When to book the flight for the summer? In July and September dropped prices, more expensive planes in June and August

Significant increases in June and August, even some reduction on July and September. Summer in the Italian skies, for this 2025, is proposed to two sides on the level of the price of air tickets. With a certainty: the significant drop in rates for the United States. To understand if for geopolitical tensions or For an excess of offer. It can be seen from the data analyzed by Courier and provided by specialized platforms. Numbers susceptible to variations because several people will still have to book their holidays.

On national flights

In June, the rates on national flights mark an increase of almost 11% compared to a year ago, according to the data collected by all the vectors that make the connections of this type. The numbers include airport taxes, exclude the impact of the cost of hand luggage. But in July the increase is just 3% that rises – at the moment – 9% on travel to August. Then go less than +3% in September. In short, on the national routes, June and August stand, July and September not.

(Possible) explanations

How come? One of the interpretations is that people are focusing further on the peak period (August) and perhaps anticipate their holidays in June to avoid the summer crowd and the increase in all services. But according to experts it could also want to indicate a suffering of travel demand, perhaps given the macro-economic context marked by different global uncertainties. It should then be remembered that people tend to book more below.

Flights to Europe

Among the hypotheses there is also the one that the Italians have decided to relax more in Europe. But the data collected by the specialized platforms show that the progression of rates the dynamics of national flights. And in fact the tickets on the Italy-Europe connections mark +11% in June this year compared to the same month of 2024, a more modest +4.6% in July, and then approach +10% in August and just +2.2% in September.

Flights to the USA

Always down – between June and September – direct flights between our country and the United States. The reduction is particularly significant in June and July, with a rate of the rate of 23-24% compared to a year ago. This means that even just before take -off there is more likely to find convenient flights. While settling around -14% in the following two months.

Prices on internal markets

The detail on some routes to Southern Italy highlights diversified trends. For example: between Milan (Malpensa, Linate, Bergamo) and Puglia/Sicily, ticket prices are increasing in June and August, but in sensitive decline in July and September. The same does not take place on Sardinia where the less sign is at the end of the summer season – June and September – while in the peak the increase is not very significant.

The Southern Italy case

On Rome (Fiumicino and Ciampino) instead the evolution is varied. Flights with Sicily, for example, show significant increases in June (+38%), and then reduced to almost+3%in July, a slight drop in August and trace back to September (+14%). Maxi-Rincari on the connections with Puglia where you highlight a +72% in June (on June 2024), +31% in July, and then turn in negative in August and recover in September ( +56%). Sardinia is confirmed as a market separated from the rest of Italy (also due to the effect of territorial continuity): flights with Rome are less expensive (slightly) in June, they jump in July, fall significantly in August and even more in September.