Olbia is located on the northeast of Sardinia. It is the Italian island’s fourth most populous city and an important gateway for tourism, including for reaching the beautiful Costa Smeralda. It is Sardinia’s second-busiest airport, behind Cagliari but ahead of Alghero. It passed the four million passenger milestone for the first time last year, with […]
June 9, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Depending on the measurement, Delta is the first or second-largest operator between the US and Europe. When available seats are considered, Cirium schedule data shows that Delta is now number one. However, it is second for flights and ASKs. The carrier has a record 4.51 million two-way seats in the critically important Q3 2026 (July-September). […]
May 28, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Delta Air Lines inaugurated seasonal flights between New York JFK and Olbia in northeast Sardinia on Wednesday 20 May. The 6,740-kilometre route will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 211-seat 767-300 aircraft. It marks the first ever transatlantic service from Olbia. Flight DL216 departs New York JFK at 18:10 local […]
Ryanair is the largest airline serving Italy, both domestically and internationally. Examining Cirium data for S24 shows that the carrier has nearly one in two domestic seats (46%), and more than one in four internationally (28%). It is solidly the ULCC’s largest country market. Its Italian network comprises 31 airports this summer – more than […]
March 5, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Situated in northwest Sardinia, Olbia is the island’s fourth-largest city area and an important tourist gateway. The airport welcomed 3.16 million passengers in 2022, exceeding its 2019 figures by a healthy 7.12%. Olbia’s growth far outpaced that of Italy as a whole (-15.00%) and was the country’s seventh-fastest-growth airport. It was Italy’s 15th busiest airport and […]
July 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Spanish headquartered Volotea operated its first commercial flights on 5 April 2012, from its first base at Venice VCE to Brindisi, Cagliari and Palermo. It just celebrated its 11th birthday and recently announced that it had carried 50 million passengers. It reached 40 million passengers in March 2022, 25 million in July 2019 and 15 […]
April 6, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
According to analysis of Cirium data, Volotea’s scheduled seat capacity during the second half of 2021 was up 14% compared with the second half of 2019. This equates to an additional 685,000 seats. For comparison, among Europe’s top 50 airlines, the next best performing carrier in western Europe was Transavia (the Dutch and French parts […]
February 16, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Volotea opened a new base on Thursday 3 June in Olbia, on the Italian island of Sardinia. It is the airline’s seventh base in Italy joining Cagliari, Genoa, Naples, Palermo, Venice VCE and Verona. Volotea began serving Olbia the day after the carrier launched operations in April 2012, with a flight from Venice VCE. Thanks […]