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Mini exodus air from Milan from Friday December 18, the last weekend in which you can leave before the restrictions decided by the Government for the Christmas holidays begin. The airports and the Central Station expect about 130 thousand people, in addition to those who will travel by car. An estimated 200,000 people will travel from Milan in total.
The wait at the Malpensa and Linate airports is 56 thousand and 24 thousand people respectively throughout the weekend, that is, about 80 thousand travelers. It means -88% compared to the same weekend in 2019, therefore low numbers compared to the pre-Covid era. But on December 21, restrictions on travel outside the region come into force, and all of Italy is waiting for the new Christmas Dpcm that could also turn the country into a red zone until the first days of January.
There are no big meetings in downtown and airports on Friday morning, just a few queues here and there. Departures are mainly to Italian destinations, considering that trips abroad are also limited by both Italian and other country rules. The memory immediately goes to the night between March 7 and 8, when the closure was announced in Lombardy (which would later be triggered throughout Italy) and thousands of people filled the trains to the south, the last chance to move.
Milan-Naples, Frecciarossa tickets are almost sold out
And on the rail front, Frecciarossa tickets from Milan to Naples are almost sold out for Friday, while there are very few seats left for Saturday and Sunday. Trains are running at 50 percent capacity to meet anti-Covid distances, and the number of trains running is about a third of normal.
In Lombardy and Milan, meanwhile, controls will be intensified to avoid overcrowding, especially in central areas, in particular Galleria Vittorio Emanuele will be supervised with the possibility of temporary closures to allow people to flow and the establishment of a “one -way “with exit (but not entrance) in Piazza Duomo. The police will then be hired, between Christmas and New Years, to enforce the specific bans that go into effect and the curfews.
