Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 — Imposition by Italy of public service obligations on scheduled air services between Alghero-Rome Fiumicino and return, Alghero-Milano Linate and return, Cagliari-Rome Fiumicino and return, Cagliari-Milano Linate and return, Olbia-Rome Fiumicino and return and Olbia-Milano Linate and return (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-09-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, air freight rate, air transport, airline, inland transport, public service

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Commission notice pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92

Imposition by Italy of public service obligations on scheduled air services between Alghero-Rome
Fiumicino and return, Alghero-Milano Linate and return, Cagliari-Rome Fiumicino and return,
Cagliari-Milano Linate and return, Olbia-Rome Fiumicino and return and Olbia-Milano Linate and
return

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 232/05)

Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Com-
munity air carriers to intra-Community air routes, in accordance with the proposal put forward by the
Autonomous Region of Sardinia, the Italian Government has decided to impose public service obligations
on scheduled air services on certain routes between Sardinian airports and the main national airports.

1. ROUTES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SERVICE OBLIGATIONS

1.1.

The routes concerned by the imposition of public service obligations are as follows:

Alghero-Rome Fiumicino and return,

Alghero-Milan Linate and return,

Cagliari-Rome Fiumicino and return,

Cagliari-Milan Linate and return,

Olbia-Rome Fiumicino and return,

Olbia-Milan Linate and return.

In accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on
1.2.
the allocation of slots at Community airports, as amended by Regulation (EC)
common rules for
No 793/2004, subject to the general arrangements in force, the competent authorities can reserve at
Fiumicino and Linate airports the slots needed to ensure the minimum number of flights required under
these obligations.

All carriers intending to operate on the routes concerned must accept fully and completely the

1.3.
public service obligations on each individual route and must offer a service for 12 consecutive months.

1.4.
Each carrier that accepts public service obligations must provide a performance security to ensure
the proper performance and continuity of service for the minimum period mentioned above. The security
must be at least 10 % of the estimated total annual turnover for the scheduled air services on the route in
question. The security shall consist of a first call bank guarantee issued by a major credit institution identi-
fied in accordance with IATA criteria. The security shall be payable to ENAC (the Italian Civil Aviation
Authority), which can withhold part of the security as a penalty should a carrier fail to comply with the
conditions of any public service obligations it has accepted.

1.5. With a view to meeting the objectives being pursued through the imposition of public service obliga-
tions, ENAC shall check that accepting carriers have the appropriate structure and that they meet the
minimum requirements for access to the service as referred to in point 1.7 below. Following this check, and
having obtained the opinion of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, ENAC shall admit carriers deemed
suitable to carry out public service obligations on the routes concerned.

1.6. Where more than one carrier accepts public service obligations on the same route, the carriers
concerned may reduce the number of frequencies, provided that the total number of flights operated and
their scheduling comply with these public service obligations. At the behest of the Autonomous Region of
Sardinia, ENAC shall check that all accepting carriers' flight schedules meet the minimum service require-
ments imposed by the obligations. The number, frequency and timetables of the minimum services to be
performed under these obligations shall be based on the slots reserved for this purpose and previously used
on the same route by carriers accepting these obligations. Air carriers that accept the obligations may
provide services on the routes concerned that go beyond the minimum PSO requirements as regards
frequencies and capacities.

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In order to accept a public service obligation on the routes listed in point 1.1 above, each accepting

1.7.
carrier must:

(a) be a Community air carrier in possession of the required licence in accordance with Council Regulation

(EEC) No 2407/92;

(b) demonstrate that it has the requisite size and financial soundness to guarantee meeting the objectives
underlying the imposition of public service obligations, with a turnover from air traffic in the year
preceding the imposition of these obligations equal to at least double the total for the route accepted, or
equivalent capital;

(c) demonstrate that it has at its disposal, either in its ownership or on lease guaranteed for the entire dura-
tion of the obligations, an adequate number of aircraft equal to the number of first flights in the
morning leaving Sardinia (plus one in reserve), as provided for in the obligations imposed, and in
general an adequate number of aircraft with the requisite seating capacity to satisfy the requirements of
the obligations imposed;

(d) employ on the routes concerned personnel who speak Italian fluently and correctly;

(e) distribute and sell tickets in accordance with IATA standards through at least one of the principal CRS,

by internet, by telephone, at airport ticket counters, and through the travel agency system;

(f) accept POS payments and at least three different credit cards and apply no extra charges or commission

on ticket sales via the internet;

(g) self-certify having achieved between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007 an overall regularity coeffi-
cient of at least 98 % and an overall punctuality coefficient to within 15 minutes (on the basis of IATA's
statistical conventions) of at least 80 %;

(h) provide the performance security as described in point 1.4 above;

(i) explain the fares grid for open fares that they intend to apply to non-favoured passenger categories;

(j) certify that they subscribe to appropriate pension and social security funds;

(k) undertake to pay social security contributions to the authorities of the Member State that has introduced

them (Italy).

In order to guarantee continuity, reliability, punctuality and security of service, the carriers intending
1.8.
to accept the service obligations shall provide ENAC with the appropriate documents (in Italian or English)
proving possession of the abovementioned requirements as well as the organisational, technical, and finan-
cial resources needed for the service.

