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Alitalia saw bookings increase 50% between December 14-20. Seats were sold out or sold out on Saturday, December 19 at most of Trenitalia’s Freccerosse on the Milan-Naples or Milan-Bari route. Starting on December 21 (with the inter-region travel ban), checkpoints are planned on the highway and checks at stations and airports, with random checks and then more stringent on holidays and weekends.
by Andrea Gagliardi
Alitalia saw bookings increase 50% between December 14-20. Seats were sold out or sold out on Saturday, December 19 at most of Trenitalia’s Freccerosse on the Milan-Naples or Milan-Bari route. Starting on December 21 (with the inter-region travel ban), checkpoints are planned on the highway and checks at stations and airports, with random checks and then more stringent on holidays and weekends.
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Almost all of Italy could turn “yellow” in two weeks. From Sunday, December 6, in Sicily, Liguria, Lazio, Molise, Sardinia, Veneto and the province of Trento, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche, Puglia and Umbria join. Calabria, Lombardy, Piedmont and Basilicata (now orange) could already turn yellow next week. And the same could happen in extremis also for the 4 Regions that will be orange from Sunday (Campania, Tuscany, Valle d’Aosta and the province of Bolzano).
Risk of flight to southern regions
The risk is that an escape window will open especially from the Northern Regions to reach family and friends in other yellow Southern Regions especially on the weekend of December 19-20, the day before the stop to travel (except those motivated by proven work needs, situations of need, health reasons or to return to residence / domicile) planned from December 21 to January 6 by the new Dpcm just entered into force. In short, there is fear of a reissue of the mass exodus of last March a few hours after the closure, fear expressed among others by Lombardy President Attilio Fontana.
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Trains and flights already full
A fear that seems to be confirmed by a fact: Alitalia has seen bookings skyrocket with an increase of 50% between December 14 and 20 (and a 13% to fly in the week December 21-27). It is no coincidence then that Italo has increased its train offer on the weekend of December 20, with 4 daily trips, which is equivalent to 1,000 more seats (taking into account that the filling is still 50%), in the Naples-Rome- Milan-Turin. And from the company they announced that they are prepared for a greater increase in available trains given the strong growth in demand, especially in the North-South axis. Seats were sold out or nearly sold out on December 19 at most of Trenitalia’s Freccerosse on the Milan-Naples or Milan-Bari route.
70 thousand agents for checks
However, as of December 21, a crackdown on the controls is expected. The same rigidity will not be applied during the confinement because in that case there were much stricter prohibitions. But there are still checks on the highway and checks at stations and airports, with random checks and then more stringent on holidays and weekends. Surveillance, including with drones, of streets and shopping malls is planned to avoid crowds. “There will be police forces in great numbers, about 70 thousand units,” Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said on Sky TG24 Live.
