2024-07-06 18:37:52
Milan Malpensa Airport, located about 50 kilometers from the city, will officially be called Aeroporto Silvio Berlusconi.
Right-wing transport minister Matteo Salvini announced the name change on Friday, after Italy’s civil aviation authority ENAC made the decision.
Milan’s mayor, Beppe Sala, a centre-left politician, insists the airport cannot be renamed because it is legally established that public buildings and squares can only be named after a famous person 10 years after his death.
Despite the many scandals surrounding him, S. Berlusconi served as Prime Minister of the country even four times. He died in 2023. who turned 86 in June.
The politician was born in 1936. in Milan. In the last decade of the last century, he founded the conservative party Forza Italia and moved into politics. S. Berlusconi also managed the AC Milan football club for many years.
Milan is served by three airports: Malpensa, the smaller Linate and the provincial Milan-Bergamo.
There were discussions to name S. Berlusconi’s airport in Linate.
Last month, Milan’s city council rejected a proposal to build a Silvio Berlusconi square. Mayor B. Sala then said: “The rules must be followed.”
2024-07-06 18:37:52