The model for the future is Corsica, but the present always passes through Brussels, where the fate of aerial territorial continuity is decided. The timing of the bridge call that will allow the island to pass the summer - the contract with Volotea will expire in just over two months - will be dictated by the EU. "We await answers as soon as possible," says the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Mobility Alessandro Morelli. In the meantime, there is a risk that Sardinian passengers and tourists do not know which company to leave with until the end.
In May there is a risk of chaos. The Region has asked you to bring forward the deadline for the companies' expressions of interest to 15 March. Will you do it?
“Territorial continuity is being assessed by the European Commission. The Ministry and the Region are following the dossier with the utmost attention and scruple so that Brussels responds to the requests made, including that relating to the advance of the deadline for expressions of interest. The goal is to define the procedure promptly, well aware of the needs of the island at the gates of the summer season ».
However, the EU has not yet published the multi-year call, which should be launched in October: at what point is the procedure?
«The Ministry and the Region have done their homework, providing for the fulfilments of their own competence in a rapid and punctual manner. The act in question was sent to the European Commission on 4 February. The publication, therefore, can only be imminent. I refuse to believe that for a purely formal operation it may take more time, also because the call must necessarily remain in publication for six months, and if the wait were to extend beyond the first ten days of March there would be objective difficulties in organizing the tender. ".
Is the creation of a Sardinian airline a viable path?
«I know that the Region is discussing with various carriers to assess the financial sustainability of this type of operation. The model to follow could be that of Corsica, I will be at the side of the administration carefully observing its work ».
