In Italy, air cargo cannot do without the development of the Cargo City at Malpensa airport. He has underlined Alessandro Albertini, president of ANAMA (Association of Air Cargo Agents), in view of the expected signature of the President of the Repubblica and publication in the "Official Gazette" of the bill for the conversion of the "Aria Decree" (Decree-Law no. 121/2023) and art. 1-ter provides for a new Assessment of the extension of the extension by the relevant ministries and bodies of the Malpensa Cargo City in the Malpensa 2035 Masterplan due to the the strategic nature of the development of air cargo traffic.

"The national logistics system, and in particular the cargo - Albertini pointed out - are discounted in terms of competitiveness the absence of a strategic vision of development, which cannot be separated from the development of Malpensa. As we pointed out last June on the occasion of the of the partial approval of the 2035 Masterplan, Malpensa concentrates more than 65% of the national cargo. We respect the advice of the Technical Commission for Environmental Impact Assessment limits the expansion of the Cargo City to the area of the grounds for reasons of environmental protection - specified the president of ANAMA - but we believe that the amendment to the Aria Decree and the Ministry's request to reconsider the opinion in the light of the of the strategic nature of domestic air cargo and An important recognition of the role that the airline industry plays for the country's economic system in terms of competitiveness of our import-export and employment. That's why I care about it to underline that the development of the Cargo City is very important, but to be accompanied by targeted interventions of Space optimisation and infrastructure investments that can have a decisive impact on the quality and efficiency of the logistics services rendered and therefore on competitiveness of the airports'.

"To do all this," Albertini concluded, "it is necessary to It is also necessary for the competent authorities to act as part of a unitary national strategy for the development of the domestic air freight, which should be one of the pillars of the national production system and we ask the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and ENAC to continue its work in dialogue with sector representatives in order to achieve this in a short time a National Airports Plan that is effectively guidance for airport managers and actors in the air cargo'.