Dear flights? "True, there is an increase in prices", admits Fabio Lazzerini, CEO of Ita Airways , on the occasion of the presentation of an agreement with Amex. "But there is an exceptionally high demand - he explains - and in our case we can hardly be accused of price increases, we have a growing fleet that we are increasing, but we depend on the arrival of planes".
Ita, added the manager, is opening fewer routes than it would like: "This is because the planes don't arrive there, so we have a limited supply capacity".
In essence, explains Lazzerini, the prices «are all leveled by the market» and the proof «lies in the fact that we closed June with the all-time record for the aircraft occupancy rate, with a load factor of 94%. If prices were off the market, the planes would be empty."
The CEO of Ita also spoke of Sardinia: "We are very sensitive to the high tariffs for those who live in areas that are difficult to reach, we serve Sardinia in territorial continuity and we pay attention to the less connected areas of Italy ".
The Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso, who in recent days met the companies and asked for explanations on the price increase, made it known that the government is ready to intervene.
«"Do the airlines - he said - have full flights, you can't find a seat, they travel at maximum revenue, with fuel that costs 30% less than last year and they increase my prices by 40-42%? There I have summoned, we await explanations on this anomalous growth in prices but, if the explanations are not convincing and if prices do not fall shortly, we will intervene , as it should be".
(Unioneonline/L)