1.9.
The carriers which accept the present public service obligations shall undertake to observe and apply
domestic, international and Community law with regard to the protection of passengers in cases of damage,
overbooking, late or cancelled flights, and lost, late or damaged baggage; they shall also undertake to apply
the Community rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council as regards overbooking, flight cancellations and delays, and to guarantee on a permanent basis the
rights of stretcher-borne or disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility. By accepting the
present obligations, the carriers shall commit themselves to ensuring that their conduct vis-à-vis users
conforms to the principles contained in the Charter of Passengers' Rights.

1.10.
Accepting carriers shall ensure that the baggage of passengers outbound from Sardinia and booked
on flights continuing from Fiumicino or Linate, even though operated by other carriers, continue on to their
final destination.

2. DETAILS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION

In terms of the number of minimum frequencies, times and capacity offered, the obligations are as

2.1.
follows:

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2.1.1. On the Alghero-Rome Fiumicino route

(a) Daily minimum frequency

AHO-FCO:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

FCO-AHO:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

3

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

4

3

3

4

4

4

3

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

3

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

4

3

3

4

4

4

3

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Accepting carriers must draw up a definitive annual flight timetable, broken down into periods and days
of the week. This timetable should be designed to fully meet demand and should be lodged with ENAC
and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia at least 60 days before the scheduling season in which opera-
tions are planned to begin. During the first phase, the abovementioned deadline shall be reduced to
20 days preceding the start of the 2008 winter scheduling season. The service must be direct without
any intermediate stopover.

(b) Schedules

The following schedules must be guaranteed on the route for each of the daily frequencies required:

AHO-FCO:

3 flights

4 flights

5 flights

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

13.00/13.30

11.30/12.00

11.30/12.00

19.30/20.00

15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

19.30/20.00

18.00/18.30

19.30/20.00

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FCO-AHO:

3 flights

4 flights

5 flights

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

15.00/15.30

13.30/14.00

13.30/14.00

21.00/21.30

18.00/18.30

17.00/17.30

21.00/21.30

19.30/20.00

21.00/21.30

The first morning flight leaving Alghero may not be scheduled for before 7.00.

(c) Capacity on offer

There must be a minimum daily capacity in line with the following:

AHO-FCO:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

400

410

450

480

530

560

650

560

600

470

520

420

380

390

400

430

450

490

540

450

520

440

430

400

Wednesday

400

400

430

440

460

490

500

340

550

490

470

410

Thursday

410

440

450

460

470

550

530

470

540

510

480

470

Friday

460

500

520

520

520

520

530

480

660

550

460

460

Saturday

380

380

380

440

450

510

630

720

650

480

390

380

Sunday

370

370

390

390

490

500

730

690

790

500

490

400

FCO-AHO:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

400

420

450

450

490

500

490

410

500

530

500

420

410

410

440

460

480

550

450

400

560

480

430

400

Wednesday

420

420

440

450

470

510

460

380

550

510

360

410

Thursday

400

430

450

480

480

700

600

400

570

470

440

440

Friday

450

460

480

510

540

720

820

600

630

450

420

450

Saturday

430

430

430

510

460

650

680

740

500

490

500

400

Sunday

400

420

420

420

450

450

560

470

600

470

450

400

If the total daily load factor of these flights exceeds 80 %, carriers accepting the public service route
shall be allowed, with ENAC authorisation, to increase their offer by introducing extra flights or by
using aircraft with a larger capacity in order to satisfy the demand, at no charge to the Administration.

If the total daily load factor for the flights in question is less than 50 %, carriers accepting the public
service route may be authorised by ENAC, in agreement with the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, to
use aircraft with a smaller capacity, without reducing the frequency of flights.

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During the Christmas and Easter periods frequencies shall be increased as follows:

an extra return flight from 20 December to 8 January,

an extra return flight from the Tuesday before Easter to the Wednesday after it.

Frequencies shall also be increased as at Christmas and Easter in the holiday periods of 1 November,
8 December, 25 April and 1 May.

2.1.2. On the Alghero-Milano Linate route

(a) Daily minimum frequency

AHO-LIN:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

LIN-AHO:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Accepting carriers must draw up a definitive annual flight timetable, broken down into periods and days
of the week. This timetable should be designed to fully meet demand and should be lodged with ENAC
and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia at least 60 days before the scheduling season in which opera-
tions are planned to begin. During the first phase, the abovementioned deadline shall be reduced to
20 days preceding the start of the 2008 winter scheduling season. The service must be direct without
any intermediate stopover.

(b) Schedules

The following schedules must be guaranteed on the route for each of the daily frequencies required:

AHO-LIN:

2 flights

3 flights

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

19.30/20.00

13.00/13.30

19.30/20.00

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LIN-AHO:

2 flights

3 flights

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

21.00/21.30

15.00/15.30

21.00/21.30

The first morning flight leaving Alghero may not be scheduled for before 7.00.

