The Ministry of Tourism confirmed contacts with the private airline ITA, from the European country.
The Undersecretary of Tourism, Remo Monzeglio, confirmed efforts to advance a flight between Uruguay and Italy, via private airline ITA, that already operates towards Argentina and Brazil, within the framework of the government’s plan to strengthen the air connectivity.
The objective of Ministry of Tourism is to continue adding frequencies and specify an air route between Montevideo and the European country. That’s why, Monzeglio took advantage of his stay at the BIT 2024 Fair, in Milan, to move forward in that sense and, in dialogue with Radio Carve, he expressed: “A flight towards Italy It would be very important for Uruguay”.
The leader confirmed that he shared activities with the Minister of Tourism of Italy, Daniela Santanchè, while he held a meeting with senior executives of the private airline ITA, which was formed after the bankruptcy declaration of Alitalia. “They kept the best airplanes and now they are trying to expand,” he highlighted.
“They are already traveling to Brazil and Argentina directly and nothing better than Uruguay to be able to expand,” said Monzeglio, who in any case clarified that it is “an ant job”, which he considered very necessary after an increase of more than 140% in visitors who arrived from Europe, according to data from Mintur.
After a positive year, the government seeks to advance in air connectivity
After a 2023 in which Uruguay received 3,835,041 tourists, with a year-on-year growth of 55.5% and income of 1,776 million dollars, the Executive seeks to continue adding flights and frequencies, in accordance with the search to strengthen air connectivity.
Although the arrival of Argentines remains the most massive and there was an increase in visitors since Brazil, The search is to continue consolidating other destinations.
That is why during the last year it added 24 frequencies in the Carrasco International Airport and the Laguna del Sauce International Airport, with connections to destinations United States, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Peru and Chile.
Also worth highlighting are the inauguration months ago of the binational airport of Rivera, that will help attract more visitors, such as the imminent launch of the airport in Leap.
Source: Ambito
