Transport: Urso says price regulator has been called in over abnormal rise in airfares

Amid delays and disruption on the railways

(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - The Minister for Enterprise, Adolfo Urso, has “activated the Price Ombudsman at the Mimit” following the “sudden and unusual rise in airfares coinciding with delays and disruption to rail services on the Rome–Milan and Rome–Venice routes”. He made the announcement on the sidelines of the Forbes Italia Healthcare Summit.

Urso also “instructed him to launch a preliminary investigation and, where appropriate, to report the facts immediately to the Competition Authority (AGCM), in accordance with the ASSET Decree we enacted in 2023, to ascertain whether there are any practices by the airlines that might distort the market”.

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