It's already expensive for Christmas flights, 430 euros to fly from Milan to Reggio Calabria

Returning home by plane during the Christmas holidays is already a drain for Italians.

This is what Codacons says, which carried out a first study on the prices of national flights for the end-of-year holidays, from which it emerges that ticket prices reach particularly high figures on numerous connections from north to south Italy.

These days, workers and students who intend to return to their families for Christmas and New Year are purchasing flights, clashing with fares that, even now, appear very high. - explains Codacons - Assuming departure on 23 or 24 December with return on 6 January, among the most expensive routes is Milan-Reggio Calabria, with return ticket prices starting from 427 euros, followed by Milan-Trapani, where the minimum fare is 383 euros.

High costs also for those leaving from Turin: flying to Reggio Calabria and back costs at least 359 euros, while for Catania it starts from 354 euros, 349 euros for Brindisi.

To fly from Florence to Palermo you need 345 euros, while on the Verona-Catania, Bologna-Catania and Venice-Catania routes the fares start from 340 euros. For Turin-Palermo and Milan-Catania 342 euros.

The situation does not improve for those who have to reach other destinations in the South: a Milan-Foggia flight costs 330 euros, while from Milan it takes 308 for Crotone, 307 euros for Brindisi; 300 euros from Verona to Bari, adds the association.

Rates to which must be added the costs for hand luggage and ancillary costs such as the choice of seat, and which risk penalizing especially students and workers away from home, as well as families who wish to reunite with their loved ones during the holidays, forcing many travelers to incur particularly heavy expenses or, in the most difficult cases, to give up the trip. Unfortunately, the situation is set to get worse: as the holidays approach and demand increases, airfares will increase further, warns Codacons.