Rome’s Fiumicino airport plans to allow US passengers to skip quarantine, as long as they test negative for the coronavirus multiple times. Fiumicino says it will be the first airport in Europe to offer the COVID-tested flights, creating what it calls safe air corridors between Italy and the US.
Starting from December flights from New York’s JFK airport, New Jersey’s Newark Airport, and Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport. If those flights are successful, similar flights could be made widely available by summer 2021.
Fiumicino says it will require passengers to take a molecular or antigenic test within 48 hours before taking off. They’ll also need to take a rapid test once they get to the airport in Italy.
