Milan Bergamo Airport

On July 16th, 1970, in Bergamo was established SACBO, Milan Bergamo Airport managing company, with the aim to satisfy the mobility needs of an area who experienced a rapid economic growth. The first ever-scheduled flight landed from Rome on March 20th, 1972, thus officially starting the activity of what later became Italy’s third airport both for passenger traffic and freight volumes as well as one of Europe’s most important. The initial focus was rather than on passengers, mainly domestic and charter, mostly on freighter, confirming the dynamism of the industrial district of the...