Volotea celebrates 5 years in Olbia
Volotea celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Olbia operational base, inaugurated in 2021, confirming its role in Sardinia's connectivity. In five years, the company has operated over 30,000 flights to and from Costa Smeralda airport and has transported almost 5 million passengers, contributing to the tourist and economic development of the area.
For 2026, Volotea offers 27 routes from Olbia to 3 countries: Italy, France and Spain. A network almost doubled compared to the 14 connections in 2020, which makes the company the first in terms of the number of destinations served by the Olbia airport.
In Italy, passengers can fly from Olbia to Ancona, Bari, Bologna, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Milan Bergamo, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, Turin, Venice and Verona. On the French market, strategic for incoming tourism in Sardinia, connections are available with Bordeaux, Brest, Deauville, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Paris Orly, Strasbourg and Toulouse.
The international offer is completed with Spain, thanks to flights to Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Seville. The latter is the novelty of 2026 and expands the possibilities of travel between Sardinia and the Iberian Peninsula.
The link between Volotea and Olbia precedes the opening of the base. It was precisely on the Venice-Olbia route, in fact, that the company's first flight took off, marking the start of the carrier's operations in the European skies. Today, in the peak period, Volotea employs over 80 employees in Olbia, of which about a third are of Sardinian origin.
The company's presence in Sardinia also concerns Alghero airport, from which 6 destinations to Italy and France are available in 2026: Florence, Turin, Verona, Bordeaux, Paris Orly and the new route to Lyon.
Volotea also aims to strengthen connections beyond the summer season. For winter 2026, flights to Venice, Verona, Turin, Bologna, Barcelona and Paris Orly will be operational from Olbia. During the Christmas period, the route to Milan Bergamo will also be added, offering greater mobility opportunities to residents and travellers heading to Sardinia in the low season months.
With the fifth anniversary of the Olbia base, Volotea therefore consolidates a strategy oriented not only to summer tourism, but also to the continuity of connections, the growth of the airport and the strengthening of Sardinia's role in national and European air flows.
