The past week has been one to remember for the directors of Sogeaal the committee board responsible for the management of Alghero International Airport. The funds were previously agreed by the region but have only recently become available. 12 million euro will be spent to cover previous investment expenses with the remaining 30 million euro to invest in service improvements and further expansion.

If that wasn’t good enough, the region has today opened the war chest again announcing a further 3.4 million euros to Alghero airport for the sole purpose of promoting the North West of Sardinia and increasing foreign passenger traffic. In the same announcement a 2.2 million euro investment was given to both Olbia airport on the East coast and Cagliari airport in the South.

The funding has been in response to the successful increase in tourism to the island via the airports over the past year. Between 2003 and 2006 international passengers to the island increased by 300% from the three combined Sardinian airports.

The outlook for Alghero airport continues to look good with a year on year traffic increase of 26% for the month of september. The total passenger numbers has topped 1,015,000 for the first 9 months of this year.