PALERMO INTERNATIONAL 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 is one of the busiest in Italy, with 4.280.614 passengers in 2006.

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'').

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Airlines and destinations

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External links

Airlines and destinations

★ Air Berlin (Frankfurt, Munich, Wien)

★ Air Malta (Malta)

★ Air One (Genova, Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino, Turin, Lampedusa, Pantelleria, Naples, Wien)

★ Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino)

★ Alpi Eagles (Venice, Naples, Olbia)

★ Brussels Airlines (Brussels)

★ Blu Express (Lyon, Grenoble/Nice)

★ Centralwings (Warsaw)

★ Clickair (Barcelona)

★ Easyjet (Milan-Malpensa, London-Gatwick)

★ Eurofly (New York)

★ Finnair (Helsinki)

★ Helvetic Airways (Zurich)

★ Iberia (Madrid)

★ Myair (Milan-Orio al Serio)

★ Meridiana (Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Milan-Linate, Pantelleria, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Trapani, Verona)

★ Ryanair (London-Stansted)

★ Sky Europe (Krakow)

★ TUIfly (Berlin-Tegel, Köln/Bonn, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart, Basel)

★ Transavia (Amsterdam, Paris-Orly)

★ Tunisair (Tunisi)

★ Wind Jet (Barcelona, Bucharest-Otopeni, Forlì, Madrid, Milan-Linate, Moscow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Rome-Fiumicino, Venice, Verona)

★ Vim Avia (Moscow)

★ Volare Airlines (Milan-Linate)

See also

★ Catania-Fontanarossa Airport - Sicily's other international airport

★ Vincenzo Florio Airport - also known as Trapani-Birgi Airport

External links

★ Palermo International Airport (official site)

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★ Map from Multimap

★ Satellite image from TerraServer