Palermo International Airport (IATA: PMO, ICAO: LICJ), also known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport and Punta Raisi Airport is located at Punta Raisi, about 35 km (20 miles) west of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily. The airport is one of the busiest in Italy, with 4,511,165 passengers in 2007. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Location of the city of Palermo (red dot) within Italy. ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ...

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 (6 feet 2.8 inches) 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). This article is about the criminal society. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Giovanni Falcone during the Maxi Trial Giovanni Falcone, (May 18, 1939 – May 23, 1992) was an Italian magistrate who specialised in prosecuting Cosa Nostra crimes. ... Paolo Borsellino (January 19, 1940 - July 19, 1992) was an Italian anti-Mafia magistrate. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Sculptor redirects here. ... Tommaso Geraci, sculptor, born 1931 on the Italian island of Sicily. ...

Airlines and destinations

Plaque of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, Palermo Airport

• Air Italy (Naples)
• Air Malta (Malta)
• Air One (Lampedusa, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Pantelleria, Rome-Fiumicino, Turin, Wien)
• Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino)
• Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
• Clickair (Barcelona)
• easyJet (Milan-Malpensa, London-Gatwick)
• Eurofly (Milan-Malpensa, New York-JFK)
• Helvetic Airways (Zurich)
• Iberia
  • operated by Air Nostrum (Barcelona, Madrid)
• Myair (Milan-Orio al Serio, Venice)
• Meridiana (Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Milan-Linate, Pantelleria, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Trapani, Verona)
• Ryanair (London-Stansted)
• Scandinavian Airlines System (Oslo)
• TUIfly (Berlin-Tegel, Köln/Bonn, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart)
• Transavia (Amsterdam, Paris-Orly)
• Tunisair (Djerba, Monastir, Tunisi)
• Windjet (Barcelona, Bucharest-Otopeni, Forlì, Madrid, Milan-Linate, Moscow-Domodedovo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Parma, Pisa, Rome-Fiumicino, Venice, Verona)
• VIM Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)
• Volare Airlines (Milan-Linate)
• XL Airways France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle [begins May 16])

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The Company

GESAP S.p.a. is the airport management company of “Falcone e Borsellino” Airport in Palermo. It has a fully paid-up share capital of € 15,912,332.00 divided between the Regional Province of Palermo, the Comune of Palermo, the Chamber of Commerce, the Comune of Cinisi and other minor partners. Location of the city of Palermo (red dot) within Italy. ... Palermo (It. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Location of the city of Palermo (red dot) within Italy. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Cinisi is a comune in the province of Palermo in Sicily. ...

Established in 1985, until 1994 Gesap operated exclusively as handler and supplier of ground services for Palermo airport, the management of which is directly assigned by the government and overseen by the District Airport Directorate. This article is about the year. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

In 1994, Gesap was charged with the partial management of the airport through a Convention which granted the company a 20-year mandate to run land side activities (the airport buildings and surrounding areas). Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

In April 1999, GESAP obtained an anticipated mandate to manage the airport's air side activities, and, more specifically, the flight infrastructures (runways, links, taxiways and aprons) as foreseen by art. 17 L. 135/97. Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...

As airport management company, Gesap plans, creates and manages the airport's areas, infrastructures and systems, ensuring the necessary maintenance and implementation of the same. It also provides centralised services such as airport coordination, public information systems, security controls and surveillance as well as managing commercial outlets through concessions to third parties.

In April 2004, GESAP was awarded UNI ISO 9001/2000 (Vision 2000) certification. The company had already received certification for its services and processes in the handling sector and this too was renewed by the certification body, TUV, in december 2006. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 30th May 2004, ENAC awarded GESAP an “Airport Certificate” in recognition of the airport's full conformity with the regulations set down in ENAC's “Regulations for the construction and management of airports”. On May 24, 2007 Gesap has obtained the renovation of "Airport Certificate" until May 30, 2010. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today, after having recently transferred its handling sector to a controlled company, GH Palermo, GESAP is awaiting a ministerial decree that will grant it a forty-year concession for the total management of the airport. This comes after the deliberation of ENAC's Board of Directors on March 1, 2005 that was officialised in a Convention signed on November 17, 2006. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Catania-Fontanarossa Airport - Sicily's other international airport
• Vincenzo Florio Airport - also known as Trapani-Birgi Airport

Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Catania-Fontanarossa) (IATA: CTA, ICAO: LICC) is located in the south of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily. ... Vincenzo Florio Airport (IATA: TPS, ICAO: LICT), also known as Trapani-Birgi Airport and Birgi Airport, is an airport located in Trapani, Italy. ...

External links

• Official Site (Italian) (English)
• Airport information for LICJ at World Aero Data