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Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport
Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino
IATA: FCO – ICAO: LIRF
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator ADR
Serves Rome
Location Fiumicino
Elevation AMSL 5 m / 16 ft
Coordinates 41°48′16″N, 12°15′03″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,309 10,856 Paved
16R/34L 3,900 12,795 Paved
16L/34R 3,300 12,795 Paved
16C/34C 3,600 11,811 Paved

Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino) (IATA: FCO, ICAO: LIRF), also commonly known as Rome-Fiumicino International Airport, its former name, is Italy's largest airport and second-largest international air gateway, with over 30 million passengers served in 2006, located in Fiumicino, 34 km from Rome's historic city centre. It is one of two hubs of the Italian flag carrier Alitalia along with Milan-Malpensa International Airport.

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History

The airport officially opened on January 15, 1961 with two runways, replacing the small Ciampino Airport which remained in service for domestic and charter operations. During the decade Alitalia invested heavily on the new airport, building hangars and maintenance centers; in the same period a third runway was added (16L/34R). Regarding the terminal area, several strong investments were finalised from the early 90’s: 1991 – Opening of Domestic Pier with 12 Loading Bridges (Pier A); 1995 – Opening of International Pier with 10 Loading Bridges (Pier B); 1999 – Opening of West Satellite with 11 Loading Bridges (Satellite C) and sky-bridge train connecting it with the main terminal; 2000 – Opening of the new Domestic Terminal (Terminal A). In recent years, the most notable event has been the building of a new Cargo Terminal - called Cargo City - in 2004, while the next commitment will be a new International Pier with 16 loading bridges to be completed for 2010.

Ground handling

Ground handling services have been provided by Aeroporti di Roma up to 1999 when it created Aeroporti di Roma Handling (to serve all airlines apart from Alitalia, which continued being handled by Aeroporti di Roma itself). Alitalia provided passenger assistance even before 1999. In 2001 Alitalia created Alitalia Airport and started providing self-handling and third party handling. Air One created EAS and started providing third-party services too. Aeroporti di Roma Handling remains the biggest handler in terms of airlines handled but Alitalia Airport is the biggest handler in terms of airplanes handled as Alitalia aircraft account for 50% of the ones in Fiumicino. There are some private handlers that provide passenger assistance alone: ARE Group, Globeground Italia and ICTS Italia. On 2 May 2006 Meridiana's passenger handling staff transferred to Alitalia Airport and the ramp transferred to Alitalia Airport in February 2007 (from Aeroporti di Roma Handling). The ground handling deregulation has brought confusion on who does what and has decreased service levels especially on transferring baggage. In May 2006 Italy's Civil Aviation Authority announced that it took off the limitation of 3 ramp handlers in Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport. ARE Group and Aviapartner announced that they would create a company called Aviapartner (51% Aviapartner; 49% ARE Group) to serve Milan Malpensa and Rome Leonardo da Vinci. There are fears that luggage mishandling will go up. In November 2006 Aeroporti di Roma Handling was sold to Flightcare (itself owned by Spanish company FCC), an Aviance member.

Security services

Security Services transferred from the Polizia di Stato to Aeroporti di Roma in 2000. Aeroporti di Roma created Airport Security (100%-owned) to provide these services as well as security services to airlines (in competition with other security companies such as IVRI). Airport Security is supervised by Polizia di Stato (Italian State Police), Guardia di Finanza (Italian Customs Police), Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile (Italy's Civil Aviation Authority) and Aeroporti di Roma.

Ground transportation

Fiumicino Airport train station
Fiumicino Airport train station

Leonardo da Vinci is about 34 kilometres (21 miles) by car from Rome's historic city centre. The airport is well served by the 6-lane motorway A91 Roma-Fiumicino and numerous buses and taxis. Starting October 2006 all official cab rides to any destination in central Rome (within the Aurelian Walls) have a fixed charge of 40 € that started during the summer of 2007. The airport is served by the Leonardo Express train operated by Trenitalia, available at the airport terminal. The trip takes 30 minutes (no stops) to Termini Station in Rome - there are two such connections per hour. Alternatively, local trains leave once every 15 minutes, stopping at all train stations. You may have to change at Trastevere, Ostiense (Metro Piramide) or Tuscolana.

Incidents and accidents

From the 1960s until the 1980s, the airport experienced significant aircraft hijackings as well as became the scene of two major terrorist attacks and the port of origin for an aircraft bombing in flight -- all engendered by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Airlines and terminals

Terminal A

  • Air Alps (Ancona, Bolzano, Parma, Rimini)
  • Air One (Albenga, Alghero, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Crotone, Genoa, Lamezia Terme, Lampedusa, Milan-Linate, Palermo, Pantelleria, Pisa, Trapani, Trieste, Turin, Venice)
  • Alitalia (Ancona, Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Brindisi, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Lamezia Terme, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, Reggio Calabria, Trieste, Turin, Venice, Verona)
  • Meridiana (Cagliari, Milan-Linate, Olbia, Verona)

Terminal AA

Terminal B

Terminal C

References

  1. ^ Flight International, 12-18 December 2006.

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