Bando Europe Affidamento concessione di gestione totale dell'aeroporto di Forlì


Ora non hanno più scuse.

E’ stata firmata oggi a Roma la convenzione per la gestione dell’aeroporto Ridolfi di Forlì. I nomi in calce alla convenzione sono quelli del direttore di Enac Alessio Quaranta e dell’amministratore unico della società Air Romagna Robert Halcombe. Si sono incontrati nella Direzione generale dell’Enac (Ente nazionale per l'aviazione civile).
Tutta la documentazione necessaria ai fini dell'emanazione del relativo decreto interministeriale di concessione ora è stata trasmessa al Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti.
 
Aeroporto, i voli passeggeri slittano al 2016
Il piano: charter per la Scandinavia, ma solo nella prossima primavera

Forlì, 7 luglio 2015 - Obiettivo Scandinavia. Questa l’intenzione che dichiara la società Air Romagna nella sua pagina Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forli_Airport) nella parte dedicata alle destinazioni. Quindi Robert Halcombe e soci puntano, sembra con charter, al mercato di Svezia, Finlandia e Norvegia e, si legge nella pagina, ai successivi «collegamenti con i mercati del Nord America». Quando si partirà? Ecco il grande dubbio, perché chi sta seguendo da vicino le questioni dell’aeroporto Ridolfi racconta che non sarebbero in programma voli passeggeri prima della primavera del prossimo anno. Questa, insomma, sarà ancora la fase della programmazione. Affidata a chi? Ecco la seconda notizia. A una vecchia conoscenza dello scalo, Rodolfo Vezzelli.

Sarà il manager, già direttore generale della precedente società di gestione (poi fallita), Seaf, ad avere un ruolo di primo piano nella nuova compagine. Vezzelli – che di Seaf fu uno degli uomini chiave durante l’era Rusticali – prenderebbe il posto dell’accountable manager Sandro Gasparrini.

Da dove nasce il legame di Halcombe con Vezzelli? Dal fatto che l’imprenditore americano è socio con i riminesi Simone Vezzelli (parente di Rodolfo) e Giacomo Maioli in Aviacom srl, che ha il 92% delle quote di Air Romagna. Vezzelli incontrerà i sindacati, che da tempo chiedono rassicurazioni e punti fermi sul futuro dei lavoratori del Ridolfi, giovedì. A fine mese invece il manager – che sta chiudendo in questi giorni la sua avventura professionale con l’aeroporto Fellini di Rimini – dovrebbe incontrare il mondo istituzionale (della sua nomina, tra le altre cose, sarebbero all’oscuro i soci di minoranza di Halcombe in Air Romagna, Calisto Maurilli e Armando Di Girolamo).

Ci sono poi le istituzioni, che guardano con interesse – e preoccupazione – a quanto succede in via Seganti. Dal parlamentare del Pd Marco Di Maio, al Comune fino alla Fondazione Carisp in tanti hanno posto le basi perché l’attività del Ridolfi potesse ripartire in questi mesi. Cosa che non è ancora avvenuta.

E ogni quota di mercato persa in questi anni con l’aeroporto chiuso, dovrà essere recuperata. Più si aspetta e maggiori saranno le difficoltà. «L’obiettivo primario – si legge sempre sulla pagina Wikipedia del gestore – è quello di ristrutturare le operazioni di aviazione generale (il funzionamento complessivo dell’infrastruttura, ndr) e di traffico charter».
 
Aeroporto, i voli passeggeri slittano al 2016
Il piano: charter per la Scandinavia, ma solo nella prossima primavera

Forlì, 7 luglio 2015 - Obiettivo Scandinavia. Questa l’intenzione che dichiara la società Air Romagna nella sua pagina Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forli_Airport) nella parte dedicata alle destinazioni. Quindi Robert Halcombe e soci puntano, sembra con charter, al mercato di Svezia, Finlandia e Norvegia e, si legge nella pagina, ai successivi «collegamenti con i mercati del Nord America».

Quoto. Anche FT ed Economist immagino citino, come fonte, nei loro articoli, "la loro (??) pagina di Wikipedia".
 
E allora diamo un'occhiata alla pagina di Wikipedia, prima che qualcuno la modifichi o la cancelli.

