Ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni wayo, Isikhumulo sezindiza iMilan Bergamo ifinyelele uphawu lwabagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-13, ibeka irekhodi elisha kubagibeli baminyaka yonke besango lase-Italy. Siphatha abagibeli abayisigidi okokuqala ngqa ngo-1999, namuhla isikhumulo sezindiza sigubhe isikhathi esiyingqophamlando ngomgibeli onenhlanhla wezigidi ezingu-13 osuka e-Dheli edlula e-Rome.
Ngokugunyazwa ukuqinisa kukaMilan Bergamo kwezindiza ezikhona, abathwali abasha, kanye nokwandiswa kwenketho yomzila, isikhumulo sezindiza samukele ukukhula okumangalisayo kule minyaka eyi-10 edlule. Izixhumanisi zamadolobha amakhulu zibonise ukukhula okuphawulekayo kanye nesidingo esiphawulekayo kulo nyaka - ikakhulukazi, i-Rome ne-Alitalia, i-London Gatwick ne-British Airways, isanda kwethula i-Cairo ne-Air Arabia Egypt, kanye ne-Tbilisi ne-Yerevan (eyethula uJanuwari) ne-Ryanair.
Ingqophamlando yanamuhla igujwe ngokunikeza imiklomelo esemthethweni u-Annabella Cremonte, uthisha we-yoga waseVoghera (idolobha eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-130 ukusuka e-BGY) oya eholidini e-India nendodana yakhe, owawina inhlanhla ehamba nenye yezinkampani zenethiwekhi ezintsha ze-Milan Bergamo. U-Alitalia. Eklonyeliswe ngebhokisi likaKhisimusi lesizini eligcwele amathikithi etiyetha, amathikithi emnyuziyamu, amavawusha ehhotela, indawo yokuphumula yonyaka kanye nezinye izipho, u-Annabella uphinde wanikezwa ipuleti eliyisikhumbuzo lokumaka ingqophamlando yesikhumulo sezindiza. Njengoba sekusele cishe inyanga ngaphambi kokuba kubalwe izinombolo zokugcina, isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Italy esimatasatasa sesithathu silindele ukufinyelela umphumela wabagibeli abacela ezigidini eziyi-13.7 ekupheleni kukaDisemba.
Ekhuluma emigubhweni yanamuhla, u-Giacomo Cattaneo, uMqondisi we-Commercial Aviation, i-SACBO, uthe: “Lesi yisikhathi sokuziqhenya nge-Milan Bergamo Airport, ekhuluma kakhulu ngokusebenza kanzima nokuzinikela kweqembu lonke lapha. Sizibophezele ekuhlangabezaneni nezidingo zendawo yethu egcina amanzi nangale kwayo, sifuna izindawo ezintsha lapho siqhubeka nokutshala imali esikhathini esizayo.” UCattaneo wengeze wathi: “Inhlanhla engu-13 iyisikhathi esikhumbulekayo esikhumulweni sezindiza sethu futhi sibikezela ukukhula okuqinile eminyakeni ezayo.”
