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Italian airport privatisation and AAM developments

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Italian airport privatisation and AAM plan developments

In mid‑May 2026 the Italian government launched opened a tender to sell a majority stake in SAC, the public‑sector operator of Catania Fontanarossa and Comiso airports. The move sparked proposal triggered political debate, deadline extensions extensions, and the activation of the “Golden Power” safeguard for non‑EU bidders. The 2026‑2035 National Airport Plan linked Sardinia’s three airports into a single network and prompted a legal complaint from the Committee for the Defense and Development of Comiso Airport. Minister Giancarlo Urso announced the tender on 16 May and asked for details on a separate Agrigento airport project. On 6 June Mayor Enrico Trantino proposed the sale, the council extended the expression‑of‑interest deadline to 15 June and Five‑Star councillors called for a suspension. Unions warned on 11 June that the privatisation could jeopardise around up to 700 jobs could be at Catania and raised similar concerns in Sardinia over risk, while Sardinian politicians opposed the proposed sale of Cagliari‑Mameli Airport. The Siracusa consortium delayed any decision on public‑share sales until October after requesting technical studies (13 June). National Airport Plan that links the island’s three airports. By 16 June mid‑June fourteen bids – including consortia—including Vinci, Royal Schiphol, Aena, Fraport and 2i Aeroporti – had been Aeroporti—had submitted bids and the documentation phase began. On 21 June The plan also introduced a chapter on advanced aerial mobility (AAM), proposing urban and airport‑based vertiports in major cities and sub‑orbital facilities at Taranto‑Grottaglie. In July, the sale “Patto per la Sicilia Orientale” was examined under Golden Power; unions demanded job guarantees to 2049 signed by eight unions, consumer groups and Lega criticised the process. Sardinian politicians opposed municipalities, demanding transparent, legally compliant terms for the National Airport Plan on 22 June, citing financial SAC sale and EU‑state‑aid concerns. Legal complaints were filed on 30 June with presenting a protocol at a 23 July press conference. The Democratic Party criticised the prosecutor, Court process, noting that private shareholders already hold over 60 % of Auditors SAC and ANAC. Union groups signed warning of governance gaps and job externalisation. The same coalition lodged a labour pact on 3 July demanding petition with the merger European Parliament’s PETI committee, seeking an EU‑level review of SAC Service into competition, state‑aid and consumer‑protection aspects of the parent privatisation. On 7 August the Siracusa provincial council placed the airport’s privatisation on its agenda, urging an independent asset valuation, full disclosure of selection criteria, investment commitments and employment guarantees guarantees, while stressing the need to 2049. ENAC’s AAM programme outlined vertiports preserve Comiso’s role in major cities and sub‑orbital facilities at Taranto‑Grottaglie. the eastern Sicilian network.

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