Italian Businessman Fined After Bypassing Lift Line With Helicopter (€2,000)

Trentino: Illegal Helicopter Landing on Slopes

Trentino: Businessman Lands Helicopter on Ski Slope Without Permission, Fined €2,000 Madonna di Campiglio, Trentino – April 10, 2025 – A prominent Italian businessman has been fined €2,000 after landing his private helicopter on a ski slope in Trentino without authorization. Giorgio Bortolo Oliva, 65, president of the steel group IRO, landed at 2,400 meters near the Grostè slopes in Madonna di Campiglio—well above the 1,600-meter limit imposed b…

Italian Businessman Fined After Bypassing Lift Line With Helicopter (€2,000)

Italian businessman Giorgio Bortolo Oliva was fined €2,000 after landing a helicopter off-piste without permission at Italy’s Madonna di Campiglio resort on Thursday, April 10. Skiing at Madonna di Campiglio The Times reports that carabinieri officers on routine piste patrol at the Trentino resort watched as the helicopter flew up and landed on the mountain at around 7,874 feet (2,400 meters). They then watched as Oliva stepped out of the aircr…

The arrival of a businessman in a South Tyrolean ski resort is currently causing a stir. The man travelled by his own helicopter and parked next to the ski slope.