Amendment made by Italy to the public service obligations for scheduled air services between Cagliari/Olbia/Alghero and Rome/Milan
Date: 2001-02-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service, transportation tariff

C 49/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.2.2001

Amendment made by Italy to the public service obligations for scheduled air services between
Cagliari/Olbia/Alghero and Rome/Milan

(2001/C 49/02)

to intra-Community air
the deliberations of

Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2408/92 of 23 July 1992, on access for Community air
routes, and taking into
carriers
account
the Inter-services Conference
held in Cagliari on 19 December 2000, the Italian Government
has decided to amend the public service obligations
for
scheduled air services between Cagliari, Olbia and Alghero
on the one hand, and Rome and Milan on the other,
published on page 16 of the Official Journal of
the European
Communities C 284 of 7 October 2000. The amendment
concerns point 1(3), which deals with fares, and shall
henceforth be replaced by the following text:

1.3. FARES

The fare structure for all routes concerned must include
an unrestricted full economy class fare and an unrestricted
concessionary fare. Neither of these fares shall exceed the
including VAT and airport
following single-ticket prices,
taxes:

Route

Cagliari-Rome

Cagliari-Milan

Olbia-Rome

Olbia-Milan

Alghero-Rome

Alghero-Milan

Full fare
(ITL)

164 350

214 400

138 900

214 400

164 350

214 400

Concessionary fare
(ITL)

65 800

82 400

65 800

82 400

65 800

82 400

shall

the competent bodies

Each year,
revise these
maximum fares in line with the rate of inflation for the
previous year, calculated using the ISTAT general index of
consumer prices. Revised fares shall be notified to all
carriers operating these routes and to the European
Commission,
they may be published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.

so that

Should the Italian lira/US dollar exchange rate and/or the
price of oil vary by more than 5 % on average over the

preceding six months, the maximum fares shall be altered
proportionately.

Any increase or reduction shall apply exclusively to the
total price of the full fares in question.

The fares shall be amended, where necessary, every six
months by the Ministry of Transport and Navigation, in
cooperation with the autonomous region of Sardinia, on
the basis of investigations carried out by a joint committee
composed of two representatives, one nominated by the
ENAC and the other by the autonomous
region of
Sardinia, who shall consult with the carriers operating
the routes in question.

Any adjustments made shall
subsequent six-month period.

take effect as of

the

Revised fares shall be notified to all carriers operating
these routes and to the European Commission, so that
they may be published in the Official
the
European Communities.

Journal of

The concessionary fares mentioned above must apply, at
the very least, to the following categories of passenger:

(cid:151) persons domiciled in Sardinia and residing there,

(cid:151) Sardinian ØmigrØs,

(cid:151) persons domiciled in Sardinia and residing outside the

island,

(cid:151) the disabled,

(cid:151) young people between the ages of 2 and 25,

(cid:151) the over-70s, and

(cid:151) university students of less than 27 years of age.

All other details of the obligations as specified in the other
points of the communication published on page 16 of the
the European Communities C 284 of 7
Official
October 2000 remain unchanged.

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