Ilford Film Airports

[r.e.]

I order film from B&H or Freestyle, and it's sent USPS Priority, and I've never had problems with it being damaged from x-ray.

That's the point. That's also the case with UPS, which has its own fleet of cargo planes. Why? What's different, if anything, between the use of X-rays with dedicated cargo planes and trucks versus with cargo holds in passenger planes? And what's the actual significance of these new X-ray machines, and will they only be deployed for use with passengers?

[Henry Yorke]

I'm in Italy in the fall on a shoot - and was wondering if anyone has any intel about the kind of equipment that's in Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci". I'll be carrying sheet film - and by the looks of things will probably just Fedex it out of the country. But I was curious if anyone had any recent experience at the airport....