Italy should close half its airports, says report

Italy should close 24 of its 48 airports and bulk up its national aviation strategy around international gateway airports Fiumicino in Rome, Malpensa near Milan and Venice, a consultancy report commissioned by the Italian government suggests.

Those three airports can double or even triple their annual passenger counts and boost cargo capacity by 2030 and need prompt investments for improved capacity, the report by One Works, KPMG and Nomisma said, according to Dow Jones Newswires.

Airports that need to be shuttered included Brescia.
(Source:www.cargonewsasia.com)