Permission granted to riviera municipality to operate former Lodrino military airport.
The Municipality of Riviera informs that on January 6, 2023, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) issued the authorization to operate the former Lodrino military airport to the Municipality of Riviera. The news was officially announced today through a press conference organized at Riviera Airport.
This news was also positively welcomed by the Swiss Drone Base Camp (SDBC), the first competence center of Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino. In fact, the change of use of the airport, among other things, implies permission for drones to fly in a designated area. This represents a unique value proposition for an airport site and will enable the development of projects by companies that will locate at the center as well as existing firms already active on site.
Currently, the positioning strategy of the Drone Competence Center is being developed in order to identify distinctive domains of activity that can attract innovative companies for their involvement in research projects and potential establishment in the region.
The ultimate goal is to attract companies with cutting-edge technologies that can create an economic, but above all skills, benefit for the entire region. The study already underway for the possible creation of an infrastructure suitable for these new entrepreneurial activities thus receives further support.
The Innovation Park Ticino, organized in Competence Centers and currently located at the Technopole in Manno, aims to create a unique platform for the collaboration of researchers, high-tech companies and start-ups, in order to spark inventive activities, develop and test sustainable and innovative ideas and encourage the knowledge and technology transfer. Ticino is thus positioning itself even more prominently on the international innovation scene, and the benefits for the region will be significant: in addition to direct economic benefits, there will be the creation of new jobs.
Source:
Switzerland Innovation Park Ticino | site of Park Zurich
Suglio Business Center, Via Cantonale 18, 6928 Manno – Switzerland
January 11, 2023