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Venice Marco Polo Airport is the international airport of Venice, Italy. It is located on the mainland north〔 of the city in Tessera, a ''Frazione'' of the Comune of Venice nearest to Mestre. Due to the importance of Venice as a leisure destination it features flights to European metropolitan areas as well as some partly seasonal long-haul routes to the United States and the Middle East. With 8,475,188 passengers having passed through the airport in 2014,〔(Dati di Traffico ), (Assaeroporti ), Italy. 〕 it remains the fifth busiest airport in Italy. The airport is christened after Marco Polo and serves as a base for Volotea. There is another airport located in the Venice area, Treviso Airport, which is sometimes labelled as ''Venice-Treviso'' and mostly serves low-cost airlines. == Overview == A modern terminal was opened in 2002, but it is already at full capacity.〔(Venice Airport )〕 It handles all scheduled and charter flights, including some long-haul flights to North America, the Middle East, and Asia. The airport is managed by SAVE S.p.A., a company partially owned by local authorities which also controls the smaller Treviso Airport, dedicated mainly to low-cost carriers. The airport was named after the Venetian traveller Marco Polo, whose book introduced Central Asia and China to Europeans. In August 2014, Air One announced the closure of its operations including the shutdown of its Venice base on 30 September 2014.〔http://www.lastampa.it/2014/08/26/blogs/allacciate-le-cinture/airone-chiude-le-operazioni-nessun-volo-prenotabile-ad-ottobre-ocGOzoGnSaLIOzds9WguXP/pagina.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Venice Marco Polo Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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