Volume of air freight handled in Italian airports 2010-2020
Export has always represented one of the main sectors of the Italian economy. Food, wine, high precision mechanics and textiles are just some of the goods exported every year from Italy. In 2020, Italian airports handled roughly 804 million metric tons of air freight. which was a significant decline relative to the previous year. The large decrease was caused by a large reduction in flight operations as a result of lockdowns initiated to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
