Ticket prices charged by airlines connecting the "Leonardo da Vinci" airport of Rome-Fiumicino with the airports of Puglia have skyrocketed. The reason? It's partly the fault of the approaching Easter and partly the landslide that fell on March 12 on the Ariano Irpino-Caserta route, which cut the Rome-Lecce railway connection in half, causing an infinite amount of inconvenience to travelers heading towards the capital or Southern Italy. 

Passengers who want to book a flight departing from the "Karol Wojtyła" airport in Bari-Palese or from Brindisi, in Salento, find themselves spending at least 150 Euros for a trip these days. But the expense can reach up to 869 Euros for a flight scheduled in the days preceding Easter Sunday.

In this regard, the national carrier ITA Airways claims that "these are prices that follow normal market dynamics". However, to help travelers who cannot find available trains for 30 days, due to the closure of the Foggia-Benevento line, the company says in a note: "Due to the situation caused by the landslide, we are thinking and evaluating adding flights and increase transport capacities, precisely to allow everyone to return home". Also because the seats on Italo and Trenitalia trains are almost all sold out.