Ita Airways is heading to Sardinia and is already making tickets available for the connections that will depart from May 15th. The national airline announced, on 1 April, that it had opened the sale of flights in territorial continuity (i.e. at controlled rates) from Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate to Alghero, Olbia, Cagliari and vice versa to fly from 15 May. Date on which the current regime of territorial continuity guaranteed, currently by the Volotea company, expires.
Tickets at the agency
The organizational machine is already in motion, as the national airline announces with a note. “Initially it will be possible to purchase flights from travel agencies – it says -, during the first days of next week it will be possible to make the purchase on all sales channels, such as the ita-airways website and the call center”.
All available flights
The operational program includes three flights a day to Alghero both from Fiumicino and Linate and vice versa. In addition, 3 flights a day to Olbia from Fiumicino and vice versa which become 4 in July and August and 3 flights a day to Olbia from Linate and vice versa which become 4 from June to September. The highest number of flights, equal to seven per day, concerns the route to Cagliari from Fiumicino and vice versa in the period from May to October and 6 flights per day from November. On the Cagliari Linate route and vice versa, 4 flights per day are scheduled from May to June; 5 flights in July, 6 flights from August to October and 4 flights from November.
Guaranteed daily connections
“With these operations, Ita Airways will guarantee daily flights with Sardinia on all six main routes in Territorial Continuity from the three Sardinian airports – clarify the company – thus ensuring mobility and connectivity with domestic, international and intercontinental destinations operated by Ita Airways and its partner carriers “.
The announcement
The opening of the sale of flights follows the announcement of 24 March with which the national airline had communicated its availability for the procedure relating to the expression of interest launched by the Region for the connections between the three Sardinian airports and Rome and Milan, for one year. That is the time necessary to prepare the new call for the assignment of the routes (for 24 months) under territorial continuity.