ITALY’S AIRPORTS SEEK TO FILL THE INFRASTRUCTURE GAP

A series of infrastructure improvements are in the works at Italy’s major airports following the end of a decade-long freeze on airport charges which has left the country’s transport hubs way behind the pack.Indeed, 2013 was a good year for Italy’s airport sector: a new charges scheme was introduced at major airports across the country, putting an end to a decade-long policy paralysis. Moreover, the national government opened an independent Authority for the Regulation of Transport this past September (2013), based in Turin, charged with regulating issues ...


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