Forlì Airport


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Aeroporto Internazionale di Forlì - "L. Ridolfi"[/TH]
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[TD="class: nowrap, colspan: 2, align: center"]IATA: FRL – ICAO: LIPK
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Location of the airport in Italy[/TD]
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[TH="bgcolor: #6699CC, colspan: 2, align: center"]Summary[/TH]
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[TH]Airport type[/TH]
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[TH]Serves[/TH]
[TD]Forlì[/TD]
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[TH]Location[/TH]
[TD="class: label"]Forlì, Italy[/TD]
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[TH]Elevation AMSL[/TH]
[TD]94 ft / 28.7 m[/TD]
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[TH]Coordinates[/TH]
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44°11′44″N 012°04′11″E[/TD]
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[TH]Website[/TH]
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[TD]12/30[/TD]
[TD]2,560[/TD]
[TD]8,399[/TD]
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[TH="align: left"]Passengers[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]261,939[/TD]
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-24.4%[/TD]
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[TH="align: left"]Aircraft movements[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]3,203[/TD]
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-31.4%[/TD]
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Sources: Airport website[SUP][1][/SUP]
Statistics from Assaeroporti [SUP][2][/SUP]​
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Forlì International Airport
(IATA: FRL, ICAO: LIPK), also known as Luigi Ridolfi Airport(Italian: Aeroporto di Forlì - "L. Ridolfi"), is an airport in Forlì, a city in the Emilia-Romagnaregion of northern Italy. It serves Emilia-Romagna, eastern Tuscany, specifically the metropolitan Bologna and Rimini Riviera areas. It is named for Italian aviator Luigi Ridolfi (it). Since June 2015, it is operated by Air Romagna S.p.A., a public joint stock company registered in Forli, Italy.

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Business Model and Plan[edit]

In June 2015, Forli International Airport recreated itself a center of aviation and aerospace innovation in the European Union. Since Air Romagna S.p.A. has taken responsibility for theairport, the new focus is to promote advances in aviation business models, responsibly manage the carbon footprint, examine and share new ways to work together with airlines, passengers, employees, and collaboratively with other airports. This concept is known as the "Smart Airport."[SUP][3][/SUP]
In devising its new strategy, Forli International Airport is putting itself in league with several innovative start-ups that are similarly trying to use technology to disrupt the traditional business of airports. Unlike media, banking, health care, and retail, airports have been relatively slow to shed their brick-and-mortar, facility services model. This is a trend that Silicon Valley and Forli International Airport are seeking to exploit.
Halcombe, the Administrator of the airport and the managing company, Air Romagna S.p.A., previously led business redesign in banking and health care. He is responsible for innovations such as the first electronic medical record (electronic health record)and automatedelectronic billing system that resulted in a >45% increase in net revenue. He was previously on the board of the Southwest Michigan Transportation Commission, responsible for turning a US private airport into a commercial airport in one year, developing it into a center of general aviation supporting Fortune 50 clients.
Strategic partners developing at Forli International Airport include Google for marketing. A project being refined is in cooperation with IBM for correctly loading planes with optimum cargo and passengers. The new system is designed to manage the carbon footprint through time, and apply revenue management principles. A new maintenance facility is planned for the beginning of 2016 in conjunction withAlenia Aermacchi and Sukhoi Holding.

Focus[edit]

Air Romagna S.p.A. focuses on the utilization of new technology to promote higher quality experiences for users. Safety is a primary concern for each redesigned process in all cases. Risks are evaluated by select, independent, world-class experts, including those in passenger and aviation safety. Financial risk with payment processing is managed with dual audit. Project design and redesign - including the associated schedules of implementation - are evaluated by professional engineers. Procurement practices are evaluated by contract specialists with specialization in law and procedure for public tenders. Ongoing certification documentation is in accordance with new European Union regulation.
A new board of directors is made up of these professionals. In addition to support of the new Forli designs, they provide resources to other airports and aviation and aerospace start-up companies in the European Union. Forli International Airport pioneered the first business design interlining between air transport and high speed rail transport for passenger traffic and cargo.
In keeping with the airport mission, Forli International Airport agreed to become an annex site for the first and only business incubatorfocused on aerospace and aviation in the European Union.

