Because controversies between Milan and Turin are flying about ENAV
Those who oppose the transfer of the Torino Caselle radar control service to Milan as an ENAV project
Turin Caselle “Sandro Pertini” airport risks losing the radar approach service.
ENAV, the company that manages civil air traffic in Italy, reiterated its intention to centralize all activities in the Rome area control center and, in this case, in Milan.
As emerged last March 30 during the hearing of Francesca Isgrò, president of ENAV, and of Paolo Simioni, CEO of ENAV, at the Transport Committee of the Chamber.
For the Lega, the transfer to Milan would entail a loss of security and skills. So much so that the Carroccio announces that the Lega regional group will present an Agenda on the issue to the Council.
A battle to keep the radar control service in Turin that until two years ago the Piedmontese leaguers were also conducting with the allies (at the time) of the pentastellate government majority .
All the details on the facts and controversies of the decision announced by the company controlled by the Treasury with 53%.
WHAT THE LEAGUE ASKS
"The Turin Caselle radar approach service must remain in place", said Elena Maccanti, Turin deputy and leader of the League in the Transport Commission in the Chamber, and Fabrizio Ricca, councilor of the Piedmont Region.
"His hypothetical transfer to Milan, which emerged in the intentions of ENAV's leaders and heard in the Transport Commission of the Chamber, would constitute a problem of safety and the loss of highly specialized technical skills for the whole of Piedmont".
THE RADAR CONTROL SERVICE IN TORINO CASELLE
The Turin radar approach service, active since the 1970s, employs 37 flight controllers operating in two rooms. And the service not only deals with scheduled traffic but also with the management of helicopter rescue flights, the transit of police aircraft and those of Turin and Piedmont flight schools.
In fact, it deals with the airspace above the provinces of Turin, Asti, Cuneo and part of those of Vercelli.
THE ENAV PROJECT
ENAV intends to interrupt the supply of both the approach service on the Turin, Naples, Palermo, Genoa and Florence plants, and of the route control service on the Brindisi and Padua Accs (centralizing all activities on the Rome and Milan Accs).
Already in 2018, the company stated that “The future operational configuration will make it possible to manage the high volumes of traffic expected for the next few years with greater efficiency and flexibility, creating greater attraction for airlines, to the benefit of the airport as well as the overall system and the territory. From the point of view of personnel, the shifting of the Approach activity from Turin to the Milan Area Control Center will entail a professional growth in the limited number of resources involved ".
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A POSSIBLE TRANSFER TO MILAN
With the transfer of the Torino Caselle radar approach control service to Milan, the Turin control center will remain downsized.
In fact, ENAV intends there will be only two important control centers, Rome and Milan, assisted by some smaller centers.
“It is evident that these activities require a specific knowledge of the territory, which is difficult to transfer to another city without creating inconvenience both for the workers in the sector and for the flight control system itself”, added the two representatives of the Northern League.
“As far as we are concerned, therefore, the move to Milan is counterproductive from every point of view and for this reason we will fight so that a technical excellence of our territory can remain active in Turin Caselle”.
THE CARRIAGE READY TO GIVE BATTLE IN THE REGION
Finally, the leaguers let it be known that the regional group of the League will present an Agenda on this matter to the Council with the councilor Andrea Cerutti as the first signatory.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/perche-su-enav-volano-polemiche-tra-milano-e-torino/ on Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:14:33 +0000.