Can you take a domestic flight in Italy without a passport (but with other forms of ID)?
I am a Non - EU citizen, studying in Italy.I have recently submitted my passport for visa application to another country. Does anyone has idea if I can take flight from Torino to Bari ( domestic flight by Ryan air and blue air) by showing my residence permit.
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No, not only with the residence permit. Both airlines require that you present a valid id when checking in and/or embarking the airplane.
Ryanair has a very complex and not easily understandable list of accepted id documents. For domestic travel within Italy, passengers over 15 years of age must be able to present one of these documents:
- Valid passport
- Valid National ID card* see issuing countries below
- Any valid driving licence with photo
- Nautical licence
- Pension Card/Book
- Heating Installation licence
- Firearm licence
- ID card/badges with photo, issued and stamped by the Administration.
- Identification cards issued to civil servants and army soldiers.
- AT/BT Card.
So, a residence permit will not suffice. If you have a driver's licence though, you seem good to go.
Blue Air does not list exactly which documents are accepted, but state in their conditions of carriage, paragraph 6.2 that passengers must present 'a valid identity document, identity card or passport' at check-in. Residence permits are not considered identity documents and will not fulfill this requirement.
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