A flurry of delays and canceled flights: a nightmare day for passengers in Cagliari.

It was a nightmare day for passengers at Italian airports and at Cagliari Elmas airport, when ENAV, the national air traffic control agency, reported anomalies in the air traffic control system and when EasyJet ground staff went on strike. Delays and cancellations also occurred at Alghero and Olbia airports.

The Sardinian capital is experiencing significant disruption. A total of five departing flights have been canceled and eight delayed . Regarding arrivals, the airport management company (Sogaer) website reports five canceled flights and fourteen delayed.

Specifically, the problems began at noon and affected four Ryanair flights (to Parma, Trieste, Catania, and Bologna, respectively), which were canceled. Eight flights were delayed, including three Ryanair flights (to Bergamo, Turin, and Rimini), two Lufthansa flights (to Munich and Frankfurt), and three Aeroitalia flights providing territorial continuity to Rome and Milan Linate.

Arrivals. The cancelled flights to Cagliari were Ryanair flights departing from Trieste, Catania, Bologna, Parma, and Milan Malpensa, the latter operated by Easyjet. Ryanair flights arriving from Nuremberg, Rome Ciampino, Naples, Turin, Bergamo, Milan Malpensa, and Venice were delayed. Finally, flights departing from Munich and Frankfurt (Lufthansa), Milan Linate, and Rome Fiumicino (Aeroitalia) were delayed beyond their scheduled times.

(Unioneonline/AD)