Engineered environmental responsibility[edit]

Forli International Airport committed itself to become the first carbon negative airport in the world. This is done by a very close examination of new passenger and cargo routes, optimizing for performance an optimum price and load factor, glide path of the planes, and finally arriving at a cost/carbon profile. The cost/carbon profile is compared with competitive routes and solutions for other airports. The airport then works with an independent certification organization to generate Emissions Reduction Certificates[SUP][4][/SUP] for the new route, should the route be accepted by the airport. Many routes do not conform with this model and are rejected. The system then utilizes corrective pricing measures to provide an optimum value for the customer (revenue management)[SUP][5][/SUP] that are utilized to optimize the financial model of the route to the benefit of the air carrier and the passenger. The new system is based upon work accomplished byInternational Business Machines Corporation (IBM) utilized as far back as the SABRE system developed for American Airlines in 1957.

Target market[edit]

Forli International Airport accommodates General Aviation from international sources, charter traffic from Scandinavian sources, and connects Adriatic regional hubs with both point to point transit and hub and spoke airports. Starting in the Fall or 2015, United States markets appear to have found the Emilia-Romagna region because of the high quality food and environment.[SUP][6]
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Marketing Strategy[edit]

Forli International Airport first planned strategic relationships to acquire technology to access the passenger directly. Accessing passengers is accomplished through advanced social marketing in target markets. The airport outsources marketing.
Google is providing specific methodologies to access targeted individuals in the United States through the elaborate data sets on each user, targeting marketing directly via smart phone. Customers responding are referred into a more elaborate order fulfillment system directly. Economics of this arrangement allows access to one million qualified prospects for five thousand (US) dollars. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is provided as a second service by Google.
Three other airport and airline marketing consultancies were engaged, one with the focus of influencing tour operators, the second to focus on developing the Adriatic routes. The third agency, focused on Product placement is popular in Scandinavian countries. This marketing partner is Uny S.r.L. (Uny S.r.L. is a result of an asset acquisition from another product placement company with 400,000 passengers per year under contract.) Uny S.r.L. provides focused product placement marketing, providing custom tours to corporations. Product placement stands out as a marketing strategy because it is the most direct attempt to derive commercial benefit from "the context and environment within which the product is displayed or used."[SUP][7][/SUP]
In all implementations, direct access to passengers provides Forli International Airport increased market power for negotiations, specifically with airlines who become only service providers and do not control the customer. Forli may originate the routes according to its goals for profitability and reduced carbon footprint.

Strategic advantage[edit]

Forli International Airport has direct access to premium grade jet fuel at wholesale rates. It can pass on the savings to the airline, or through direct ticket sales to passengers. The airport has no debt, and access to substantial reserves. Investments are made in innovative start-up companies which can contribute to the economy of the airport and surrounding region. Forli International Airport is directly on a high speed rail line.

Human resources[edit]

Forli International Airport, in addition to wage and hour and salaried employees, utilizes bonus pay in the form of company shares. This is known as "Work for shares" under Italian law. This practice, though not new (utilized at FCA Italy, formerly Fiat S.p.A., is new to airports in Italy.
Because the airport focuses on the international markets, the staff is generally required to be multilingual and multicultural. Some percentage is targeted to be multinational in order to foster connections with other countries. There is a strict policy encouraging equal opportunity employment practices for hiring and for promotion, though preferences are given according to the law for retired military and specialized federal law enforcement officials.

History[edit]

Early years[edit]

Forli International Airport was originally Luigi Ridolfi Airport, and dedicated by Benito Mussolini prior to WWII. Mussolini was born nearby in the town of Predappio.
In March 29, 2013 the airport was closed due to the lack of Jet-A fuel per Notam B1624/13. The management company, SEAF S.p.A.,[SUP][8][/SUP]was declared bankrupt. A tender was issued by ENAC, the aviation administration, to operate the airport. The submissions were reviewed by local, regional, and pan-EU government representatives, as well as Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Lupi. Support was put forth unanimously [SUP][9][/SUP] from government for a submission by Aviacom S.r.L., Robert L Halcombe Administrator , Lotras S.r.L., and Siem S.r.L.[SUP][10][/SUP]forming Air Romagna S.p.A.

