The Basilicata Region will not sell the 6.7% stake held in the Salerno-Pontecagnano airport consortium, chaired by Anna Ferrazzano. It is an Italian public company created to allow the complete implementation of the "Amalfi Coast" airport and the management of the consortium assets. Now that the airport has been reopened, after years of closure, the infrastructure has proven to be an excellent investment.

The former president of the Basilicata Region, Marcello Pittella (2013-2019), had purchased 6.7% of the Campania airport for approximately 1.5 million euros. Then in June 2022 the new president, Vito Bardi (2019-in office), announced his exit from the Campania consortium, to focus instead on the relaunch of the "Enrico Mattei" airfield in Matera-Pisticci. Now, however, Bardi has changed his mind and considers Salerno a "strategic" airport.

The Basilicata Region will therefore remain the second largest shareholder of the Salerno-Pontecagnano Airport Consortium, while Campania holds 88.9% of the capital. The consortium company holds 5% of the Capodichino airport management company (Gesac), which controls the "Ugo Niutta" airport in Naples. In short, Bardi and the Lucanians do not want to lose the approximately 400,000 Euros per year in dividends (2023 data), nor those that will arrive from Salerno, now that the airport is back in operation. Maybe they didn't even believe it could really happen.

On the subject, see also the article published by AVIONEWS.