News / Cargo-friendly Brescia Airport unveils ambitions to become major Italian hub

Brescia Airport is positioning itself as a cargo-focused alternative to major cargo hubs, and has signed a contract with an integrator for express services.

As a cargo-driven airport, it hopes to attract larger freighters and to lure traffic from other Italian hubs as soon as next year.

It currently serves as a domestic hub for Mistral Air, a carrier which recently shifted to a cargo-only AOC, operating six nights a week on behalf of Poste Italiane with ATR-72s.

However, a three-year contract deal signed ...