Aeroporto di Olbia-Costa Smeralda | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Geasar S.p.A. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Olbia | ||||||||||
| Location | Olbia, Italy | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | Air Italy | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 37 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′09″N09°31′01″E / 40.88583°N 9.51694°ECoordinates: 40°53′09″N09°31′01″E / 40.88583°N 9.51694°E | ||||||||||
| Website | geasar.it | ||||||||||
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Location of airport in Sardinia OLB (Italy) | |||||||||||
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Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2] | |||||||||||
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Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Olbia-Costa Smeralda) (IATA: OLB, ICAO: LIEO) is an airport in Olbia, Sardinia. It is the primary operating base for Italian airline Air Italy whose headquarters are located at the airport. It mostly handles seasonal holiday flights from destinations in Europe and is managed by Geasar S.p.A.
History[edit]
A military airfield was opened at Olbia (then Terranova Pausania) in 1921, and a seaplane base was inaugurated close to the Isola Bianca harbour in 1927, although poor loads from the island on the flights to Ostia and Cagliari led to the service's stop in Terranova being discontinued in 1929. The airfield and seaplane base were targeted by Alliedbombing in World War II, and the Germans opened another airfield 4.5 miles west of the town, which was renamed Olbia in 1945.
Commercial flights gradually returned and in 1963 the Olbia-based airline Alisarda was formed. It successfully expanded its route network, introducing jet flights in 1972, and it was renamed Meridiana in 1991. However, the introduction of jet aircraft necessitated the building of a larger airport nearer the city; the current airport was completed in 1974.
Following 3 years of work, a new terminal covering 42,000 square metres and capable of handling 4.5 million passengers per year was unveiled on June 6, 2004. Costing a total of €81 million, the structure was designed by Willem Brouwer Architects and incorporated the original terminal building, which was developed into a 3000-square metre retail area. The new building has 40 check-in desks and ten boarding gates, five of which are equipped with jet bridges. It contains a wide variety of shops and restaurants, a wine bar, a small art gallery, and indoor garden areas featuring local flora.
The airport also is home to the Tourist Management department of the University of Sassari.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Olbia: [3][4]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| airBaltic | Seasonal:Riga |
| Air France | Seasonal:Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Italy | Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal:Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Verona |
| Alitalia | Seasonal:Bologna, Genoa, Milan–Linate, Naples, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Trieste |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal:Vienna |
| British Airways | Seasonal:London–Heathrow |
| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal:Brussels |
| Condor | Seasonal:Berlin–Schönefeld (begins 28 June 2020),[5]Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich |
| Corendon Airlines Europe | Seasonal:Nuremberg (begins 23 May 2020)[6] |
| Danish Air Transport | Seasonal:Catania |
| easyJet | London–Gatwick, Milan–Malpensa Seasonal:Amsterdam, Berlin–Schönefeld, Berlin–Tegel, Bordeaux (begins 22 June 2020),[7]Bristol, London–Luton, Lyon, Manchester, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Toulouse, Venice |
| easyJet Switzerland | Seasonal:Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal:Zürich |
| Enter Air | Seasonal charter:Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw–Chopin (all begins 7 June 2020)[8] |
| Eurowings | Seasonal:Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Salzburg, Stuttgart |
| Helvetic Airways | Seasonal charter:Bern, Zürich |
| Iberia | Seasonal:Madrid |
| Lufthansa | Seasonal:Frankfurt, Munich |
| Neos | Seasonal:Milan–Malpensa, Verona |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal:Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| People's | Seasonal charter:Vienna |
| Private Wings | Seasonal charter:Aosta[9] |
| S7 Airlines | Seasonal:Moscow–Domodedovo |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal:Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Smartwings | Seasonal:Bratislava, Prague |
| Smartwings Poland | Seasonal charter:Warsaw–Chopin[10] |
| Sundair | Seasonal charter:Paderborn |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Seasonal:Geneva |
| Transavia | Amsterdam |
| Transavia France | Seasonal:Paris–Orly |
| TUI Airways | Seasonal:London–Gatwick, Manchester |
| TUI fly Belgium | Seasonal:Brussels |
| Volotea | Verona Seasonal:Ancona (begins 12 June 2020),[11]Bari, Bordeaux, Genoa, Marseille (begins 12 June 2020),[12]Nantes, Naples, Palermo, Pisa (begins 29 May 2020),[13]Strasbourg, Turin, Venice |
| Vueling | Barcelona |
References[edit]
- ^'EAD Basic - Error Page'. ead.eurocontrol.int.
- ^'Statistiche Dicembre 2014'. assaeroporti.com.
- ^https://www.geasar.it/cms_data/contents/geasar_en/media/docs/network_summer_2019_29_03.pdf
- ^https://www.geasar.it/Cms_Data/Contents/geasar_it/Media/docs/timetable/TIMETABLE/Network-2018-20_winter.pdf
- ^Liu, Jim (7 January 2020). 'Condor S20 Short-Haul network additions as of 06JAN20'. routesonline.com.
- ^'Flights to Nuremberg'. corendonairlines.com.
- ^https://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/informations-actualites/du-nouveau-avec-easyjet-4-destinations-supplementaires
- ^'Charter flights'. tui.pl.
- ^https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/76505-aosta-and-ingolstadt-to-see-scheduled-charter-flights-in-s19
- ^'air and charter tickets'. itaka.pl.
- ^http://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2019/10/31/volotea-3-nuove-rotte-da-olbia_91bc2101-45c6-4d5e-a6ab-3affbfeb08ea.html
- ^http://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2019/10/31/volotea-3-nuove-rotte-da-olbia_91bc2101-45c6-4d5e-a6ab-3affbfeb08ea.html
- ^https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/287883/volotea-s20-new-routes-as-of-29nov19/
Costa Smeralda Reviews
External links[edit]
Media related to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport at Wikimedia Commons
Costa Cruise Smeralda
- Accident history for OLB at Aviation Safety Network