"Continuity has some critical issues but it is the only tool that can guarantee us the right to mobility towards the mainland".
Words from Transport Councilor Antonio Moro , who spoke this morning in Cagliari at the conference “Free to fly – The territorial continuity we want” , organized by Confcommercio and Federalberghi.
The system "must be modified", highlighted the exponent of the Giunta Solinas, and to do this "we need the help in Europe of the government and ENAC". The island needs "a Sardinian model of air transport that can be achieved by putting together all the tools that the regulations in force in Europe guarantee".
Faced with an increasing traffic of residents, underlined Moro, « the impositions of the EU Commission do not allow us to increase the number of flights and this has created a funnel in peak periods . What we have always said is taking place, that the compression of the volume of resident traffic would have led to problems for the right to mobility of Sardinians". In essence, the EU "has underestimated the traffic volumes of residents". Sardinia " needs more flights ".
The commissioner also spoke of the problem of prices for non-residents, "the fare cannot be left at the mercy of the companies' price and profit policies, the overpriced ticket weighs not only on the tourists' pocket but on our economic system because it puts our tourist system out of the market".
In essence, "we cannot move from the single tariff to the free market, we want a single tariff to guarantee connection with our island even to those outside Sardinia".
Finally Moro announced that for the winter season the Region will experiment « direct aid to passengers to reduce ticket costs . We will allocate 5 million allowing Sardinian residents under 25 and over 65 and competitive athletes to be able to count on the discount".
Finally, a passage on the airports: « We want to exercise public policies in Sardinian airports, and to do so we must participate in the management of the airports . The F2i proposal effectively ousts us, but in ten years we have disbursed 127 million to the three management companies to improve infrastructure, grow services, increase traffic on low-cost vehicles. And we oppose the merger because we want to continue doing this."
