European Growth Leaders 2026

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Italy · Industrials

Toscana Aeroporti

Operates a dual-airport system in which the two airports have distinct traffic characteristics.

+77%revenue growth
FY2022–FY2025
+244%net-income growth
FY2022–FY2025
+86%stock return
FY2022–FY2025
−0.2%2026 stock return
current context only

Company profile

Two airports with different jobs in one regional system

Toscana Aeroporti runs Florence Amerigo Vespucci and Pisa Galileo Galilei as a coordinated system rather than two identical airports. Florence is the compact city gateway, oriented toward business, leisure and full-service connections through European hubs. Pisa handles the larger passenger flow, a broad low-cost network and Tuscany's principal air-cargo activity. The group also brings route development, passenger services, airport design and construction into one operating model.

Network and routes

One region, two distinct traffic models

The system reached a record 9.8 million passengers in 2025. Florence connects the regional capital with major European cities and hubs; Pisa combines international low-cost traffic, domestic links and cargo. A published network-development policy shows how the operator evaluates new destinations, frequencies and airline support.

Passenger experience

Two service charters turn the journey into commitments

The Florence and Pisa charters specify standards for information, security, baggage, accessibility and terminal services. Their passenger portals make the system practical: travellers can check live flights, ground transport, parking and airport facilities before arriving, while each airport retains services shaped around its own terminal and traffic mix.

Infrastructure delivery

The group designs as well as operates airports

Toscana Aeroporti Engineering supports airport planning and design, while Toscana Aeroporti Costruzioni adds construction capability. That integrated chain is visible in Pisa's passenger-terminal expansion. For Florence, the issuer's November 2025 update records publication of the EIA-SEA decree for the 2025-2035 Master Plan and explains that further authorisation stages still follow.

Ground and commercial operations

Behind every flight is a handling, retail and parking business

Running the system means more than runways. Ground handlers check in and board passengers, load baggage, cargo and mail, and assist aircraft on stands. The group's non-aviation model also spans food, retail, advertising, car rental, parking, property, lounges and a cargo agency; one set of public-parking rules covers both Pisa and Florence.

Current 2026 update

What is changing at Toscana Aeroporti in 2026?

July delivered the busiest month in the Tuscan Airport System's history. The operating question is how Pisa's terminal-delivery milestone and Florence's regulatory runway process keep pace with demand.

Latest official evidence July traffic record Published 5 August 2026

The change in one sentence

Traffic is already here; capacity still depends on operating and authorisation milestones.

Pisa crossed 700,000 monthly passengers; the reviewed official archive contains no operating-opening confirmation for its new Arrivals Terminal. Florence cleared environmental review but not final project approval.

Four lenses on 2026

The same four-quadrant format used in the Company profile.

01 · One record, two traffic models

The busiest month yet shows Florence and Pisa doing different jobs

The two-airport system handled more than 1.1 million passengers in July, its best month ever and 4.9% above July 2025. International traffic rose 6.1%, while domestic traffic was almost flat at 0.1%. Florence handled 398,000 passengers; Paris, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Frankfurt led its route list. Pisa handled 719,000, its first month above 700,000; London, Tirana, Palermo, Paris and Catania led there. January-July traffic exceeded 5.9 million, up 5.7%, with a record in every month. Distinct demand profiles therefore reach Florence's European-hub gateway and Pisa's larger tourism-led airport through different route mixes.

  • Current signalSystem above 1.1m in July · Florence 398,000 · Pisa 719,000 · international traffic +6.1%
  • Why it mattersThe record reinforces the logic of running complementary airports rather than treating Florence and Pisa as interchangeable terminals.
  • July system and airport traffic Toscana Aeroporti · 5 August 2026

02 · Pisa terminal delivery

Pisa crosses 700,000 while the new Arrivals Terminal remains an unconfirmed operating milestone

Pisa's July record arrived while airport expansion remained a central 2026 task. Q1 reporting said work on the new Arrivals Terminal was advancing and kept its completion among the year's priorities. Preliminary H1 construction-service revenue rose by EUR 7.1 million, or 75.3%, as the wider infrastructure plan accelerated; that accounting signal does not prove this building is complete. The official financial-release archive reviewed through 28 August contains no announcement confirming that the new Arrivals Terminal is operating. That absence is a disclosure boundary, not proof of the physical state of the works.

03 · Florence authorisation

The runway clears an environmental gate, not the final approval process

Italy's environment ministry concluded the integrated VIA-VAS procedure for Florence's Master Plan to 2035 positively on 29 April. Florence's city government said the decision allows the new-runway project to advance to a services conference. That conference remains a further step required for project approval and works. The environmental outcome therefore reduces one source of uncertainty but does not itself authorise construction, set a works start date or make the new runway operational. Toscana Aeroporti remains the airport operator; the environment ministry and the wider public-authorisation process control distinct approval gates.

  • Current signalPositive VIA-VAS decision 29 April · services conference still required · no construction approval implied
  • Why it mattersFlorence's future capacity depends on converting an environmental decision into the remaining public approvals before physical delivery can begin.
  • Florence environmental decision Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica · 29 April 2026
  • Services-conference boundary Città di Firenze · 30 April 2026

04 · What to watch

Three questions for the next disclosures

The next disclosures should distinguish realised traffic from an operating opening, and an environmental decision from the remaining authorisation chain.

  • Pisa operating milestoneDoes Toscana Aeroporti formally confirm that the new Arrivals Terminal is complete and operating, and what changes first for passengers?
  • Florence authorisationDoes the services conference advance the runway project toward final approval without adding new conditions or delays?
  • H1 finalisationDoes the scheduled 10 September Half-Year Financial Report confirm the preliminary H1 revenue and construction-service figures without material revision?

Annual record

Ranking history

Future editions add rows; they do not rewrite the 2026 record.

EditionMeasurement periodRankRevenue growthNet-income growthStock return
2026FY2022–FY202555+77%+244%+86%