The main one Milan airport will be renamed after the former Italian prime minister and tycoon Silvio BerlusconiTransport Minister Matteo Salvini announced on Friday.
Berlusconi, who died last year aged 86, led four governments with his centre-right Forza Italia party and was one of the most divisive figures of modern times in the country.
Salvini said the civil aviation authority had approved a request from the Lombardy region to rename Malpensa airport in honour of Berlusconi, a native of the country’s financial capital.
“Since the final decision is up to the transport minister, I think he will go ahead,” said Salvini, leader of the right-wing League party and a long-time ally of Berlusconi.
“In memory of my friend Silvio, a great businessman, a great Milanese citizen and a great Italian,” Salvini later posted on social media platform X over a photo of Berlusconi and Malpensa airport.
Source: Ambito
