Cagliari Airport is heading towards a record season, with an overall growth of some 7% compared to summer 2024 and over 1,400,000 seats available on international routes.
Cagliari Airport has 39 airlines operating to 25 countries
A note from Sogaer, which manages the Sardinian airport, lists as 109 the connections operated by 39 airlines to 25 countries: 75 scheduled connections (31 domestic and 44 international) and 34 charter flights. Cagliari is “consolidating its expansion strategy in the Scandinavian market. After the success of the flights to and from Gothenburg, introduced in the summer of 2024, the summer of 2025 will see the activation of two new routes: Stockholm, operated by Ryanair with two weekly flights, and Copenhagen, served by SAS also with two flights.”
Most European markets will have additional flights
“The international network will see Ryanair connect the Cagliari airport with 12 countries for a total of 21 destinations, out of the 40 total operated for the first time in Cagliari by the Irish carrier – continues Sogaer, - There will also be an increase in the number of flights to Great Britain with British Airways EuroFlyer, which will serve London Gatwick airport up to ten times weekly, and Vueling, which will increase operations to Barcelona by more than 20%. Edelweiss has also significantly increased its programme on the Cagliari-Zurich route, which, following the success of the route operated for the first time in the 2024/25 winter season, will include a daily connection during peak season. Smartwings will increase the number of flights offered on the Cagliari-Prague route by more than 50% compared to summer 2024, reaching five weekly flights. Austrian Airlines is also growing, increasing connections to Vienna by 25%.”
The low-cost carriers are also increasing flights
Still on the international front, there will be significant increases in Ryanair flights to Porto and Palma de Mallorca (double the number of flights), Budapest (an increase of over 60%) and Poznan (an increase of 35%). Easyjet will double the number of connections to Lyon, while Volotea will increase flights to Marseille by 80%. Also on the German market, Eurowings will increase flights to Stuttgart by more than 20%’.
New domestic routes for Ryanair and Aeroitalia
On the domestic front, the “opening of new routes to Pescara by Ryanair and Catania by Aeroitalia stand out, as well as a significant increase in connections under the territorial continuity scheme which will see Aeroitalia operate 20 flights a day to and from Rome Fiumicino and up to 16 flights to and from Milan Linate, for a total of over a thousand flights per month under territorial continuity.”
In 2024 Cagliari Airport handled over 5 million passengers
As for charter flights, among the 34 total connections this summer, the main new additions at Cagliari Airport will be LOT, which will operate to Warsaw, and SkyAlps, which will expand its network by operating to Innsbruck. Also confirmed are Tunisair's connections to Tunisia and People's Viennaline's to Altenrhein in Switzerland. Sogaer is expecting a record-breaking summer season, after 2024 saw the airport reach the five million passenger milestone.