Current management[edit]

Aviacom S.r.L. is a limited liability company owned by Robert Halcombe of the United States, Simone Vezzelli, and Giacomo Maioli, both of Rimini, Italy. Aviacom S.r.L. is currently listed in the official registrar of companies, the Chamber of Commerce of Italy, as having a balance of over five million euro as of the close of 2014.
The thirty year concession was awarded on September 28, 2014 Air Romagna S.p.A. At this time, Robert L Halcombe was appointed Administrator (he is Administrator of Aviacom S.r.L. and CEO of The Sovereign Group, LLC of Reston, Virginia) Unico, the sole administrator of the new company and the airport. An Accountable Manager was appointed, Sandro Gasparrini, who was the former head of ENAV, the air navigation ministry of Italy. Simone Vezzelli was appointed Deputy Accountable Manager. The concession was signed by Robert Halcombe and Alessio Quaranta, General Manager of the Italian civil aviation agency on June 6, 2015.[SUP][11][/SUP]
Aviacom S.r.L. is the majority owner of Air Romagna S.p.A., at 92% of the stock. The sole administrator is Dott. Robert L. Halcombe. Aviacom is registered as an "innovative" company in the register of companies of Italy.
Management proposed a radical shift in industry focus, in support of mutual aid and collaboration. This has attracted the support of several governments, workers organizations, legal and educational institutions.
While most Italian airports focus on low cost carrier (LCC) passenger traffic which bankrupts other airports, Forli's new focus is on smarter implementations of routes that optimize management of 1) international cargo and passenger movement, 2) maintenance of modern airliners, particularly more fuel efficient airliners, and c) advanced fuel management which delivers lower cost and greater reliability.
Facilities[edit]


The airport resides at an elevation of 94 feet (28.7 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,560 by 45 metres (8,399 ft × 148 ft).[SUP][1][/SUP] The facility is currently upgrading to navigation Cat III(b), to be completed the Summer of 2016. A major highway was completed in June 2014, providing a direct access from major north-south artery road, A-14.
Currently, new terminal space is being designed which makes use of only renewable and low carbon materials. Old fossil fuel equipment is being phased out, to be replaced by electric vehicles. Electric power consumed at the airport must be contracted from clean, renewable sources. The airport reserves the right in all sub-concessions (services such as catering, trash, etc.) to require renewable or recycled materials and vehicles operated by renewable energy.
There is a proposal approved by the European Union for testing additional safety devices which provide safety above the current requirements. This proposal came to Forli International Airport, where safety is of prime concern being addressed. Aircraft overruns are among the most frequent of aircraft mishaps. In late June 2015, Forli began planning the testing of a new runway safety system along with Finiresearch.[SUP][12][/SUP] Finiresearch is a developer of a passive system enabling predictable deceleration and capture of a moving vehicle with or without braking proposed testing in collaboration. The system consists of prefabricated deformable units within an arrestor bed that captures a moving vehicle by generating a controlled resistance over the contact area while deforms without rebound.
Forli International Airport is also the home of three major aviation universities and training facilities, serving ENAV (air navigation and air traffic control school),[SUP][13][/SUP] ENAC (pilot and cabin crew training), and aircraft certification and maintenance advance training. It similarly has attracted maintenance and manufacture of civilian drones, a new carbon helicopter, and the first pan-European aviation and aerospace business incubator.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Under the new administration, in 2015 the primary focus is to restructure general aviation operations and charter traffic. The target commercial passenger area of influence is Scandinavia, then connecting with North American markets. From March 2016, all new scheduled airline traffic will be required to be evaluated for carbon footprint and optimization. According to the cost/carbon models, some traffic will be referred to other airports.
Forli Airport was formerly used by Wizz Air, but the airline canceled all flights to Forlì. Wind Jet who moved to the nearby Rimini Airport on 27 March 2011, and thereafter quit Rimini Airport. Ryanair used to fly from Forli to a number of European cities such as London-Stansted and Frankfurt-Hahn until it moved to the nearby Bologna Airport. However, each route lost by Forli International Airport remains revenue negative for the other respective airports, requiring contributions from municipalities (obtained by increased taxes on the local population).

References[edit]



 
L'Inglese ha veramente delle perle incredibili. Rimane il fatto che gli Stati Uniti hanno "trovato" la Regione Emilia Romagna per il cibo e la qualita' dell'ambiente. Mi chiedo se l'abbiano trovata sulla carta geografica, dietro al divano o sotto al tappeto!