(c) Capacity on offer

There must be a minimum daily capacity in line with the following:

AHO-LIN:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

320

330

350

350

350

350

350

500

360

290

330

310

320

350

350

350

350

360

360

370

270

310

240

240

Wednesday

280

290

300

320

330

410

430

390

330

370

330

260

Thursday

270

280

280

350

430

530

500

430

400

340

400

280

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

LIN-AHO:

Monday

Tuesday

360

370

390

500

510

550

600

610

550

450

310

360

280

320

350

400

430

570

700

720

390

400

300

300

300

300

300

380

420

430

500

580

470

370

340

310

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

370

370

370

370

460

470

570

610

490

390

390

310

300

300

300

350

390

350

320

390

360

320

300

240

Wednesday

290

300

300

390

420

340

380

390

420

350

320

260

Thursday

310

330

330

350

300

400

290

440

350

370

340

280

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

360

360

390

400

410

420

380

510

400

410

300

360

350

350

350

370

350

460

510

620

580

400

260

300

400

400

410

410

410

410

620

590

700

440

360

310

If the total daily load factor of these flights exceeds 80 %, carriers accepting the public service route
shall be allowed, with ENAC authorisation, to increase their offer by introducing extra flights or by
using aircraft with a larger capacity in order to satisfy the demand, at no charge to the Administration.

If the total daily load factor for the flights in question is less than 50 %, carriers accepting the public
service route may be authorised by ENAC, in agreement with the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, to
use aircraft with a smaller capacity, without reducing the frequency of flights.

During the Christmas and Easter periods frequencies shall be increased as follows:

an extra return flight from 20 December to 8 January,

an extra return flight from the Tuesday before Easter to the Wednesday after it.

Frequencies shall also be increased as at Christmas and Easter in the holiday periods of 1 November,
8 December, 25 April and 1 May.

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2.1.3. On the Cagliari-Rome Fiumicino route

(a) Daily minimum frequency

CAG-FCO:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

FCO-CAG:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Jan

10

10

10

10

11

10

10

Jan

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

10

10

10

10

11

10

10

11

11

11

11

12

11

11

11

11

11

11

12

11

11

11

11

11

12

13

11

12

12

12

12

12

13

12

12

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

12

11

11

11

11

11

12

13

11

12

13

12

12

13

13

12

12

Jul

13

13

13

13

14

13

13

Jul

13

12

12

13

13

13

12

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

13

13

13

13

13

14

13

12

12

12

12

13

12

13

11

11

11

11

12

11

11

10

10

10

10

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

11

10

10

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

12

11

11

11

13

14

13

12

12

12

13

14

12

12

12

11

11

11

12

11

11

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

11

11

Accepting carriers must draw up a definitive annual flight timetable, broken down into periods and days
of the week. This timetable should be designed to fully meet demand and should be lodged with ENAC
and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia at least 60 days before the scheduling season in which opera-
tions are planned to begin. During the first phase, the abovementioned deadline shall be reduced to
20 days preceding the start of the 2008 winter scheduling season. The service must be direct without
any intermediate stopover.

(b) Schedules

The following schedules must be guaranteed on the route for each of the daily frequencies required:

CAG-FCO:

10 flights

11 flights

12 flights

13 flights

14 flights

6.30

7.00/7.30

7.30/8.00

9.00/9.30

12.00/12.30

6.30

7.00/7.30

7.30/8.00

8.15/8.45

9.00/9.30

6.30

7.00/7.30

7.30/8.00

8.15/8.45

9.00/9.30

6.30

7.00/7.30

7.30/8.00

8.15/8.45

9.00/9.30

6.30

7.00/7.30

7.30/8.00

8.15/8.45

9.00/9.30

14.30/15.00

12.00/12.30

12.00/12.30

12.00/12.30

12.00/12.30

16.00/16.30

14.00/14.30

13.00/13.30

13.00/13.30

13.00/13.30

18.00/18.30

15.00/15.30

14.00/14.30

14.00/14.30

14.00/14.30

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10 flights

11 flights

12 flights

13 flights

14 flights

19.30/20.00

16.00/16.30

15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

20.30/21.00

18.00/18.30

16.00/16.30

16.00/16.30

16.00/16.30

20.30/21.00

18.00/18.30

17.00/17.30

17.00/17.30

20.30/21.00

18.00/18.30

18.00/18.30

20.30/21.00

20.30/21.00

21.30/22.00

FCO-CAG:

10 flights

11 flights

12 flights

13 flights

14 flights

8.30/9.00

8.30/9.00

8.30/9.00

8.30/9.00

8.30/9.00

9.45/10.15

9.45/10.15

9.45/10.15

9.45/10.15

9.45/10.15

13.00/13.30

12.00/12.30

12.00/12.30

12.00/12.30

11.30/12.00

15.30/16.00

14.00/14.30

14.00/14.30

14.00/14.30

13.00/13.30

16.30/17.00

15.30/16.00

15.30/16.00

15.30/16.00

14.30/15.00

17.30/18.00

16.30/17.00

16.30/17.00

16.30/17.00

15.30/16.00

18.30/19.00

17.30/18.00

17.30/18.00

17.30/18.00

16.30/17.00

19.30/20.00

18.30/19.00

18.30/19.00

18.30/19.00

17.30/18.00

20.30/21.00

19.30/20.00

19.30/20.00

19.30/20.00

18.30/19.00

21.30/22.00

20.30/21.00

20.30/21.00

20.00/20.30

19.30/20.00

21.30/22.00

21.30/22.00

20.30/21.00

20.00/20.30

22.00/22.30

21.30/22.00

20.30/21.00

22.00/22.30

21.30/22.00

22.00/22.30

The first morning flight leaving Cagliari may not be scheduled for before 6.30.

