Delta plans to trial 'quarantine-free' flights between US and Italy

Passengers will have to test negative for coronavirus three times, says US airline

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The US airline Delta has announced the first quarantine-free" transatlantic flights, with pre-departure Covid testing enabling passengers to escape 14 days' isolation on arrival in Italy.

The trial flights will start next month between Atlanta and Rome, the first of the type of transatlantic corridor that UK airlines have been seeking to establish to open up travel on their most lucrative routes.