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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

Rome airports could suspend new EU border checks to stop summer travel queues

Rome’s airports are ‘very worried for the summer’ - (Getty Images)

Airports in Rome may be forced to suspend the EU’s new biometric border controls to avoid “disaster” this summer, the head of the city’s airport operator has warned.

Marco Troncone, CEO of Aeroporti di Roma, said that Fiumicino and Ciampino airports will have to allow passengers to skip entry-exit system (EES) checks to avoid travel chaos, in an interview with the Financial Times.

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