Rosa De Sapio, leader of the local political group Scegliamo Monteforte, has renewed a call for additional direct school-period transport services from Monteforte Irpino toward Avellino.
The issue concerns students who travel from Monteforte Irpino to Avellino for upper-secondary education, particularly during the morning peak. According to the report published by IrpiniaNews, De Sapio says current arrangements create difficulties for students getting into Avellino in time for classes and argues that more direct departures are needed.
De Sapio is asking the Monteforte Irpino municipal administration to take a more active role with the transport operator and to open a discussion with AIR to assess whether service can be increased.
What is being requested
The request is focused and practical: more direct school-day connections in the Monteforte Irpino–Avellino direction, with attention to morning travel needs.
The available research does not specify how many additional departures are being requested, nor does it identify particular departure times as insufficient. It also does not document a formal response from either the municipal administration or AIR.
The current scheduled corridor: line 11-UA
For readers who use the route every day, the relevant scheduled reference is AIR Campania’s line 11-UA.
The published AIR Campania timetable for line 11-UA, effective from 26 March 2026, lists multiple weekday departures and stops in both Monteforte Irpino and Avellino. The listed Monteforte Irpino stops include Via Molinelle, Contrada Bagnoli and Contrada Acqua Paradiso, followed by stops in Avellino and arrival at the AIR bus station.
This confirms that a scheduled weekday corridor exists between the two towns. The timetable alone does not establish whether every listed departure is timed specifically around school arrivals, so families should check the departure that best matches their school’s entry time rather than assuming all services are school services.
Why this matters beyond one town
School transport between smaller Irpinian municipalities and Avellino is part of a much larger regional system.
AIR Campania previously operated a regional school-transport plan that included approximately 1,500 daily trips, including 600 daily trips in the province of Avellino serving major educational institutions, according to 2024 reporting. Those figures describe the 2024 plan and do not confirm the current 2026 service level for Monteforte Irpino, but they show why adjustments on one busy student corridor can matter for capacity planning.
What to watch next
The next step identified in the local report is institutional rather than operational: a meeting between the municipality and AIR to review the current service and consider possible increases.
Until any change is announced, the practical questions remain whether additional direct morning departures will be added, whether existing weekday times will be adjusted for school arrivals, and whether the municipality takes up De Sapio’s request for direct engagement with the operator.