(c) Capacity on offer

There must be a minimum daily capacity in line with the following:

CAG-FCO:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

1 350 1 350 1 400 1 580 1 600 1 710 2 040 1 840 1 890 1 680 1 490 1 270

1 180 1 180 1 200 1 300 1 400 1 570 1 550 1 190 1 460 1 330 1 280 1 050

Wednesday

1 260 1 350 1 540 1 550 1 590 1 740 1 650 1 270 1 740 1 630 1 370 1 300

Thursday

1 320 1 420 1 510 1 580 1 620 1 780 1 670 1 390 1 680 1 720 1 480 1 400

Friday

1 440 1 650 1 780 1 730 1 950 2 160 1 820 1 550 2 090 1 950 1 480 1 450

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Saturday

Sunday

FCO-CAG:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

960 1 070 1 270 1 300 1 610 1 580 1 720 2 110 1 690 1 580 1 050 1 000

1 180 1 240 1 300 1 430 1 680 1 480 1 800 1 870 2 110 1 660 1 380 1 350

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

1 300 1 360 1 540 1 550 1 780 1 880 1 730 1 410 1 710 1 640 1 650 1 230

1 210 1 220 1 280 1 310 1 390 1 570 1 440 1 180 1 600 1 430 1 350 1 100

Wednesday

1 290 1 300 1 470 1 590 1 700 1 770 1 620 1 140 1 560 1 560 1 250 1 200

Thursday

1 240 1 290 1 460 1 600 1 770 2 110 1 740 1 290 1 690 1 660 1 400 1 250

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

1 280 1 470 1 510 1 650 1 670 2 040 2 040 1 670 1 820 1 740 1 250 1 350

1 160 1 150 1 370 1 450 1 480 1 640 1 950 2 220 1 520 1 400 1 180 1 100

1 400 1 330 1 450 1 600 1 810 1 570 1 750 1 750 1 780 1 540 1 510 1 400

If the total daily load factor of these flights exceeds 80 %, carriers accepting the public service route
shall be allowed, with ENAC authorisation, to increase their offer by introducing extra flights or by
using aircraft with a larger capacity in order to satisfy the demand, at no charge to the Administration.

If the total daily load factor for the flights in question is less than 50 %, carriers accepting the public
service route may be authorised by ENAC, in agreement with the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, to
use aircraft with a smaller capacity, without reducing the frequency of flights.

During the Christmas and Easter periods frequencies shall be increased as follows:

an extra return flight from 20 December to 8 January,

an extra return flight from the Tuesday before Easter to the Wednesday after it.

Frequencies shall also be increased as at Christmas and Easter in the holiday periods of 1 November,
8 December, 25 April and 1 May.

2.1.4. On the Cagliari-Milano Linate route

(a) Daily minimum frequency

CAG-LIN:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

LIN-CAG:

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

5

5

5

5

6

5

6

5

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

8

8

8

8

9

9

9

8

8

8

8

9

9

9

8

8

8

8

9

9

9

8

8

8

8

9

9

9

7

7

7

7

8

7

7

6

6

6

6

7

6

6

5

5

5

5

6

5

6

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Monday

Tuesday

5

5

5

5

6

6

6

6

7

7

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

7

7

6

6

5

5

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Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

5

5

6

5

6

5

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

7

7

7

7

7

8

8

9

9

9

8

8

9

9

9

8

8

9

9

9

8

8

9

9

9

7

7

8

7

7

6

6

7

6

6

5

5

6

5

6

Accepting carriers must draw up a definitive annual flight timetable, broken down into periods and days
of the week. This timetable should be designed to fully meet demand and should be lodged with ENAC
and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia at least 60 days before the scheduling season in which opera-
tions are planned to begin. During the first phase, the abovementioned deadline shall be reduced to
20 days preceding the start of the 2008 winter scheduling season. The service must be direct without
any intermediate stopover.

(b) Schedules

The following schedules must be guaranteed on the route for each of the daily frequencies required:

CAG-LIN:

5 flights

6 flights

7 flights

8 flights

9 flights

7.00/7.30

8.30/9.00

7.00/7.30

8.30/9.00

7.00/7.30

8.30/9.00

7.00/7.30

8.30/9.00

7.00/7.30

8.30/9.00

12.00/12.30

11.00/11.30

11.00/11.30

11.00/11.30

11.00/11.30

16.00/16.30

14.00/14.30

14.00/14.30

13.00/13.30

12.00/12.30

20.30/21.00

17.00/17.30

17.00/17.30

14.00/14.30

13.00/13.30

20.30/21.00

18.30/19.00

17.00/17.30

14.00/14.30

20.30/21.00

18.30/19.00

17.00/17.30

20.30/21.00

18.30/19.00

20.30/21.00

LIN-CAG:

