Alghero Airport

The collapsed airline was the sole operator on just seven of the 46 routes it offered in summer 2022.

Connections to Alghero, Cagliari and Olbia will begin in May.

The ULCC said the robust schedule was the 'direct result' of Dublin Airport Authority introducing its Traffic Recovery Support Scheme.

The new Italian flag-carrier will operate the routes for at least seven months.

Ryanair grows Italian presence with additional base and 18 new routes.

Romanian carrier Blue Air will grow its network at home and in Italy later this year.

Spanish carrier Volotea has created its sixth base in Italy, which will focus mainly on domestic routes and flights to Greece.

The flights are part of the relaunching of the bankrupt carrier.

More European airlines have outlined how they intend to rebuild their networks over the coming weeks after the mass fleet groundings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The budget carrier is closing its bases at Alghero’s Riviera del Corallo Airport in Sardinia and Pescara’s Abruzzo Airport from the start of the winter schedule in late October 2016, while it has also emerged that it will end all flights to Sant'Anna Airport serving Crotone in Calabria, where it is the sole scheduled operator.

The low-cost carrier has announced new services from its Budapest base to Hurghada on the East coast of Egypt and Alghero in Sardinia, Italy, for the summer 2015 season.