Olbia Costa Smeralda (LIEO) is the default private aviation arrival for Costa Smeralda. The dedicated executive terminal sits five minutes from the commercial concourse but operates as a separate flow — no commercial check-in, no queues.
Block time from Milan Linate is approximately 1h05 on a light jet; from London Farnborough, around 2h30 on a super-midsize. From Le Bourget, plan 1h45.
Costa Smeralda enforces some of the strictest seasonal slot rules in Europe between mid-July and the last weekend of August. PPR (Prior Permission Required) is mandatory; slot windows can shift 30 to 90 minutes without proactive coordination. This is the single largest operational variable on the route.
Helicopter is the standard onward transfer to Porto Cervo (six minutes), Porto Rotondo (four minutes), Romazzino, Phi Beach and Capriccioli. Heli-charter from Olbia is handled in-house by Air Corporate, EliFriulia and SkyJet — pre-booked, not on-spec.
Empty leg corridors with the deepest summer liquidity: Milan ↔ Olbia, Le Bourget ↔ Olbia, Geneva ↔ Olbia. Friday-evening outbound and Sunday-late return are the densest windows.
