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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

by Rome Editorial Staff

An ITA Airways logo above the windows of an Airbus SE A330 passenger aircraft, operated by ITA Airways, on the tarmac at Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Italy initiated talks with Deutsche Lufthansa AG to sell a minority stake of ITA Airways, the successor of Alitalia SpA, in a move that may kick off aviation industry consolidation in Europe.

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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.

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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.

The resident discount

The situation is the same for other popular routes, where those born in the South move to study or work. And it is the same situation as in recent years, as the Sicilian councillor for infrastructure and mobility, Alessandro Aricò, pointed out: "Prices have not increased and there is our bonus that amortises the expense

The bonus was instituted by the region, with a cut of between 25 per cent and 50 per cent up to a ceiling of EUR 37.5 and EUR 75 reimbursable per route.

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