As regards Ita's willingness to fly in territorial continuity to and from Sardinia without compensation, Sogaer sales director David Crognaletti said he was "pleasantly surprised". “The current twelve-month proposal - he added - comes unexpected and certainly represents a fixed point that must also be taken into account for the reorganization of the routes with the other companies. The duration is very interesting ".
Today the presentation of the new summer network of Cagliari airport took place. First anticipations of Easter: "We are expecting a very rich Easter - explained Crognaletti - also due to its position on the calendar. It will be an opportunity to send a message of guarantee and safety to the international market given that 85% of the flights of the season summer will already be available for Easter ".
The program includes over 18 thousand flights, 38 domestic and 53 international connections. With fifteen new direct routes, of which 12 only to and from abroad. The summer season will start on March 27 and marks the return of foreigners also thanks to the addition of connections with Bilbao, Carcassonne, Hanover, Lille, London Gatwick, Madrid, Nice, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca, Poznan, Seville, Strasbourg. There would also be Moscow, but still on standby due to the ongoing conflict.
"The real news is the recovery of the international market - underlined Remo Branca, CEO of Sogaer - especially the English one, who passed away last year due to problems related to Covid. But we are happy: the first three months went well. And we expect to close 2022 with 3.2 million passengers ”.
According to the regional councilor for tourism Gianni Chessa, these are numbers that will revive the holiday industry on the island in 2022: "There are four million places in Sardinia and our effort to increase the number of beds continues. for example in Cagliari, which in a year and a half will have three more hotels ".
"We are returning from a great success in Paris - explained the commissioner - and now we are focusing on Tel Aviv. Without neglecting the Bit of Milan in April: we will have a space of 1500 square meters".
After 2020, a very dark year, there are signs of recovery for the Cagliari airport: "We closed 2021 with 56% more passengers", remarked Branca. The international increase is mainly linked to Ryanair which will increase capacity in Cagliari by more than 50% with the third aircraft based in May. Volotea will also do its part by bringing its international network destinations to eleven.
(Unioneonline / ss)
