My wife and I are considering booking an ITA flight arriving Rome FCO from Brindisi at 7:35 AM and connecting with a Delta flight to Atlanta departing FCO at 9:45 AM. All luggage will be carry on. Is this sufficient time to make the connection?
Posted by
Lynnwood, Washington
10290 posts
If this is all on one ticket, I wouldn’t give it a second thought. If you are connecting on two different tickets, then there might be a reason to question it. If first flight is on time, then the connection is plenty of time. If anything delays first flight, then two tickets would risk your expensive Transatlantic fare.
Posted by
Chicago
1391 posts
Note that there are a multitude of stories about the experience of getting through European
airports given the erratic implementation of the EES entry process.
You should have less of an issue exiting the Schengen zone than entering it, but still, it's possible
to hit some backup (obviously more likely during the busy summer season, you don't say when
you are planning on going).
I would be more concerned with your connection, assuming you have one, coming into Europe.
As Carol says, you should be fine with the connection you mention assuming it's all on one ticket.
Posted by
CA, USA
1437 posts
You'll probably make it if the 1st flight isn't delayed. When we've flown ITA into FCO from regional airports they don't park at a gate, they park out on the tarmac and then buses come to take everyone to the terminal. This is on 737-size jets. So your jet needs to taxi to the parking area, wait for the buses to come, etc. All in all maybe 40-60 minutes from touchdown to being inside the FCO terminal, then you'll need to make your way thru the EU exit process to the gate.
Posted by
new york
1633 posts
Flew ITA today from Bari' parked at the gate and we easily made a shorter connect to JFK.