Several Italian airports and FBOs have combined to form a consortium intended to offer business aircraft operators a more assured standard of ground handling. Italy FBO was launched in January and consists of a mix of private FBOs and airport companies in the following locations: Cagliari (LIEE), Salerno (LIRI), Bari (LIBD), Brindisi (LIBR), Perugia (LIRZ), Florence (LIRQ), Pisa (LIRP), Treviso (LIPH), Venice (LIPZ), Verona (LIPQ), Brescia (LIPO), Genoa (LIMJ), Milan Linate, Rome Ciampino, Olbia, Bologna, Siena and Trapani (LICT).
According to representatives of the founding companies, Italy FBO’s members want to remedy a situation in which operators are allegedly suffering at the hands of what they characterized as “rogue handling providers” who are neither approved nor equipped to provide the services they advertise. A spokesman for the group told AIN that Italy’s complex bureaucracy and inconsistent application of rules has resulted in widespread confusion about which companies can legitimately provide handling services at the country’s airports.
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