On May 3 at 11 the Regional Council will discuss the situation of Sardinian airports: a session scheduled after the request of the majority group leaders, made following the hearing of the Councilor for Transport Antonio Moro in the Fourth Commission.
"There is a need for a public debate on the merger of the management companies of the Olbia and Alghero airports and on the privatization project of the Cagliari airport - explained the exponents of the majority - operations on which clarity is needed ".
Even Moro himself agreed on the desirability of a debate: " On 21 March last, with a real blitz, the merger of the airports in northern Sardinia took place - stated the commissioner - an operation that the Region does not agree with, the fund investment F2i acted unilaterally, there was no confrontation. The rumored privatization of Cagliari airport and its merger with Olbia and Alghero would deprive the Region of any supervisory, control and planning role in an important matter such as transport, which is decisive for the island's development projects".
With the merger of the three management companies, the weight of the public hand would be reduced to almost zero. The marriage between Olbia and Alghero has reduced the regional stake to 2.9 percent. If the merger with Cagliari were to materialize, where today the public presence is predominant, the result would be the same with the Region relegated to a role of pure testimony: « Delivering the access keys to Sardinia to a private investment fund which aims to maximizing profits to remunerate investors' capital is in clear contradiction with the aims of regional policy - underlined Moro - the Region has a duty to guarantee the right to mobility of Sardinians and aim at increasing passenger traffic for the growth of island economy".
