Air tickets, such as the most convenient company of the year in Italy: not only low cost, the ranking

In a 2024 characterized by a silent tariff war, in Italy it was a continuous head to head between Ryanair and Wizz Air on those who offered the lowest ticket price on national flights and with Europe. But, considering the impact of hand luggage, in the end it appears the Irish low cost that wins the most convenient « prize ». This is what emerges from an analysis that the Corriere della Sera He carried out on the average prices offered in the twelve months from all the operational aviolinees in the market segment and on all routes.

The companies are not all the same. The business model changes: low cost, for example, ask for extra expense to climb with the trolley in the cabin, the traditional ones don’t. Just as the characteristics of the connections vary: the average distance of the national-whole European flights of Ita Airways, being based in Italy, is 650 kilometers, that of Iberia-with Spain not around the corner-of the double. And so, for a more homogeneous and correct comparison possible, the Courier He calculated the fare for kilometer flown, including the impact of hand luggage that cannot be scrolled from traditional carriers.

Last year, according to the data provided by the specialized platforms, the average rate put on sale on internal flights to Italy and between Italy and the rest of Europe was 52.1 euros for Wizz Air and 52.3 euros for Ryanair per traction, including airport taxes, extra excluded. On the other hand, with the highest ticket price – in the economy class -, there is British Airways with 186 euros (in this case hand luggage is included in the booking without additional expenses).

The ranking changes if the rate is « contextualized » in the average length of the routes from/for Italy of the thirteen main aviolinees analyzed to obtain the ticket price per kilometer of travel. The head remains more or less between Wizz Air and Ryanair – respectively 4.5 and 5.1 cents of euros per kilometer -, while the other extreme of the ranking is placed Lufthansa with 16.6 cents of euros, a penny more than Air France.

The addition, in the low cost, of the cost of hand luggage, « crystallizes » the race with the most homogeneous data possible. And so, with 7 cents in the fleeing kilometer, Ryanair wins the most convenient company prize in Italy, against the 7.65 cents of Wizz Air. In third place, according to price analysis, a non -low cost carrier appears: the Spanish Iberia with 9.4 cents, just over 9.6 of Easyjet. The most « expensive » are Air France (15,6) and Lufthansa (16,6).