Christmas is approaching and the high cost of flights is back: more than 200 euros one way from Turin to Catania
Simulations with the airports of Milan and Turin, popular destinations for those born in the South for study or work purposes
Key points
More than a month to the Christmas holidays, and already flights from the North to the South have become as expensive as those to go outside Italy, even to London. And not only those on 23, 24 or 25 December: even in the week before the price is over 150 euros one way. At any time.
Some examples
Just take a trip to the online portals that compare air offers. Even before you see the flights, the stickers on the calendar highlight the very high prices.
Two examples, which surely affect thousands of students and workers: Milan-Palermo and Turin-Catania. For the former, from 19 December, just the outward journey costs at least 180 euros (and we are talking about flights at 7am, clearly in economy).
For the second, however, it goes even higher. For a flight from Turin to Catania you pay, from 19 December onwards, at least 224 euros.
On the way back
Worse on the return. From 4 to 6 January 2026, flights from Palermo to Milan rise above €210. The same for the other route, Catania-Turin, where it remains above 200 euros on 7 January as well.


