Alas, an official at a provincial Italian airport is not one of them. Incidently does anyone know what Tony Blair was doing there... he's not remotley trustworthy either. I am more interested in what Johnson, our Prime Minister, was doing there. www.telegraph.co.uk Well, this is all a bit embarrassing. The president of the airport set the record straight this afternoon hours after Downing Street first issued a robust denial of the story. V. Some of the people tweeting about Perugia yesterday make their living as investigative journalists. Perugia Airport has retracted its claim Boris Johnson flew into Italy earlier this month – and said staff had him muddled with Tony Blair. Only, it turned out the whole story was false. Reply. Only after a few hours, Perugia Airport's president told the Daily Telegraph Mr Johnson was "definitely" not at the airport and staff mistook him for former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Claims Boris Johnson Secretly Flew To Perugia Are 'Untrue', Says No. Someone had confused Boris Johnson with Tony Blair. The former prime minister Tony Blair is believed to have been in the city from September 8 to 11, a source told the newspaper. Reactions: Dinosaur chickens, FurloughednFucked, On distant shores and 1 other person. STAFF at Perugia airport in Italy reported seeing Boris Johnson landing there last month. Tale of the Wrong PM: Boris Johnson was at Westminster Cathedral, Tony Blair in Perugia After claim PM flew to Italy mid-pandemic, a spokesman reveals he had in fact been at his son's baptism. Un portavoz del aeropuerto respaldó las afirmaciones, diciendo que tanto «Johnson y [Tony] Blair estuvo aquí en Perugia la semana pasada ”para eventos separados, informa Guerrera. Perugia Airport’s self-confessed “stupid mistake” led not only an international mystery, but to the revelation the Prime Minister was in fact baptising his son Wilfred in Westminster Cathedral on the day in question. Someone said the British prime minister had passed through but the British prime minister is no longer Tony Blair," he said. Most people can tell the difference between Tony Blair and Boris Johnson. An airport spokesperson backed up the claims, saying that both “Johnson and [Tony] Blair were here in Perugia last week” for separate events, Guerrera reports. "Tony Blair arrived the 13th and left 14th. Asked about the September 17th press release mentioning Johnson on the same day, a Perugia airport spokesman confirmed it, adding that both "Johnson and Blair were here in Perugia last week". 9. Our prime minister supposedly landed at Perugia airport on September 11th at 2 pm. But they have now retracted the claim and say they mistook him for Tony Blair. Most of those have deleted the tweets in question; some have not.