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Rome urgently tenders for Sardinian PSO to replace Alitalia

The local government of Sardinia, an autonomous region in Italy, has launched an urgent tender to replace Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) on territorial continuity routes to mainland Italy once the flag carrier goes out of business on October 14, 2021.

Having secured the approval of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport as well as the European Commission, the regional authority requested proposals from 11 carriers that currently operate scheduled services in Italy namely Ryanair (which previously challenged the idea of subsiding flights between Sardinia and the mainland), easyJet, Volotea, Blue Air (Romania), Vueling Airlines, DAT, Blue Panorama Airlines, Neos, ITA - Italia Trasporto Aereo (Alitalia's successor which will launch operations on October 15), Air Malta, and Wizz Air. Smaller carriers operating in Italy, such as Tayaranjet, AlbaStar, or EGO Airways, were not invited.

ITA is formally a new company that cannot automatically assume any of Alitalia's assets or contracts. While it acquired some of its predecessor's aircraft and...

New gov't may reconsider Samoa Airways' B737 plans

The newly confirmed government of Samoa is not convinced that adding an in-house B737-800 for Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo), initiated by the previous administration, is reasonable and has pledged to review the deal, newly installed prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said.

“Essentially, it’s a process that was started by the former government that is in play, although there are still issues that have to be resolved and as those issues are resolved, or other matters come to light, then we will determine where we are exactly with Samoa Airways," she said during a press conference.

Fiame added that the new cabinet has been receiving regular updates about the flag carrier's status-quo in order to determine its current standing as well as future obligations with regards to potential state financing. She underlined that as of now, the government has not taken any decisions as to Samoa Airways' future course of action.

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