<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 text-lg-center">History Abruzzo Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Early years:</strong> The history of the airport starts in 1917 when, after the bombing of Pescara by bombers of the k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppen, the aerial component of the Austro-Hungarian Army, along the Via Tiburtina Valeria road a military airfield is built by the Regio Esercito, which arrived on 26 October 1917 with two Farman 14. On 31 July 1918 the 302&deg; Squadron is formed, equipped with biplanes Ansaldo SVA, among the best fighter-bombers of the time. From 1921, the airport has been named after Pasquale Liberi, an aviator friend of the famous poet Gabriele d'Annunzio. In 1927 the airport was extended to 50 hectares and modernized. In the 1930s, with the start of commercial aviation, the airline Societ&agrave; Aerea Mediterranea (SAM) started in 1933 a triweekly service from Pescara to Rome Urbe Airport, with an intermediate stop at the airfield of Piana di Bagno near L'Aquila. After WWII, the first airline to restart commercial service was Societ&agrave; anonima di navigazione aerea transadriatica (Transadriatica), which inaugurated the service Pescara-Roma-Urbe on 5 May 1947 using a Douglas DC-3. At the same time, Transadriatica started another interesting route: Venezia-Ancona-Pescara-Brindisi-Catania. Furthermore, the airline Avio Linee Italiane decided to start a route connecting North to South Italy for the first time: Milan-Pescara-Foggia-Bari-Brindisi.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Developments since the 2000s:</strong> In 2010, Canadian airline Air Transat began flying a seasonal nonstop flight to Toronto operated with an Airbus A310. This service was discontinued in 2012. The development of the airport, which has seen an increment of passengers from 114,000 in 2000 to over 600,000 in 2015, is mainly due to the low-cost phenomenon that has affected all of Europe and smallest Italian airports, benefiting Pescara. Today the airport has a catchment area of over 600,000 passengers annually and connects the city of Pescara and the entire region with many Italian and European destinations, in particular with the services offered by the airlines Ryanair and Volotea.</p>
<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" src="../../../main/img/airport/abru/8.webp" alt="History Abruzzo Airport"></p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 text-lg-left">Ground Transportation Abruzzo Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Bus:</strong> The airport is connected to the center of Pescara with the TUA (regional public transportation company) bus lines 8 and 38, with which it is possible to reach Piazza della Repubblica, the Bus Terminal serving domestic and international destinations. The bus lines 8 and 38 pass also near the main railway station in the city, Pescara railway station. The airport is connected to the center of Pescara and Chieti with the TUA Chieti-Pescara line, with which it is possible to reach the university campus "G. D'Annunzio" in Chieti Scalo. The TUA stop is opposite to the pedestrian exit of the airport park on Via Tiburtina Valeria.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Cars:</strong> Coming from Rome: from Autostrada A24 take the Chieti-Pescara exit which merges with the SS656 in the direction of Pescara. Then take the exit Sambuceto-Airport and follow signs to the airport. Coming from Bologna-Ancona: Autostrada A14, exit at Chieti-Pescara Ovest, turn immediately right (twice) to get onto the road SS5 Via Tiburtina Valeria in the direction of Pescara, then drive about 6 km (3.7 miles) until you reach the airport. Coming from Bari-Foggia: take the Autostrada A14 Chieti-Pescara Ovest exit, turn immediately right (twice) to get onto Strada statale 5 Via Tiburtina Valeria in the direction of Pescara, then drive about 6 km (3.7 miles) until you reach the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Trolleybus:</strong> In addition, the airport is planned to be served in the future by the new trolleybus system currently under construction, the first phrase of which will connect the Pescara railway station with Montesilvano, starting in 2023 or 2024.</p>
<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" src="../../../main/img/airport/abru/7.webp" alt="Ground Transportation Abruzzo Airport"></p>