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companies progressively strengthened their presence and bucked the
trend in this traffic segment, recording larger volumes than in the previous
year. These companies include Volotea (+8.9% SU; +18.3% flights),
Neos (+51.% SU;+35.7% flights) and Vueling, which began its domestic
air traffic operations in 2014. With regard to routes served, connections
between Rome and Milan continued to decrease due to strong competition
by high-speed trains (Rome Fiumicino-Milan Malpensa -19.8% SU;
Rome Fiumicino-Milan Linate -22.2% SU). On the other hand, there was
considerable growth in connections to Sicily: Rome Fiumicino-Catania
(+16.3% SU), by now the most remunerative domestic route for ENAV,
Rome Fiumicino-Palermo (+16.4% SU), Bologna-Palermo (+8.2% SU),
Turin-Catania, (+9.0% SU), Bergamo-Catania (+56.1% SU);
l exempt traffic, divided into: i) exempt traffic reported by Eurocontrol, which
decreased by 2.4% in SU and by 1.5% in number of assisted flights, mainly
due to a decrease in military activities; ii) exempt traffic not reported to
Eurocontrol, with insignificant effect on revenues, which decreased by
12.7% in SU and by 6.6% in number of assisted flights.

Terminal traffic

At the end of 2014, terminal traffic reported by Eurocontrol increased by
1.9% in SU and by 0.4% in assisted flights compared to 2013. This result is
due to a fall in the domestic commercial component, which decreased by
1.2% in SU and by 1.5% in assisted flights, and to a rise in the international
component, which increased by 4.1% in SU and by 2.3% in assisted flights.