Busitalia Sita Nord buses (national company).

Accidents and incidents

  • On 6 March 1967 a Short Brothers SC.7 Skyvan 2–102, operated by Soc. Aeralpi, crashed while attempting to land in bad weather, crashing into the lagoon. All 3 on board survived.
  • On 14 September 1993, an Italian Air Force Piaggio PD.808 crashed while attempting to land in bad weather, killing all 3 on board.
  • On 10 May 2014, US Airways Flight 715, headed to Philadelphia from Venice, made an emergency landing at Dublin Airport in Ireland after nine flight attendants complained of nausea, dizziness and running eyes. There were no reports of the pilots or passengers falling ill.

References

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External links

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Marina Om
26 April 2014
There's a stand of The Merchant of Venice perfumes at the souvenir shop in the duty free area. Great perfumes! Nice shopping assistant. And you can buy a kit to compose perfumes yourself! Big like :)
Flor Holvoet
31 August 2014
The waterbus will take you into the city. Good to know: Google Maps knows this too so you can plan your itineary with it. Also, buy tickets online to save time & money.
plucker
24 September 2011
A 33cl bottle of water on ground floor (floor 0) is €2.40, on the 1st floor it's €2.10. On the ground floor vending machine it's €1 (if it works). On the 2nd floor vending machine, it's €0.35!!!
nicola forani
4 November 2017
Probably the best airport in Italy if you compare to all the others. Only weakness are still the security control that are too slow but shops and food inside are good and also the waiting chairs!
Ivan Rigoni
31 August 2018
Beautiful airport terminal with water features. Security checks are sometimes congested , as well as passport control at arrival. Public transport connections far from great.
Joel Oleson
5 December 2018
Small airport, but fun place for a long layover. Water taxi, train, rental cars and busses are easily accessible. The only downside so far is the LHR style wait and see until gate is assigned.
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