« We will continue to monitor the flight situation continuously and beyond, asking the companies to make every effort to guarantee more flights and acceptable fares. The structural problem of air continuity services remains and which derives from the decision taken at the time by the European Commission to prevent the setting of a ceiling for the non-resident tariff and to compress downwards the estimates of resident traffic volumes".

This was stated by the regional councilor for Transport, Antonio Moro, at the end of the meeting of the Joint Committee for monitoring territorial continuity which was held this morning to address the critical issues recorded in recent weeks, especially the shortage of flights and a series of reported disruptions by passengers.

The airport where the greatest inconvenience has been recorded remains that of Cagliari, which has achieved and continues to achieve occupancy coefficients above the 91% threshold, beyond which the contract establishes the scheduling of the additional flight. In particular on the Fiumicino-Cagliari route, 91% of the load factor was exceeded in 14 days of June, while in the first 23 days of July, this threshold was exceeded for no less than 15 days. On Linate-Cagliari, last June, over 91% was flown for 15 days and in the first 23 days of July, flights were flown with over 91% of load factor for 20 days. The days above the threshold at the airports of Alghero and Olbia are more limited, with a maximum of ten days out of 23 in the month of July on the Linate-Alghero route.

«The Ita company – explains councilor Moro – confirmed the increase in daily flights for July and August on the routes to and from Milan with a schedule that includes 6 total flights, compared to the 4 established in the call for continuity, while in the another connection managed exclusively by Italy, Alghero-Milan and vice versa, there are 3 flights, compared to the two indicated in the European tender. There are still 7 Ita connections on the Cagliari-Rome route but aircraft with higher unit capacity will be used on this route: , without prejudice compatibly with the company's capabilities".