Iniziative Industriali Italiane or
3I is an Italian aircraft manufacturing company that was originally formed as
Meteor S.p.A.. In 1947, a group of pilots founded Meteor S.p.A in
Trieste,
Italy. Meteor's aim was to re-open Trieste airport, which had been destroyed in
World War II. Meteor S.p.A gained the licence from the Italian Government to rebuild what is now the
Trieste International Airport.