More expensive tickets and extra expenses, the metamorphosis of low cost

"The era of 10 euro tickets is over, in the next few years we will go towards 50", announced in 2022 Micheal O'Leary, the inventor of Ryanair and the "low cost" system.

A definition that now hardly fits with the prices of recent years , pushed ever higher by inflation, post-Covid recovery and fuel price increases.

For a one-way flight you need at least 60 euros with a basic fare, to which you need to add 23 to 85 euros for real luggage, a booked seat on board and other small luxuries that are difficult to give up if you are traveling with a family in tow and for more than two-three days.

If we then add the insularity factor - and therefore the absence of competition on the train and motorway side - the bill rises.

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