[JamesS1]

Meridiana have just told a group of passengers flying direct from London Gatwick to Olbia in Sardinia that the flight is cancelled and they must go via Naples and arrive more than 3 hours later.
The cancelled flight is in early September and the booking was made in March.

In fact the flight is not cancelled after all but extra space is being made for travel agent bookings which are not available via standard airline booking sites.

In other words throw off individual passengers in favour of later bookings through package tour tour operators.

Just so you know if you think of booking with this airline.