Just got a (long) mail from AOPA Italy. In short they are well aware of what is going on, and pushing through several “channels” to mitigate or avoid those new regulations all together. Let’s hope they succeed
The new aviosuperfici regulation has recently been published. The document can be found here.
Although a few things have been softened a bit from the first draft, it is quite bad.
By the way, only intra-EU flight allowed at aviosuperfici
It is bad. Expect many aviosuperfici to either close or to revert to campi di volo in the next years
AOPA tacit.
By they way, regarding the Castiadas case: two weeks ago, the Italian Court of Appeal has revoked the previous sentence. In other words, everybody, including the gestore, have been fully acquitted. 16 years after the event…
boscomantico wrote:
the requirement to every aviosuperficie to have a website has been dropped
That was actually a reasonable requirement!
boscomantico wrote:
By they way, regarding the Castiadas case: two weeks ago, the Italian Court of Appeal has revoked the previous sentence. In other words, everybody, including the gestore, have been fully acquitted. 16 years after the event…
That’s was the only reasonable outcome, obviously. The Italian aviation-related court cases reported on EuroGA suggest that Italian courts (at least the lower courts) have a very different view of responsibility compared to those of other “civilised” countries.
Forgot to mention, the new regulation takes effect towards the end of this year.
For who is interested here is the article on Castiadas by AOPA Italy.
boscomantico wrote:
For who is interested here is the article on Castiadas by AOPA Italy.
Well, the usual italian way one would say… Let’s see.
boscomantico wrote:
measures still have to be taken to avoid persons, animals etc. on the runway. It doesn‘t specify, but how can you do it other than by a fence? And even a fence won‘t help with all animals, of courseSounds a bit like what they did in Asiago. If you land there outside official operational hours, there is no chance to leave the airport anymore. Back in 2019, I had to call Mauro (who is now airport chief in Lido) to let me out.
By the way, only intra-EU flight allowed at aviosuperficiWhy this restriction? Did they forget EU regulation 2020/877 completely?
That would be extremely sad. Hope many of them can be saved or the regulation still be further changed in a positive way.
It is bad. Expect many aviosuperfici to either close or to revert to campi di volo in the next years
That was actually a reasonable requirement!Indeed, a website with up-to-date information would actually be a reasonable requirement. For now, you’re almost forced to have access to the Avioportolano, in case you want to know PPR numbers, fuel availability, extra services etc. But that counts more or less for Sweden with the KSAB too, if you want to obtain information about the smaller aerodromes.
AOPA tacit.Just like in Switzerland… too bad! :-(
Less than a month from the effective date of the the new regulation, AOPA Italy is slowly waking up… way late…
https://www.aopa.it/aviosuperfici-aopa-richiesta-posticipo/
Background: to my knowledge, not a single “gestore” (=operator) of any aviosuperficie has been able to comply with the new regulations yet. For example, the mentioned ENAC “courses” still don’t exist. Typical Italian style. Anyway, this effectively means that as of the 8th of December, all aviosuperfici in Italy legally cease to exist, preventing any certified aircraft from using them.
What a complete cockup.
What is the difference between “aviosuperfici” and “campi di volo”?
Campi di volo are not approved for use by certified aircraft, only ultralights. Aviosuperfici are open to both.
Aeroporti (a third caregory) are not open to basic ultralights.
