I have to travel from South America to Paris in July and I have a layover stop in Rome of 55 minutes. The airline already told me that the bags will be checked directly to Paris but I still don't know if I'm going to have to go through customs in Rome.
Anyone knows if 55mins will be enough or if I'm going to have to go through customs? I'm not leaving the airport in Rome, just stopping there on my way to Paris since Alitalia's flights have to stop there.
I have been told by a travel agent: If an airline sold you a ticket with a short connection, the airline thinks it's long enough. If you miss the connection it is the airline's problem – they would have to get you on the next available flight. This is of course assuming both flights are part of the same booking.
Yes, you would have to go through a security check since you come from a non-schengen country.
55 minutes might be too little time if the control takes more time than expected but it should be enough since you don't have to check in anything.
