Italy has just reopened to American tourists who can now visit the country without the need to quarantine on arrival so long as they fly on special ‘COVID-tested’ flights to Rome, Milan, Venice or Naples. The new relaxed travel rules apply to all American’s, regardless of vaccination status. Oh, and American Airlines wants you to know that it’s not just Delta that operates these quarantine-free flights.

There was initial confusion after Italy changed the rules for COVID-tested flights late last week with some people thinking that Delta Air Lines was the only carrier currently allowed to operate quarantine flights to Italy. The confusion arose because Delta tested the concept of COVID-tested flights on its Italian routes in February, allowing passengers who actually had permission to fly to Italy to skip quarantine so long as they took three COVID-19 tests – one PCR test within 72 hours of travel, a rapid antigen airport just before departure, and a third test on arrival.