As Cagliari Airport is recognized as one of the
strategic airports of national interest, the Italian Civil Aviation Authority
(ENAC) has launched a development plan to expand airport operations. In 2010, Massimo
Cellino bought the land adjoining the airport where he intended to build the
Cagliari Calcio football club's new stadium. Right where parking lots were
supposed to go according to the airport development plan. Thus began the legal
battles between the Aviation Authority and SOGAER, the Airport Management
Company, on the one side and the municipality of Elmas and Calgiari Calcio on
the other. This without considering the concerns of the residents of Giliacquas
living under the Cagliari Airport flight path.