BOLOGNA GUGLIELMO MARCONI AIRPORT RE-OPENS ON JULY 2ND. ON-TIME WITH AN=20 INTERCONTINENTAL CAPABILITY PORT OF CALL. Again on time on the schedule, on July 2nd. 2004 at 2100LT (1900UTC)=20 Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, Italy is open to the traffic with=20 intercontinental capabilities. Respecting the time the work in progress to equip the airport with the=20 opportunity to offer intercontinental flights. The works has permitted to=20 add further 350 meters and qualify both the runway. Already start the=20 transfer of the handling equipment and personnel for two months moved to=20 the alternate airports of Forli' and Rimini. The new resurface of the runway has been done and terminated and currently= =20 are in phase of completing the installing of the wires and connected runway= =20 lights. The new apron is completed and terminated. The new radio equipment= =20 for landing are due to course of positioning in these days. After two months where works has been performed every day without stops=20 Gugliemo Marconi Aiport - Bologna, Italy from July 3rd. 2004 is OK to=20 restart the operations as scheduled. Exactly first landing starts on July=20 2nd from 2100LT (1900UTC) and on 3rd. are scheduled the first take offs. Alberto Clo', Chairman of SAB S.P.A. the major handling company at Bologna= =20 Airport today reports the congratulations for the new important development= =20 for the city of Bologna that we deliver in these days. Great satisfaction=20 also is tribute to the company, to the personnels that has done its efforts= =20 to allow the on time opening of the airport in the scheduled times. With new opening Bologna G.Marconi Airport, Italy will activate 32 new=20 links, with three intercontinental weekly flights to Bangkok, Havana,=20 Cancun, further 13 new and 16 reconfirmed.confronting the season 2003. In the details Antalya, Bodrum, Casablanca, Chania, Chisinau, Cologne,=20 Edinburgh, Malta, Mosca, Paris Orly, Pantelleria, St. Petersburg , Tunis.=20 The charter reconfirmed are to Alghero, Athens, Fuerteventura, Heraklion,=20 Ibiza, Istanbul, Kos, Mikonos, Mahon, Oslo, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Thira,=20 Skiathos, Izmir, Tortol=EC. At this time are still initiated the operations for the return of the=20 personnel that for two months was detached outside at Forli' and Rimini. On= =20 July 3rd. 2004 all the personel restart to operate at Bologna.