Italy: Information on regularly scheduled Alitalia Airlines flights from Tirana via Rome to Toronto in 1994; on the length of time passengers spent in Rome; on whether they exited the aircraft of changed aircraft in Rome; on whether they passed through Italian customs and immigration; on whether Italian authorities placed a mark in the transiting passengers' passports; and on whether transit visas were required
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ITA21019.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Italy: Information on regularly scheduled Alitalia Airlines flights from Tirana via Rome to Toronto in 1994; on the length of time passengers spent in Rome; on whether they exited the aircraft of changed aircraft in Rome; on whether they passed through Italian customs and immigration; on whether Italian authorities placed a mark in the transiting passengers' passports; and on whether transit visas were required, 1 August 1995, ITA21019.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab8874.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
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For information on the published flights of Alitalia Airlines from Tirana via Rome to Toronto in November 1994, please consult pages 1416 and 1688 of the attached segment of the Official Airline Guides of November 1994. Information on the length of time passengers spent in Rome could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, for related information on the arrival time from Tirana and on the departure times from Rome, please consult pages 1416 and 1688 of this attachment.
Passengers changed aircraft in Rome; the aircraft on the Tirana to Rome route was a McDonnell Douglas DC9, while a McDonnell Douglas DC9 was not used for the Rome to Toronto flights (Official Airline Guides Nov. 1994 4, 7-8, 1416, 1688).
For information on the Official Airline Guides, on how to read the Official Airline Guides, on airline codes and abbreviations, on city and airport codes, and on connecting flights, please consult the Official Airline Guides attachment. For related information, please consult the Transport Canada and the Official Airline Guides attachments to Response to Information Request DEU20440.E of 19 June 1995.
According to article two, section nine of the Travel Information Manual of November 1994 (179), transit visas valid for 48 hours may be issued to those passengers who arrive in Italy and who exit Italy on the first available flight within 48 hours. Albania is not one of the countries listed in sections 23 and 24 on page 180 of this manual whose citizens are required to possess transit visas prior to arrival in Italy (ibid.).
Information on whether passengers passed through Italian customs and immigration, and on whether Italian authorities placed any mark in the transiting passengers' passports, could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
References
Official Airline Guides (OAG) Desktop Flight Guide [Oak Brook, Illinois]. November 1994. Worldwide Edition. Vol. 19, No. 9, pp. 4, 7-8, 1416, 1688.
Travel Information Manual [Hoofddorp, The Netherlands]. November 1994, pp. 179-80.
Attachments
Official Airline Guides (OAG) Desktop Flight Guide [Oak Brook, Illinois]. November 1994. Worldwide Edition. Vol. 19, No. 9, pp. 1, 4-9, 46, 76-85, 1416, 1688.
Travel Information Manual [Hoofddorp, The Netherlands]. November 1994, pp. 178-81.
Other Sources Consulted
Oral sources.