5 flights

6 flights

7 flights

8 flights

9 flights

8.30/9.00

12.00/12.30

8.30/9.00

9.00/9.30

8.30/9.00

9.00/9.30

8.30/9.00

9.00/9.30

8.30/9.00

9.00/9.30

15.00/15.30

12.00/12.30

12.00/12.30

12.00/12.30

12.00/12.30

18.00/18.30

15.00/15.30

14.00/14.30

14.00/14.30

14.00/14.30

21.30/22.00

18.00/18.30

15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

21.30/22.00

18.00/18.30

16.30/17.00

16.30/17.00

21.30/22.00

18.00/18.30

18.00/18.30

21.30/22.00

20.00/20.30

21.30/22.00

The first morning flight leaving Cagliari may not be scheduled for before 7.00.

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(c) Capacity on offer

There must be a minimum daily capacity in line with the following:

CAG-LIN:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

810

820

880

870

1 160 1 440 1 560 1 410 1 490 1 080

870

750

740

740

750

750

800

980 1 120 1 340 1 150

900

730

700

Wednesday

770

770

830

890

1 070 1 170 1 260 1 100 1 470

940

730

790

Thursday

800

810

860

950

990 1 090 1 020 1 180 1 110

970

770

800

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

LIN-CAG:

Monday

Tuesday

820

900

900

940

1 060 1 280 1 140 1 510 1 230 1 050

740

810

700

700

730

740

960 1 630 1 800 1 960 1 860

950

570

730

770

770

840

840

860 1 480 2 110 2 350 2 420 1 060

960

800

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

710

750

800

970 1 010 1 280 1 160 1 320 1 120

880

890

750

650

660

820

830

890 1 060 1 070 1 110

920

870

670

580

Wednesday

720

750

860 1 050 1 090 1 360 1 230 1 060 1 300

950

680

700

Thursday

800

820

910 1 060 1 220 1 530 1 290 1 090 1 190

990

960

920

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

810

960

1 080 1 270 1 350 1 770 1 800 1 570 1 370 1 090

740

910

720

820

950

980 1 100 1 770 2 090 2 410 1 490

920

660

800

800

810

820

870

890 1 490 1 920 2 050 1 380 1 000

790

810

If the total daily load factor of these flights exceeds 80 %, carriers accepting the public service route
shall be allowed, with ENAC authorisation, to increase their offer by introducing extra flights or by
using aircraft with a larger capacity in order to satisfy the demand, at no charge to the Administration.

If the total daily load factor for the flights in question is less than 50 %, carriers accepting the public
service route may be authorised by ENAC, in agreement with the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, to
use aircraft with a smaller capacity, without reducing the frequency of flights.

During the Christmas and Easter periods frequencies shall be increased as follows:

an extra return flight from 20 December to 8 January,

an extra return flight from the Tuesday before Easter to the Wednesday after it.

Frequencies shall also be increased as at Christmas and Easter in the holiday periods of 1 November,
8 December, 25 April and 1 May.

2.1.5. On the Olbia-Rome Fiumicino route

(a) Daily minimum frequency

OLB-FCO:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

4

8

6

5

7

5

5

6

5

4

3

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

FCO-OLB:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

3

4

3

3

3

4

3

3

3

4

3

3

4

4

4

3

4

5

4

5

4

5

4

5

5

6

6

7

6

6

7

8

4

6

5

7

4

5

3

4

4

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

5

4

4

5

4

5

5

6

5

4

5

5

5

7

8

5

5

5

5

5

6

7

6

6

4

4

3

5

6

4

4

3

3

3

3

4

3

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

4

3

3

3

4

3

4

5

Accepting carriers must draw up a definitive annual flight timetable, broken down into periods and days
of the week. This timetable should be designed to fully meet demand and should be lodged with ENAC
and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia at least 60 days before the scheduling season in which opera-
tions are planned to begin. During the first phase, the abovementioned deadline shall be reduced to
20 days preceding the start of the 2008 winter scheduling season. The service must be direct without
any intermediate stopover.

(b) Schedules

The following schedules must be guaranteed on the route for each of the daily frequencies required:

OLB-FCO:

3 flights

4 flights

5 flights

6 flights

7 flights

8 flights

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

13.30/14.00

11.30/12.00

8.30/9.00

8.30/9.00

8.30/9.00

8.30/9.00

19.30/20.00

15.00/15.30

11.30/12.00

11.30/12.00

11.30/12.00

11.30/12.00

19.30/20.00

15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

19.30/20.00

18.00/18.30

18.00/18.30

17.00/17.30

19.30/20.00

19.30/20.00

19.30/20.00

20.30/21.00

20.30/21.00

21.00/21.30

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FCO-OLB:

3 flights

4 flights

5 flights

6 flights

7 flights

8 flights

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

8.30/9.00

15.00/15.30

13.00/13.30

11.00/11.30

11.00/11.30

10.00/10.30

9.00/9.30

21.00/21.30

17.00/17.30

15.00/15.30

13.00/13.30

13.00/13.30

10.00/10.30

21.00/21.30

17.00/17.30

17.00/17.30

17.00/17.30

13.00/13.30

21.00/21.30

19.30/20.00

19.30/20.00

17.00/17.30

21.00/21.30

21.00/21.30

19.30/20.00

22.00/22.30

21.00/21.30

22.00/22.30

The first morning flight leaving Olbia may not be scheduled for before 7.00.

