by InTrieste
Trieste Airport Friuli Venezia Giulia recorded its busiest year on record in 2025, handling 1,651,702 passengers, a milestone that for the first time pushed the northeastern Italian airport past the 1.6-million mark.
The figure represents a 25 percent increase over 2024, continuing a three-year streak of rapid growth. Passenger volumes were up 77 percent compared with 2023 and more than doubled from 2022, according to data released by the airport on Monday.
The expansion has been driven in part by a steady increase in direct connections. During 2025 the airport added new routes to Lamezia Terme, Prague, Rotterdam and Stockholm, bringing the total number of nonstop destinations served to 27.
International travel accounted for a growing share of the traffic. More than 770,000 passengers flew on international routes in 2025, a 35 percent increase from the previous year and about 47 percent of the airport’s total volume. Domestic traffic reached more than 878,000 passengers, up 18 percent from 2024, representing the remaining 53 percent.
Among international destinations, Frankfurt, London, Barcelona, Kraków and Valencia were the most popular routes. Domestically, the busiest connections linked Trieste with Rome Fiumicino, Palermo, Bari, Catania and Naples.
The airport’s peak travel period remained the height of summer. July was the busiest month, with roughly 170,000 passengers, while Sunday, Oct. 19, marked the single busiest day of the year, with 8,479 travelers arriving or departing.
Antonio Marano, the president of Trieste Airport, attributed the performance to sustained investment and management over recent years. In a statement, he said the results reflected “the strength of a long-term development path” pursued under the leadership of the airport’s chief executive, Marco Consalvo, and added that efforts in 2026 would focus on consolidating the airport’s growth in support of the region and its travelers.
The figures underscore the changing role of Trieste Airport, long a secondary hub in northeastern Italy, as it increasingly positions itself as a gateway for both domestic and international travel in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
