COMMISSION IMPOSES SARDINIA FLIGHT PUBLIC SERVICE DUTIES RULES
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has authorised Italian government plans to impose public service obligations on airlines, promoting 16 routes between Sardinia's three main airports and the Italy mainland. However, Brussels has imposed limits on what can be demanded by the Italian government. The key - said EU transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot was ensuring new market entrants were not locked out from these routes. As a result, the Commission has insisted licences be reissued annually; licensed airlines should be free to offer additional services; ...
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