AirIdea, you fly from June 8 (but with another company's plane). Prices, baggage, check-in, in-flight service: all the details
With just over a month to go before flights begin, Air Idea has opened ticket sales on its website [...]
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With just over a month to go before flights begin, Air Idea has opened ticket sales on its website.
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Operations will start next June 8, although the 'real' AirIdea will be seen when the summer season is over, when its 19-seat Jetstream 31s will enter service, offering the executive flight atmosphere that the Genoa-based carrier had illustrated by introducing itself to the public a few months ago.
During the summer months, however, the network will be covered by a 34-seat Saab SF340 from Maltese carrier Luxwing (on whose site you are referred to for booking), In a single-cabin configuration with file 2-1.
The carrier's initial idea was to link together cities (for now in central and northern Italy plus two in Sardinia) that do not have direct flights and between which travel by car or train is uncomfortable and very time-consuming.
These difficulties certainly apply to the case of Genoa, which is connected to the rest of Italy by inefficient highway and rail networks and has an airport that has a very limited network of connections.
Thus, all routes that will depart on June 8 will originate or destination at Cristoforo Colombo Airport in the Ligurian capital, with the sole exception of Bergamo-Rimini-Bergamo.
The longest one, in terms of flight time, will be the Genoa-Trieste-Genoa, covered in one hour and twenty minutes (by car hours would probably take five or six, traffic aside) Which will be served by two daily connections on Mondays and Fridays at a cost of 229 euros each way. Of similar duration will be the Genoa-Venice-Genoa, covered twice a week (Tuesday and Sunday) for 215 euros each way.
Two rotations per week (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) there will also be between Genoa and Bologna at a cost of 165 euros and between Genoa and Florence (Thursday and Friday at 150 euros each way), while the busiest route after Genoa-Trieste-Genoa will be Genoa-Bergamo with three weekly frequencies in both directions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays for 155 euros each way.
To Sardinia will be flown twice a week (Monday and Friday) about Olbia (for 187 euros each way) and once a week (on Saturdays) about Alghero (for 205 euros). Also on Saturday, Bergamo and Rimini will also be connected At a cost of 186 euros one way.
Frequencies on some routes will increase in the peak summer period, between June 29 and August 23, a period in which Genoa-Perugia-Genoa and Bergamo-Perugia-Genoa will also enter the schedule..
Currently, schedules and reservations are available until October 24 (last day of Summer 2026), with flights to Olbia and Alghero, however, ending in early September.
Air Idea stresses in a note that it does not apply 'dynamic pricing', i.e., that the prices of seats on board remain as stated regardless of when they are booked and the availability of seats on board). To put it simply, the price is 'fixed'.
The tariff (unique, indeed) includes choice of seat, an 8kg carry-on bag and a free drink and snack, allows change of date with 50 euro penalty one way, but is non-refundable. To check a 20kg suitcase into the hold you have to add 22 euros, for a 30kg one you need 38.50 euros.
"We are born as a carrier serving those who have time as a priority, whether they are managers or employees of companies or freelancers who need to move quickly and with little stress between poorly connected cities through other infrastructure whether it be road or rail." Air Idea CEO Gianmarco Vivado explains to The Flight Club.. "We offer a dedicated service with a time limit for check-in of just 25 minutes before departure time and last boarding 15 minutes before and also for this reason, our prices are not comparable to those of 'normal operators' . Then of course, alongside business customers we have also made room for leisure customers with our connections to Sardinia for the summer season." The focus on the passenger is also in the standby aircraft that the company will have at its disposal from the outset, should the regularly deployed one have a technical problem or need maintenance that prevents it from flying.
Starting in October, first two and then three 19-seat Jetstream 31s will take the place of the Saab, and the company will have its own Air Operator Certificate (AOC) by the end of the year, "Italian," Vivado points out. Who anticipates how "there will be other implementations, such as the ability to book directly on our website and check-in online."
