Naples Airport closed in November: Salerno flight changes

GESAC’s announcement dated 29 October describes planned refurbishment of the runway and taxiways. This is a scheduled infrastructure closure, rather than a strike or an unexpected aircraft technical problem.

The announced closure runs from 1 to 30 November. Follow your airline’s itinerary and updates for your specific travel date, including journeys around the end of the works.

GESAC lists six domestic and nine international destinations at Salerno during November. Examples include Milan Malpensa with easyJet, Barcelona with Vueling, Amsterdam with Transavia and Madrid with Iberia. The airport’s official page contains the full route list.

Only part of the traffic is being transferred. A destination appearing in that list does not confirm that your booking will operate from Salerno at its original time. Check the revised itinerary directly with the airline.

GESAC lists Aeroitalia and ITA Airways on Milan Linate. According to trade site Italiavola, ITA Airways flies only to Linate from Salerno in November and has no Rome Fiumicino flights during the closure. We could not read ITA Airways’ own travel notice on any replacement transport to Rome, so ask the airline directly if your booking connects via Rome.

GESAC announces special buses between Naples Piazza Garibaldi and Salerno Airport, more buses to Salerno railway station and shared taxis at fixed fares to the main Naples and Salerno stations. The notice reviewed does not give the fares or timetables.

Update 1 November: GESAC’s bus notice says the Piazza Garibaldi service is run with Busitalia Campania, costs EUR 12 per trip and has eight departures a day in each direction, timed to flights. Tickets are bought on board by electronic payment. The shared-taxi fares are still not published in the sources reviewed.

Both Salerno terminals are planned to operate. The airport says its General Aviation Terminal will handle the Casablanca, Dubai, Sharm el-Sheikh and Madrid services. Check your airline’s terminal and check-in instructions.

Ask the airline whether it will arrange or cover a transfer for your particular booking. A public bus announcement is not confirmation of a free airline transfer, and the airport change alone does not establish which costs are recoverable.

Article 8(3) of EU261 applies where several airports serve the same town, city or region and the operating airline offers you, as an alternative, a flight to an airport other than the one you booked. The airline must then bear the cost of transferring you from that alternative airport either to the airport you booked or to another close-by destination agreed with you.

Whether Salerno counts as serving the same city or region as Naples, and whether your change is such an offer, needs assessment against your booking. Ask the airline before paying for the transfer yourself, and keep receipts if you do.

For a cancellation covered by EU261, you may be entitled to a choice between reimbursement and re-routing under the regulation’s conditions. Check the options before accepting one: choosing reimbursement can affect your entitlement to onward transport and care.

A change of airport needs assessment against the actual booking and proposed alternative. Do not assume that every transferred flight has legally been cancelled, or cancel a still-operating booking yourself before checking the consequences.

Neither “planned works” nor “airport closure” automatically settles fixed compensation. The actual cause of your flight’s disruption, the airline’s circumstances and any relevant extraordinary-circumstances defence need assessment.

For cancellations, at least two weeks’ personal notice normally excludes fixed compensation (Article 5(1)(c) EU261). With notice between two weeks and seven days before departure, or later, it depends on the re-routing offered and how close it is to the original schedule. The airline carries the burden of proving when and how you were informed.

The closure was public well in advance: GESAC announced in September that the airport would close in November. That still does not show when you personally received notice, and nor does the 29 October press release.

Travel alternatives and necessary care are separate from fixed compensation. For more information, see cancelled flights and delayed flights. Rights depend on the individual journey and the applicable conditions.