TO Starting from July, embarking on a direct flight to Europe or on the national territory, has become simpler. In fact, you no longer need to bring out the identity card or passport to the gate: the boarding card is enough, even digital, and we pass. No request, no visual verification, no name to be compared on the document. It is a novelty that arrives quietly, but changes consolidated habits. Until yesterday, as we know, The gate was transformed into a small customs: ready documents, faces to control, files that slowed down. Now, everything is streamlined.
Turn for air travel: only the boarding card is shown to the Gate
The change of rules, decided by Enacwith the ok of the Ministry of the Interior, aims to make the boarders faster, of course, without sacrificing, however, security. Control over identityIndeed, It is not eliminatedsimply, is moved when you enter the boarding area And we pass through Metal Detector, scanner and ticket verification. That’s where the most delicate part of security takes place. Once that point has been overcome, the gate no longer needs to show anything, just as it has been happening in other European countries for some time.
No, the identity document is not to be left at home
Be careful, though: Passing the gate without showing the identity card does not mean that you can travel without taking it. The document remains necessary in at least three situations:
- If you check-in at the airport instead of online
- If you are selected for sample checks
- if you start from a country that has not yet adopted simplification
In short, You save a ride, But the identity document must have it anyway.
In Italy the rules for boarding change: the boarding card is enough to climb on national and European flights. A more fluid system, but not without exceptions (Getty)
A change of habit, not of safety
This change was not born to lower the guard, of course, but to redistribute the controls where they need more. Everything that matters is verified before entering the boarding area. There you make the real filter. Once that point has been overcome, the Gate loses its control role and becomes only the last step before boarding. In practice, The gaze is not removed, but is anticipatedavoiding a double control which, in most cases, does not add value or security.
Italy aligns, Europe has already done so
What is new in Italy today, elsewhere has been reality for years. In Germany, for example, airports such as Berlin and FrankfurtThey have been boarding for some time without asking for documents on internal flights and Schengen. In Spain, Barcelona and Madrid The same logic follows: once the gates has been overcome, you no longer need to show anything. France and the Netherlands They adopt similar procedures, while maintaining control margins on routes considered “sensitive”. In Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, the general rule of free movement is applied. ItalyTherefore, It does nothing but align with a model already rolled and widespread in the rest of the continent.
Simpler air travel, but calmly
The new rule tells of a change concerning the way of conceiving the journey. A system that simplifies, which has confidence in technology And, especially designed to fluidify a routine that concerns millions of people every year. Be careful, though: simplifying does not mean standardizing. Some sections will remain subject to checks, some routes will continue to ask for the document and, not all airports, will be equally quick to adapt. So, although not being able to speak of great leap, however, we can speak of an important step forward.
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