(c) Capacity on offer

There must be a minimum daily capacity in line with the following:

OLB-FCO:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

390

400

410

560

570

810

1 150

920

840

400

470

340

370

370

440

490

610

620

970

780

670

530

400

290

Wednesday

390

410

450

500

540

590

730

790

500

560

460

400

Thursday

400

470

510

520

530

600

710

860

640

600

510

550

Friday

540

560

580

640

740

780

870

980

860

770

460

550

Saturday

400

450

480

500

550

610

850 1 080

820

490

470

660

Sunday

400

410

440

490

740

690

1 120 1 200 1 030

640

520

650

FCO-OLB:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

460

470

490

510

550

700

740

830

670

380

540

370

430

430

450

500

520

610

760

850

540

490

440

270

Wednesday

400

440

470

600

650

720

760

700

510

510

440

330

Thursday

410

430

470

620

630

750 1 040

910

740

510

480

500

Friday

440

440

440

730

830

1 140 1 270 1 120

940

610

390

440

Saturday

300

400

500

510

520

710

850

970

660

480

450

620

Sunday

400

410

490

510

600

610

860

990

670

610

580

720

If the total daily load factor of these flights exceeds 80 %, carriers accepting the public service route
shall be allowed, with ENAC authorisation, to increase their offer by introducing extra flights or by
using aircraft with a larger capacity in order to satisfy the demand, at no charge to the Administration.

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If the total daily load factor for the flights in question is less than 50 %, carriers accepting the public
service route may be authorised by ENAC, in agreement with the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, to
use aircraft with a smaller capacity, without reducing the frequency of flights.

During the Christmas and Easter periods frequencies shall be increased as follows:

an extra return flight from 20 December to 8 January,

an extra return flight from the Tuesday before Easter to the Wednesday after it.

Frequencies shall also be increased as at Christmas and Easter in the holiday periods of 1 November,
8 December, 25 April and 1 May.

2.1.6. On the Olbia-Milano Linate route

(a) Daily minimum frequency

OLB-LIN:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

LIN-OLB:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

3

6

4

4

7

8

8

8

9

5

5

8

9

5

5

8

10

10

9

9

9

9

8

5

5

8

8

8

8

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

3

6

4

4

7

8

8

8

9

5

5

8

9

5

5

8

10

10

9

9

9

9

8

5

5

8

8

8

8

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Accepting carriers must draw up a definitive annual flight timetable, broken down into periods and days
of the week. This timetable should be designed to fully meet demand and should be lodged with ENAC
and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia at least 60 days before the scheduling season in which opera-
tions are planned to begin. During the first phase, the abovementioned deadline shall be reduced to
20 days preceding the start of the 2008 winter scheduling season. The service must be direct without
any intermediate stopover.

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(b) Schedules

The following schedules must be guaranteed on the route for each of the daily frequencies required:

OLB-LIN:

3 flights

4 flights

5 flights

6 flights

7 flights

8 flights

9 flights

10 flights

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

7.00/7.30

13.30/14.00 11.30/12.00 11.30/12.00

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

8.30/9.00

8.30/9.00

19.30/20.00 15.00/15.30 15.00/15.30 11.30/12.00 11.30/12.00 11.30/12.00

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

19.30/20.00 18.00/18.30 15.00/15.30 15.00/15.30 13.00/13.30 11.30/12.00

11.30/12.00

19.30/20.00 18.00/18.30 18.00/18.30 15.00/15.30 13.00/13.30

13.00/13.30

19.00/19.30 19.00/19.30 18.00/18.30 15.00/15.30

15.00/15.30

20.00/20.30 19.00/19.30 18.00/18.30

16.30/17.00

20.00/20.30 19.00/19.30

18.00/18.30

20.00/20.30

19.00/19.30

20.00/20.30

LIN-OLB:

3 flights

4 flights

5 flights

6 flights

7 flights

8 flights

9 flights

10 flights

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

9.00/9.30

15.00/15.30 13.00/13.30 13.00/13.30 11.00/11.30 11.00/11.30 11.00/11.30 10.30/11.00

10.00/10.30

21.00/21.30 17.00/17.30 17.00/17.30 13.00/13.30 13.00/13.30 13.00/13.30 11.00/11.30

11.00/11.30

21.00/21.30 19.30/20.00 17.00/17.30 17.00/17.30 15.00/15.30 13.30/14.00

13.00/13.30

21.00/21.30 19.30/20.00 19.30/20.00 17.00/17.30 16.00/16.30

15.00/15.30

21.00/21.30 20.30/21.00 19.30/20.00 17.00/17.30

17.00/17.30

21.30/22.00 20.30/21.00 19.30/20.00

18.00/18.30

21.30/22.00 20.30/21.00

19.30/20.00

21.30/22.00

20.30/21.00

21.30/22.00

The first morning flight leaving Olbia may not be scheduled for before 7.00.

