Revival plans, the confrontation between airport companies is on fire

The confrontation on airports ignites. In recent days Adr and the North East Pole (Save, Aer Tre and Catullo) had announced the release, yesterday the replica of Assaeroporti. «The decision of Adr and Save to leave the association representing the airport management companies – reads a note – is a very serious fact for the sector called to face the most serious crisis that has ever hit air transport. The two companies, which handled 34.77% in 2019 and 28.56% of air traffic in 2020, with this choice take on a heavy responsibility towards the entire category, at a time when it was and is necessary. maximum unity and determination to overcome the crisis and raise awareness on the part of institutions on the role of air transport for the economic, employment and social development of the country. These obvious considerations evidently appeared insufficient with respect to the need to “react” to the appointment of the new governance of Assaeroporti. Moreover, the reading of the objectives and priorities referred to in the press release of the Association set up by Adr and Save coincide with those of Assaeroporti, starting from the centrality reaffirmed in our Three-Year Plan of issues related to sustainability, digitization and intermodality “. “In the clumsy attempt to find plausible reasons for such a serious choice – continues the note -, in the press release of Adr, announcing the withdrawal from Assaeroporti, transparency is hoped for in relations between the members and the possibility of creating the conditions for a fruitful dialogue .
On the transparency side, all the steps that led to the appointment of the President and the Governing Council, and subsequently of the Board of Auditors and Arbitrators, rigorously complied with all the statutory provisions, probably more precisely than in the past. And in recent months the work of the offices has been constantly inspired by the criteria of transparency, sharing and collaboration with all the members ». «To hope for a greater dialogue when deciding to leave an association – it continues – is a singular attitude; but it is even more so if the hope comes from those who have absolutely avoided confrontation within and outside the organs.
In light of these circumstances, Assaeroporti confirms the judgment on a choice that appears serious and poorly motivated.The Shareholders’ Meeting of 13 September last decided not to replace, until 31 December, those who had not accepted the offices to which they had been appointed, hoping that the conditions were created for a resumption of internal confrontation, which evidently failed. The Board of Directors of Assaeroporti, which met today, co-opted Armando Brunini, CEO of Sea, as fourth vice president.
The co-optations will be voted on by the next Assembly ».

On 24 September the companies Save, Aer Tre and Catullo, respectively managers of the airports of Venice, Treviso and Verona-Brescia which together make up the North East airport, officially communicated to Assaeroporti their decision to leave the Association. “In a context that sees the airport sector deeply marked by the pandemic and at the same time defines it as one of the main actors in the recovery and evolution of our country in terms of environmental sustainability and innovation – it is emphasized in a note – it is believed that a change of pace is necessary in identifying new actions that guide and bring out the strategic nature of the entire sector “. Ecological transition, decarbonisation, digitalisation «are guidelines that the airports of the North East Pole, coordinated by the parent company Save, have made their own and on which the professional and economic energies of the years to come will focus – it is said -. These are commitments shared with other airports at national and international level, which will guarantee the mobility of our country within a perimeter of ever greater sustainability ». “In consideration of the central role exercised by airports, it is more than ever appropriate for these evolutionary steps to be supported, represented and shared at all levels – concludes the document – on the basis of common denominators that go beyond the specificities of individual airports”.

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Aeroporti di Roma communicated to Assaeroporti (Italian Association of Airport Managers), “with regret”, its decision to leave the Association, which had already been noted for months “the impossibility at this time of carrying out a fruitful dialogue on central issues such as sustainability, intermodality and digital innovation. “” This step backwards – Adr emphasizes in a note – does not mean a break, especially as Adr will remain firmly associated with Confindustria through Unindustria, but it represents a necessary step to unblock, with different presuppositions and necessarily based on mutual recognition and transparency, a dialogue that by now appeared paralyzed and not sufficiently open and constructive in relation to the current situation, which does not allow for hesitation or unproductive distractions. Therefore, without prejudice to the commitment to feed with the utmost determination the process of transformation of the sector, Adr hopes to be able to cultivate a frank and independent line of comparison with the Association and all the associates, with the certainty that the sector will in any case be able to be compact on key priorities at this time of severe crisis. With this in mind, Aeroporti di Roma will continue to provide its contribution, thanks to its credibility, planning capacity and responsibility as a system subject, to design a future in which airport infrastructures take on an increasingly strategic and decisive role in the process of changing the Country outlined by the Government, in the name of sustainability, quality, innovation and intermodality ».