Published on
26/06/2026 - 18:16 GMT+2
Rome’s airports could be forced to suspend the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) border checks to prevent travel chaos this summer, the director of the city’s airport operator has warned.
Marco Troncone, CEO of Aeroporti di Roma, said that Fiumicino and Ciampino airports may be forced to allow passengers to skip the biometric controls to avoid “disaster”, in an interview with UK newspaper The Financial Times.
The EES became fully operational as of 10 April, but has had a rocky rollout with calls to put the system on hold and airports requiring extra security to manage queues.