(c) Capacity on offer

There must be a minimum daily capacity in line with the following:

OLB-LIN:

Monday

Tuesday

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

280

280

300

560

850

1 420 1 740 1 200 1 010

300

310

280

270

270

280

550

780

790 1 350 1 250

800

360

290

200

Wednesday

240

270

300

500

700

780

900 1 090

560

390

290

230

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Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Thursday

230

320

330

480

460

750

870 1 140

900

370

300

300

Friday

400

400

420

420

510

830 1 000 1 800

970

540

340

350

Saturday

290

300

320

520

580

1 130 1 340 1 810 1 120

380

310

340

Sunday

360

400

460

520

640

1 120 2 490 2 150 1 920

540

450

400

LIN-OLB:

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Monday

300

420

430

450

500

910

940 1 000

540

210

290

320

Tuesday

260

300

300

430

460

620

980

980

460

280

230

210

Wednesday

220

250

320

580

600

830 1 020 1 020

520

440

270

220

Thursday

240

280

360

600

680

1 450 1 600 1 070

920

380

320

320

Friday

290

380

400

700

710

1 610 2 350 1 870 1 290

500

300

410

Saturday

230

310

370

350

650

1 690 1 790 2 020

820

460

250

450

Sunday

300

350

410

500

540

1 040 1 460 1 730

780

450

430

420

If the total daily load factor of these flights exceeds 80 %, carriers accepting the public service route
shall be allowed, with ENAC authorisation, to increase their offer by introducing extra flights or by
using aircraft with a larger capacity in order to satisfy the demand, at no charge to the Administration.

If the total daily load factor for the flights in question is less than 50 %, carriers accepting the public
service route may be authorised by ENAC, in agreement with the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, to
use aircraft with a smaller capacity, without reducing the frequency of flights.

During the Christmas and Easter periods frequencies shall be increased as follows:

an extra return flight from 20 December to 8 January,

an extra return flight from the Tuesday before Easter to the Wednesday after it.

Frequencies shall also be increased as at Christmas and Easter in the holiday periods of 1 November,
8 December, 25 April and 1 May. Frequencies shall also be increased as at Christmas and Easter in the
holiday periods of 1 November, 25 December, 25 April and 1 May.

3. TYPES OF AIRCRAFT AND ON BOARD SERVICES

The aircraft used on the routes listed in 1.1 must offer a minimum of 140 seats each.

Refreshments must be available free of charge.

4. SEAT SALES, BOOKINGS AND WAITING LISTS

The entire capacity of each aircraft to be used, even if it exceeds the minimum limits provided above,
4.1.
must be offered for sale under PSO terms, without any seating restrictions for residents and/or non-resi-
dents. Similarly, bookings must be accepted and names placed on waiting lists without discrimination as
regards the favoured passenger categories covered by the service obligations.

4.2.
Any practices designed to circumvent this requirement, in particular a refusal to issue tickets at a
concessionary fare notwithstanding seat availability on the aircraft, shall be considered a serious breach of
the obligations imposed.

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5. FARES

5.1.

The fare structure for all the routes concerned must include:

— a maximum concessionary fare which is the maximum price applicable to passengers belonging to a

favoured category as described below,

— an open fare applicable to all passengers not belonging to a favoured category. Carriers accepting service
obligations undertake to structure this fare in different bands, in keeping with the grid notified upon
acceptance of the obligations as referred to in point 1.7(i) above.

Carriers accepting service obligations are required to send ENAC a quarterly survey of the open fares
applied, showing the average rate applied.

The concessionary fare shall be structured as follows:

Route concerned

Maximum concessionary fare

Alghero-Rome Fiumicino

Alghero-Milano Linate

Cagliari-Rome Fiumicino

Cagliari-Milano Linate

Olbia-Rome Fiumicino

Olbia-Milano Linate

49,00

59,00

49,00

59,00

49,00

59,00

All the maximum concessionary fares indicated shall be inclusive of VAT and net of airport taxes
5.2.
and charges and of a crisis surcharge which shall not exceed EUR 6. Should the conditions which brought
about the levying of the crisis surcharge no longer apply or become less significant, the crisis surcharge shall
be removed or proportionately reduced. No other charges of any kind, whatever they may be called, may be
applied to the above fares.

5.3.
Concessionary tickets for PSO routes shall be unlimited; no restrictions shall be applied to them or
any penalty for a change of date/time/itinerary or any penalty for reimbursement, except in cases of an
unjustified no-show.

The electronic distribution and sale of tickets shall be completely free of charge and shall involve no

5.4.
additional cost to the passenger.

5.5.

Carriers may not change the concessionary fares.

