Ciao, everyone. This is the latest travel news from Italy, today focused on the jet fuel crisis

and the latest on EES entry procedures when coming into Italy. Recorned on May the 12th,

2026. I'm Katie, the founder of Untold Italy, and we help people find their own version of Italy

through our podcast, app, services and tours. In terms of the Jet Fuel situation, there have

only been a few formal airline announcements since my last update on this topic two weeks ago.

The main one is that Air France KLM has raised surcharges twice in five weeks on new bookings

only, now 70 euros on flights to Europe from North America and Canada and 100 euros for long haul flights.

This is an explicit policy, but other airlines like Italy's main carrier, ITER, are adding other surcharges on certain travel classes and situations like cabin baggage and seat selection.

Ryanair and EasyJet, who run many flights within Italy and around

Europe have both said they will not be adding surcharges through the summer period. It's all a bit of a

mixed bag and so it's worth checking in with your airline directly if you're concerned. Also worth

noting that under EU law, if a flight either departs from Italy or another EU country

or the airline is based in an EU country, then those airlines are able to make adjustments

to flight schedules without paying compensation. Just so long as passengers are offered

alternatives more than two weeks in advance. If a flight is cancelled with less than 14 days

notice, passengers may be entitled to

compensation, so that's worth knowing. I will of course keep you posted as and when things change

in anything to do with the fuel crisis. Now onto that new EES system, which has been the cause

of delays on entry into cities like Rome and Milan, meaning some travellers have missed

connections to

their onward journey. The EES is the EU's new entry and exit system that relies on biometrics

and automatic processing of people arriving into EU countries like Italy. The rollout has been

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