Volotea announces 7 new international routes from Costa Smeralda
Paris Charles de Gaulle, Marseille, Bilbao, Toulouse and Valencia among the destinations. The company will also operate connections between Olbia and Rome Fiumicino on a continuous basis
Volotea strengthens its connection with the Sardinia and reconfirms its investment in Olbia. The carrier, in fact, after The recent announcement of new flights to Madrid and Nice, confirmed The launch of 5 new routes departing from Costa Smeralda for a total of 7 new international connections, and the expansion of its fleet, which will increase from 2 to 3 aircraft at the airport during the summer period. These will also be joined by. The restoration of the flight to Bari.
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The low-cost, finally, Will operate connections between Olbia and Rome Fiumicino under the territorial continuity regime and without any economic compensation, for the entire period stipulated in the notice of the Sardinia Region.
Volotea also announced for the coming months. The launch of new connections from Olbia at the time of Paris Charles de Gaulle (2 weekly frequencies, every Monday and Thursday starting May 29), Marseille (exclusive route available every Tuesday and Friday starting May 26), Toulouse (starting May 28, every Thursday and Sunday), Bilbao (exclusive route departing May 27, every Wednesday and Saturday) and Valencia (exclusive route, every Tuesday and Saturday departing May 27), which are in addition to new flights recently an nounced to Madrid e Nice. An offer of 7 new routes, therefore, amounting to 70,000 tickets for sale.
Thanks to the new flights, The carrier's total reachable destinations from the Olbia airport rises to 28, 14 in Italy and 14 abroad.
"The link between Volotea and Sardinia began more than 10 years ago and we are delighted to further strengthen our relationship with the island - Valeria Rebasti, Volotea's Country Manager Italy & Southeastern Europe, said. We have never stopped investing locally, through the opening of bases in the territory, the creation of new job opportunities and important tourist routes, both leisure and business. It is not in our plans to abandon the island. Quite the contrary! Further proof of Volotea's special closeness to the travel needs of Sardinians comes in the form of its willingness to operate, for the entire period envisaged by the call for tenders and without any economic compensation, connections on a continuous basis between Olbia and Rome Fiumicino. Flights between the Costa Smeralda and the capital will be operated as scheduled until October 2024. Finally, we hope to accommodate more and more passengers on board and, very soon, to announce other important news at our Olbia base."
"Volotea confirms itself as a strategic carrier for the development of Olbia Airport for our destination. Thanks to its flexibility and dynamism, Volotea has been able to seize important market opportunities, strengthening its operations during the most critical period of the pandemic (with the opening of the domestic winter connections in 2020) and supporting the post-pandemic recovery with the opening of the summer base in 2021. With today's announcement of the new international connections and the placement of an additional aircraft at the operating base, it adds another chapter of development to this long-standing strategic arrangement. The expansion of Volotea's portfolio of international destinations is also fully consistent with our development strategy, which aims to consolidate Olbia as the island's main airport for non-domestic flows in order to increase traffic in the low season." - said Silvio Pippobello, Geasar CEO..
Connections will be available from Olbia to the Italian peninsula (Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Catania, Florence - New 2023, Genoa, Milan Bergamo, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, Rome Fiumicino, Turin, Venice, and Verona), France (Paris Charles de Gaulle, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Lille - All New 2023, Bordeaux, Deauville, Lyon, Nantes, and Strasbourg), and Spain (Bilbao, Valencia, Barcelona, and Madrid - All New 2023).Â
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