Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport

The routes to destinations in Greece and Italy will launch during summer 2023.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in July, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

Connections to Alghero, Cagliari and Olbia will begin in May.

The agreement seeks to improve connectivity between Italy and Latvia.

The new Italian flag-carrier will operate the routes for at least seven months.

Eighteen routes to destinations in nine countries are being launched as part of the ULCC’s latest expansion in Italy.

Past attempts at scheduled services from Balzano have failed economically.

Several domestic trunk routes are expected to reach 2019 capacity levels again.

The three airlines are adding capacity and routes to the Sardinian airport this summer.

Greece is a major focus for Wizz Air’s new routes, while easyJet is adding domestic services in France and the UK.

Two services to popular vacation destinations are joining the LCC’s network from the Italian city.

Latvian airline airBaltic is restoring a direct seasonal route to Greek island Rhodes.

Latvia's airBaltic expects to increase its route network next summer by one fifth.

Spanish carrier Volotea has created its sixth base in Italy, which will focus mainly on domestic routes and flights to Greece.

More European airlines have outlined how they intend to rebuild their networks over the coming weeks after the mass fleet groundings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The shortlist of the annual route development awards is revealed

Amsterdam is already one of easyJet’s most successful network points with more than 3.5 million passengers flying annually to and from 21 destinations. It revealed earlier this year its plans to open a base at Schiphol Airport to further strengthen the airline’s long term strategic position at the airport, where it now holds a nine per cent market share having first introduced flights back in 1996.