March 18 - Delta will offer quarantine-free flights from New York-JFK to Milan Malpensa airport starting April 2, 2021, a day after it launches to Rome Fiumicino. The services will enable customers eligible to travel to Italy to avoid the mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival, following a rigorous testing protocol before and after travel.

 

The flights to Milan will initially operate four times a week in April before moving to a daily operation from May 2, while flights to Rome will operate three times a week and increase to four times a week in May and daily in June.

 

Delta’s pioneering COVID-tested flights began in December with the introduction of services from Atlanta to both Rome and Amsterdam in conjunction with Delta’s respective local partners Alitalia and KLM. The program provides customers with reassurance to fly more safely and is a clear way forward to support global economic recovery while vaccination efforts against COVID-19 roll out worldwide.

 

Customers traveling to Italy must test negative a total of three times – including twice before departure. On arrival at Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino, customers will be asked to make their way to the testing facility within the airport terminal where medical professionals administer a rapid antigen test. If this is negative, they will not need to quarantine. Current entry requirements for Italy normally include 14 days of quarantine.

 

The new protocol will be available to all citizens permitted to travel to Italy for essential reasons, such as for certain specified work, health and education reasons.

 

Flights are available to book on delta.com. To fly on Delta’s COVID-tested flights from New York to Milan and from New York to Rome, customers will need to test negative for COVID-19 through:

• A COVID Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test taken up to 72 hours before departure
• A rapid test administered at the airport in New York-JFK before boarding
• A rapid test on arrival in Milan Malpensa or Rome Fiumicino

 

Customers also will be required to provide information prior to entry into the U.S. to support CDC contact-tracing protocols. The COVID-tested flights will operate through June 30, 2021.

 

 

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