03-Feb-2021 10:23 AM âItâs about saving both lives and livelihoodsâ says ACI EUROPE, as Rome Airport reveals robust resul Direct News Source “It’s about saving both lives and livelihoods” says ACI EUROPE, as Rome Airport reveals robust results for COVID-19 tested flights At a webinar organised today by ACI EUROPE, Aeroporti di Roma1 presented the impressive results of the COVID-19 tested flights pilot conducted at Rome-Fiumicino airport. The trials have been taking place since 8 December, in partnership with Alitalia and Delta Airlines and in close cooperation with and the support of the Italian and US authorities. The webinar took place as the EU is further tightening travel restrictions in response to the new COVID-19 variants and significant delays in the rollout of vaccination across the bloc. This results in a blanket ban on non-essential travel both within most of the EU and externally, with testing in combination with quarantines â and applied without harmonisation - essentially becoming the baseline for essential international travel.