{"id":23675,"date":"2021-10-26T19:55:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T17:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23675"},"modified":"2021-10-26T20:34:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T18:34:58","slug":"passengers-caught-unprepared-as-italy-begins-implementing-new-travel-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/passengers-caught-unprepared-as-italy-begins-implementing-new-travel-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers caught unprepared as Italy begins implementing new travel measures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long queues were formed on Tuesday at Tirana International Airport as passengers were obliged to do the rapid test in compliance with new travel rules imposed by Italy<\/a> with only one-day ahead notice.<\/p>\n

One of the passengers we spoke to expressed her fear that she might even lose the flight due to the delays and long line-ups.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very concerned. My daughter is a permanent resident and she\u2019s also vaccinated. Now we\u2019re waiting for the test results, but we might lose our flight\u201d, she said,<\/p>\n

Apart from residents, there are other passengers traveling to Italy for various reasons, including work or study, however, all of them are required to show a negative COVID test.<\/p>\n

Many citizens, holding a vaccine certificate, complain that the test is \u201cunnecessary\u201d, while others had only learned about the new travel rules while at the airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am vaccinated! I don\u2019t even know where to do the test but apparently, it\u2019s somewhere here at the airport\u201d, said another passenger.<\/p>\n

Flights to Italy take up the majority of Albanian air traffic, but apart from long line-ups, the new rules announced less than 24 hours ago caused major distress among passengers at the airport.<\/p>\n

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