Veramente roba da non credere!
 
"However, each route lost by Forli International Airport remains revenue negative for the other respective airports, requiring contributions from municipalities (obtained by increased taxes on the local population). "

che perla. cioè quasi a dire meno male che se ne sono andate ryanair e compagnia bella? perche da forli non prendevano contributi? e chi le ha sostituite? il nulla cosmico....voglio vedere se questi voli restavano a forli se l'utente che ha scritto la pagina faceva le stesse considerazioni.
scritta su wikipedia questa frase non ha nulla di enciclopedico e informativo ma ha tutto il senso di una frase capricciosa e di ripicca. ma chi l'ha scritta un bambino dispettoso?
 
http://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/forlì/aeroporto-ridolfi-air-romagna-1.1178960

Come mai in molti si preoccupano solo ora dell'improbabile apertura del Ridolfi?
Infatti.
Dov'erano tutti questi signori quando il nuovo Vate dell'aviazione romagnola farneticava sulle stazioni dell'AV a FRL, sui voli per IAD, sulle tradotte per le isole croate, sulle fabbriche di elicotteri di Castel Bolognese e su tutta la caterva di caxxate sulle quali costui ha sproloquiato nei mesi passati?
Una, non dico mille, ma una persona che gli chieda conto di tutte queste "perle" non c'è a Forlì?
 
Sono arrivate le chiavi!!



Aeroporto, consegnate le chiavi. Halcombe: "Ed ora via ai lavori"

Spiega una nota della stessa Air Romagna che il prossimo passo sarà un'ispezione di Enac sugli edifici e sulle apparecchiature tecnologiche del Ridolfi per verificare se la struttura è in grado di accogliere passeggeri e merci

Lunedì mattina a Forlì i responsabili di Enac hanno firmato assieme all'amministratore unico di Air Romagna spa (la società a capitale interamente privato che ha ottenuto la concessione trentennale per la gestione dell'aeroporto "Ridolfi") il verbale di consegna di tutta l'area dello scalo. Erano presenti, per la consegna delle chiavi, Maria Laudato, responsabile di Enac Romagna, e Robert Halcombe, il presidente di Air Romagna. Presente, come “facilitatore” istituzionale dell'incontro Andrea Pasini, ex consigliere comunale.

Spiega una nota della stessa Air Romagna che il prossimo passo sarà un'ispezione di Enac sugli edifici e sulle apparecchiature tecnologiche del Ridolfi per verificare se la struttura è in grado di accogliere passeggeri e merci, sopralluogo che sarà fatto entro la fine di ottobre. Da parte sua, Halcombe promette per le prossime settimane una serie di interventi per elevare i livelli di sicurezza dello scalo e l'avvio di un confronto con gli operatori attualmente presenti nello scalo, come le scuole di volo e gli autonoleggi. Previsti anche colloqui con i ministri e i rappresentanti politici locali di ambiente, finanze e trasporti. Promesso anche una rivisitazione del piano industriale per tornare a volare nei prossimi mesi.

Halcombe inoltre sta mettendo in agenda tutta una serie di incontri con l'obiettivo di fare ripartire l'attivita' dello scalo il prima possibile. Non si e' pero' ancora fatto sentire con i sindacati che da tempo gli hanno chiesto un incontro sulla questione del totale reinserimento degli ex dipendenti e per conoscere il piano industriale di rilancio dello scalo.

"Una notizia positiva, perché mette il privato ulteriormente nelle condizioni di sviluppare il proprio progetto - afferma il deputato Pd Marco Di Maio -. Progetto che - nel pieno rispetto della sacrosanta autonomia dell'impresa - attendiamo di conoscere, per poterlo sostenere così come fin qui abbiamo pienamente sostenuto il tentativo di riapertura dell'aeroporto".

"Esprimo soddisfazione - commenta anche il deputato di Scelta Civica Bruno Molea -ora auspico un veloce avvio dell'attività aeroportuale in grado di ridare concretezza ai tanti lavoratori da tempo in attesa".


http://www.forlitoday.it/cronaca/aeroporto-forli-conegna-chiavi-enac-air-romagna.html
 
Stai a vedere che gli hanno dato il mazzo sbagliato...

In tutto ció, il senso del ridicolo ancora non sfiora nessuno.