Ancona airport..

There have been some rumours of a possible downgrading of Ancona airport to a freight only scalo.Finally national government is trying to bring an end to the era of "an airport in every town" in which minor areas and comunities all wanted to have their own airports and old military installations were being converted into civil airports regardless of whether they were really necessary/useful and more importantly financially viable .Whether or not this rumoured closure of Ancona for civil flights is anyone's guess however i would not be over worried by such a prospective given that there are to date at least 7 international airports within 4 hours of southern marche.What is more important is that airports eventually designated to remain become up graded with improved flying,logistics and services and a more entreprenurial stance providing more and better destinations.As far as the Marche's tourism is concerned the regional government should have done something earlier on rather than the continue with the tax payers bearing absurd costs of the ancona airport authority,having a ryan air flight does not in itself consititute a success ,and visitors to this area can go and come just as easily from Pescara,Perugia,Roma,Bologna,Forlì,Rimini etc.Anyway we'll see what happens as just as easily nothing may happen.There are lots of other far more pressing issues relative to tourism to sort out in this region before worrying about the airport...