Fortunately, there are those who believe in the imminent relaunch of tourism in Italy: the “low cost” airlines Ryanair and EasyJet are launching new routes. Ryanair, which is now the first operator in Italy by number of passengers, announces its summer operation from Bologna, with an additional based aircraft, 64 routes in total and eight new routes that will help stimulate traffic. Among other initiatives, Ryanair also introduces three new routes that will connect Treviso with Oslo (from 1st June), Sibiu, Romania (from 1st July) and Suceava, Romania (from 4th June), all with two weekly frequencies, as part of the ‘operational for the summer.
EasyJet relaunches on Sardinia: from June the company will operate daily connections between the Olbia airport and those of Bologna, Verona, Turin and up to 3 weekly connections between Olbia and Bari, confirming its commitment to the recovery of Italian and international tourism towards the Sardinia. The new routes will be on sale from 16 April and will enrich the Olbia flight network, already connected by the company with Milan Malpensa, Naples, Venice and, starting from 28 May, also with Bergamo. With the new connections, EasyJet reconfirms itself as the first airline in terms of the number of seats offered and destinations served from Olbia Costa Smeralda airport, with 23 national and international routes.