Expensive flights are back: prices for the week of August increase for the main Italian and international destinations. Meanwhile, fuel prices continue to drop.
THE airline ticket prices continue to increase. This summer too, going on holiday will not be so accessible, especially if you choose to fly by plane: for August tickets for internal flights, i.e. those to Italian destinations, will increase by up to 68%. It is not the first time that in our country we have experienced high flight prices, but this time it is a particular period given that the fuel costs are falling.
The most expensive routes to fly to Italy
Airlines are starting to experience a general increase in passengers wanting to fly and flight prices are not likely to stop in the coming months. As reported by the newspaper The messengersummer flights are increasing: during the week of August for a family of four leaving from Rome with direction Cagliari the ticket price will be approximately 686 euros: an increase of 20% more than the same period in 2023. Again from Rome, fly to Sardinia but towards Olbia airport it will cost 924 euros. One thousand euros, however, will be the price to go from Milan to Brindisi.
Increases on international flights
In addition to national routes International flight prices are also increasing. Among those cited in the study reported by Messenger, the most significant price increases in the summer months will be on the Rome-Tenerife route (649 for a single person, almost 30% more than last year), Rome-Sharm el-Sheikh, (993 euros per person, 63% in more). If you then choose a half like the Rome-Maldives one, whose prices are still high even in the low season, the cost for a ticket is 2 thousand euros per person with an increase of almost 45%.
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The increase in flights is inexplicable if you consider that the price of fuel is continuously decreasing, with an 11% decrease recorded in May. What makes the situation clearer is the increase in demand for flights which is causing fares to skyrocket. Furthermore, as the categories that protect consumer rights point out, the main low-cost companies closed 2023 with notable profits: their low-cost offers were supposed to remain unchanged but this was not the case.
In the meantime, the Antitrust has launched an investigation against Ryanair to understand the use of the algorithm which led to an increase in prices especially towards Sicily and Sardinia, routes whose prices would have doubled from 2019 to today.
