Editing Transport in Italy (section)

==Air transport==
=== Airlines ===
{{see also|List of airlines of Italy}}
[[File:ITA AIRWAYS A350-941 EI-IFF HND RJTT 19-APR-2023 (52829502995).jpg|thumb|An [[Airbus A350]] of [[ITA Airways]]]]

Since October 2021, Italy's [[flag carrier]] airline is [[ITA Airways]], which took over the brand, the IATA ticketing code, and many assets belonging to the former flag carrier [[Alitalia]], after its bankruptcy.<ref name="CNN"/> ITA Airways serves 44 destinations ({{as of|October 2021|lc=y}}) and also operates the former Alitalia regional subsidiary, [[Alitalia CityLiner]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villamizar |first1=Helwing |title=Italian Flag Carrier ITA Airways Is Born |url=https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/ita-airways-is-born/ |access-date=18 October 2021 |work=Airways Magazine |date=15 October 2021 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016100028/https://airwaysmag.com/airlines/ita-airways-is-born/ }}</ref>

The country also has [[regional airline]]s (such as [[Air Dolomiti]]), low-cost carriers, and Charter and leisure carriers (including [[Neos (airline)|Neos]], [[Blue Panorama Airlines]] and [[Poste Air Cargo]]). Major Italian cargo operators are [[ITA Airways|ITA Airways Cargo]] and [[Cargolux Italia]]. In 2012 there were 130 airports in Italy, including the two [[Airline hub|hubs]] of [[Malpensa International Airport]] in Milan and [[Leonardo da Vinci International Airport]] in Rome.

===Airports===
{{main article|List of airports in Italy}}
[[File:Milan malpensa terminal airport.jpg|thumb|The [[Malpensa International Airport]] in Milan, the busiest airport in Italy by cargo traffic]]
Italy is the fifth in Europe by number of passengers by air transport, with about 148 million passengers or about 10% of the European total in 2011.<ref name=istat_ta2011>{{cite web|title=Trasporto aereo in Italia (PDF)|url=http://www.istat.it/it/archivio/78802|publisher=ISTAT|access-date=5 August 2013|archive-date=13 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113035254/http://www.istat.it/it/archivio/78802|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of passengers in Italy are on international flights (57%). A big share of domestic flights connect the major islands ([[Sardinia]] and [[Sicily]]) to the mainland.<ref name=istat_ta2011 /> Domestic flights between major Italian cities as [[Rome]] and [[Milan]] still play a relevant role but are declining since the opening of the [[High-speed rail in Italy|Italian high-speed rail network]] in recent years.

Italy has a total as of 130 airports in 2012, of which 99 have paved runways:<ref name=cia1 />
*''over {{convert|3,047|m|abbr=on}}:'' 9
*''{{convert|2,438|to|3,047|m|abbr=on}}:'' 31
*''{{convert|1,524|to|2,437|m|abbr=on}}:'' 18
*''{{convert|914|to|1,523|m|abbr=on}}:'' 29
*''under {{convert|914|m|abbr=on}}:'' 12

Airports - with unpaved runways in 2012:<ref name=cia1 />
*''total:'' 31
*''{{convert|1,524|to|2,437|m|abbr=on}}:'' 1
*''{{convert|914|to|1,523|m|abbr=on}}:'' 11
*''under {{convert|914|m|abbr=on}}:'' 19

=== Busiest airports===
[[File:Aeroporto di Roma-Fiumicino in 2021.03.jpg|thumb|The [[Leonardo da Vinci International Airport]] in Rome, the busiest in Italy]]
This is a list of the top ten busiest airports in Italy in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistiche Dicembre 2017|url=http://www.assaeroporti.com/statistiche_201712/|publisher=assaeroporti.com|access-date=23 July 2018|archive-date=25 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325162230/https://assaeroporti.com/statistiche_201712/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2|Airport
!rowspan=2|Movements
!colspan=3|Passengers
!rowspan=2|Freight (tons)
|-
| ''domestics''||''internationals''||''total''
|-
| [[Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport|Rome Fiumicino]]||297,491||11,462,218||29,378,923||40,971,881||185,898.6
|-
| [[Milan Malpensa]]||178,953||3,164,224||18,873,017||22,169,167||589,719
|-
| [[Orio al Serio Airport|Bergamo Orio al Serio]]||86,113||3,270,761||9,060,022||12,336,137||125,948
|-
| [[Venice Marco Polo Airport|Venice Marco Polo]]||92,263||1,358,618||8,988,759||10,371,380||60,852.8
|-
| [[Milan Linate]]||117,730||4,927,688||4,575,377||9,548,363||13,815
|-
| [[Catania-Fontanarossa Airport|Catania Fontanarossa]]||68,170||6,184,360||2,925,385||9,120,913||6,691.3
|-
| [[Naples Airport|Naples Capodichino]]||75,013||2,976,752||5,575,471||8,577,507||11,068.5
|-
| [[Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport|Bologna Guglielmo Marconi]]||71,878||1,935,193||6,246,461||8,198,156||56,132.1
|-
| [[Rome Ciampino Airport|Rome Ciampino]]||54,236||218,880||5,636,570||5,885,812||17,042.4
|-
| [[Palermo Airport|Palermo Punta Raisi]]||46,627||4,399,601||1,353,444||5,775,274||324
|-class="sortbottom"
| Other||463,843||22,018,266||20,254,008||42,430,814||77,727.3
|-class="sortbottom"
! Total!!1,552,317!!61,916,561!!112,867,437!!175,415,404!!1,145,219
|}