Airports: no more identity documents at boarding in Italy for domestic and European flights

Security checks remain, but the obligation to present documents together with the boarding pass at the gates of national and European flights is no more. The novelty, anticipated by Corriere della Sera, is already operational. A decision that should allow a reduction in bureaucratic times. The documents, in fact, as specified by the president of the National Civil Aviation Authority Pierluigi De Palma, will always have to be carried along and made available for any verification. By removing the obligation to present documents, De Palma stressed, 'we will board more quickly'. It is a decision that brings air travel closer to train travel, although the security protocols that must be observed for boarding will not change. That is, the passage in front of metal detectors and baggage checks, and compliance with security regulations prohibiting the transport of certain objects. In any case, as Enac's president pointed out in the interview, 'passports or identity cards should not be left at home. If at the time of the surprise check the traveller does not have them, he will not board'.

The measure should speed up boarding procedures since, until yesterday, before passing through the exit and entering the corridor leading to the aircraft, it was necessary to present a boarding card, paper or digital, and then an identity document, which the operator would verify. Handfuls of seconds which, multiplied by hundreds of passengers, resulted in a lengthening of time. Now this is changed. But the documents must always be in your pocket.

Meanwhile, a survey commissioned by Facile.it to Emg Different reveals that more than 4.7 million Italians have travelled by plane and suffered the theft or loss of their luggage in the last year.

In detail, for 16.8% of travellers, i.e. just over 4 million Italians, their luggage was lost by the airline and was never found. In 8% of the cases (1.5 million holidaymakers), on the other hand, the suitcase was delivered late, while almost 549,000 holidaymakers had their luggage stolen at the airport and therefore not the fault of the airline. Given these numbers, it is not surprising to see how even in our country more and more holidaymakers are looking to protect themselves with an ad hoc travel policy; scrolling through Facile.it's analysis in June 2025 the online search for holiday-related insurance products increased by 5% compared to the same period last year. "Travel insurance protects policyholders from a wide range of unforeseen events that can occur during a holiday, including loss, theft, or late delivery of luggage," explains Andrea Ghizzoni, managing director of insurance at Facile.it. "In cases like these, insurance intervenes not only by reimbursing the value of the goods contained, but also by covering the expenses incurred for essential purchases". Baggage loss insurance is a cover that is normally offered as an extension of the traditional travel policy and protects the insured in the event of loss, damage or delayed delivery of luggage by the air carrier, as well as in the event of luggage theft during the holiday. In the event of definitive loss or theft, the policy will reimburse, within the limits of the limits, the value of the goods lost.