The fare amounts have been established on the basis of the price of jet fuel using the Platts freight FOB Med
assessment average for the month of May 2008, equal to USD 1 263 per metric tonne. Every year,
beginning on 1 February 2010, the competent authorities shall review the indicated fares on the basis of the
inflation rate for the preceding year calculated according to the general ISTAT/NIC consumer price index
(minus tobacco). The revision shall be communicated to all carriers operating on the routes concerned that
apply these fares and to the European Commission, for publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

From 1 November 2008, if the average cost of fuel and/or the average EUR/USD exchange rate
5.6.
varies by more than 5 %, the fares must be revised at the carriers' request in proportion to the variation and
to the effect of the cost of fuel on the carrier's operating costs, traditionally estimated to be 30 %. The
reference parameter for calculating the variations shall be the monthly average of the price of fuel in May
2008. The price shall be compared against the average value for the preceding month. The Platts jet fuel
freight FOB Med assessment, expressed in USD per metric tonne, shall be used to establish the price. The
resulting figure shall be converted into euro using the rates published by the ECB. The Minister for Infra-
structure and Transport, on the basis of an ENAC examination and after consulting the Autonomous Region
of Sardinia, shall then adjust the fares. If the price falls by more than the percentage in question, the proce-
dure shall be activated automatically. During the abovementioned examination the carriers operating the
routes concerned can be given an opportunity to comment. Any fare adjustment shall run from the fifteenth
day of the quarter following that in which the review took place and shall apply only to the fare and not to
any airport taxes or duties, or to any surcharges.

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5.7.

Concessionary fares as specified above must be applied at least to:

— residents of Sardinia,

— disabled persons (*),

— young persons aged 2 to 21 years (*),

— elderly persons aged over 70 years (*),

— university students until they reach 27 years of age (*).

Children under two years of age travel free provided they do not occupy a seat.

The concessionary ticket price shall include, at no extra charge, carriage of passengers' hand luggage,

5.8.
within current statutory limits, as well as 20 kg of hold luggage per passenger.

6. CONTINUITY, REGULARITY AND PUNCTUALITY OF SERVICE

In accordance with Article 4(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, carriers that accept service obli-

6.1.
gations must guarantee service for a minimum period of 12 consecutive months, without interruption.

In order to guarantee the continuity, regularity and punctuality of flights, the carriers which accept

6.2.
these public service obligation must:

— operate 98 % of the flights provided for in the flight schedules each year, with a maximum cancellation

margin of 2 %,

— pay the regulatory body EUR 2 500 for every flight cancelled in excess of the 2 % annual cancellation

limit,

— give each passenger that so requests EUR 20 in credit towards the purchase of their next ticket where

the carrier is to blame for an arrival 60 minutes or more after the scheduled time,

— properly inform the passengers of this and make available on flights the forms needed to apply for this

credit, as drawn up when the agreement is concluded.

The abovementioned rules shall not apply to cancelled flights and flights delayed due to weather

6.3.
conditions, strikes or events beyond the control and/or responsibility of the carrier.

7. PENALTIES

7.1.
Carriers that accept public service obligations but fail to offer a service for 12 consecutive months as
required shall be excluded for the following five years from accepting public service obligations imposed in
Italy; those carriers shall also be subject to a fine equal to the amount of the security lodged under para-
graph 1.4.

7.2.
In order to ensure proper compliance with these obligations by the carriers which accept them, a
Joint Committee shall be established, under the aegis of the Transport Council of the Autonomous Region
of Sardinia, to monitor the performance of the public service obligations (hereinafter ‘the Joint Committee’)
consisting of one member appointed by the Regional Transport Minister, one member appointed by ENAC
and one member appointed by each carrier which has accepted the public service obligations.

7.3.
The Committee shall be chaired by the Regional Transport Minister and shall meet every three
months as a rule, except in emergencies deemed to be such by the Chairman. It shall make use of informa-
tion gathered by the Sardinian airport authorities, airport management companies, individual citizens or
consumers' associations with respect to performance of these obligations. The Committee shall determine
possible breaches of these service obligations, document such breaches, and propose to ENAC the measures
to be adopted to restore the service and, where appropriate, impose penalties, suggesting the type and
amount thereof.

(*) Without any discrimination with regard to place of birth, residence and nationality.

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8. START OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONS AND THEIR DURATION

The public service obligations covered by this imposition shall become compulsory at the start of

8.1.
the IATA 2008 winter season.

8.2.
The need to maintain PSOs on a route and the level of such PSOs shall be reviewed at least once a
year in any event and every time a new carrier confirms its intention to operate the route and accept these
obligations.

9. ACCEPTANCE

9.1.
Carriers wishing to operate on a route subject to the obligations must submit formal and full accep-
tance of the public service obligations to ENAC, indicating in detail for each accepted route the planned
flight schedule for the two scheduling seasons immediately following acceptance of these obligations. In
order to assess whether the requirements of paragraph 1.7 are met and to ensure the availability of the slots
needed to carry out the service and to avoid acceptance of PSOs for only certain profitable periods shorter
than those indicated in paragraph 1.3, ENAC shall authorise a carrier to operate on the accepted route only
from the beginning of each annual scheduling season.

To ensure the orderly operation of the route, acceptances must be sent to ENAC no later than the sixtieth
day before the start of the scheduling season in which a carrier plans to start operating.

During the first phase, the abovementioned deadline shall be reduced to 20 days preceding the start

9.2.
of the 2008 winter scheduling season.

These obligations replace those published in Official Journal of the European Union C 72 of 24.3.2006, p. 4.