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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Aeroporti di Roma SpA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fiumicino | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | adr.it | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (Template:Lang-it) (IATA: FCO, ICAO: LIRF) or Rome Fiumicino Airport, also simply known as Fiumicino Airport, is Italy's largest airport with 38.6 million passengers served in 2014.[3] It is located in Fiumicino, 18.9 nautical miles (35.0 km; 21.7 mi) southwest of Rome's historic city centre.[1]
The airport serves as the main hub for Alitalia, the largest Italian airline and Vueling, a Spanish low-cost carrier owned by International Airlines Group. Based on total passenger numbers, it is the eighth busiest airport in Europe and was the world's 34th busiest airport in 2013. It covers an area of 29 square kilometres (7,200 acres) and is named after Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who designed a proto helicopter and a flying machine with wings in 1480.
History
Early years
The airport was officially opened on 15 January 1961, with two runways, replacing the smaller Rome Ciampino Airport, which remains in service for some low cost airlines as well as domestic and charter operations. During the 1960s, Alitalia invested heavily in the new airport, building hangars and maintenance centres; in the same period a third runway was added (16L/34R). Despite being officially opened in 1961, Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport had actually been in use since 20 August 1960. This was to help relieve air traffic that was congesting Rome Ciampino Airport during the 1960 Summer Olympics.[4]
Later development
Since 2005 the airport operates a category III B instrument landing system (ILS). Further improvement work was implemented in 2007 to enable the airport to handle 30 takeoffs/landings per hour, up from 10, in the event of thick fog. Four runways presently operate at Leonardo da Vinci airport: 16L/34R and 16R/34L (separated by a distance of 4,000 m (13,000 ft)), 16C/34C (close to 16L/34R), mostly used as a taxiway or as a backup for 16L/34R, and 07/25, used only westwards for takeoffs owing to the prevailing winds.
In 2010, the new single baggage handling system for more efficient luggage delivery began operations.
Several projects are planned. These include the construction of an environmentally-friendly cogeneration system, which would allow the airport to produce its own energy; construction of Pier C (dedicated to international flights) with 16 additional loading bridges, to handle the expected growth from 38 million passengers per year[when?] to 55 million by 2018; and the "Masterplan Fiumicino Nord", involving four new terminals and two new runways to be built by 2044, when there are estimated to be 100 million passengers per year.
Terminals
The terminals were upgraded during the 1990s and 2000s.[5] In 1991, the domestic Pier A with 12 gates opened. In 1995, the international Pier B with 10 gates opened. In 1999, the international Satellite C with 11 gates and an elevated automated people mover connected it with the main terminal.
In 2000, the new domestic Terminal A opened, and the terminal buildings, then consisting of Terminal A (with Pier A), Terminal AA, Terminal B (with Pier B) and Terminal C (with Satellite C), were reorganized. In 2004, the new Cargo City terminal opened. In 2008, Terminal 5 opened for check-in for American carriers and El-Al. Passengers are then bused to what was then called Satellite C. The terminal serves 950,000 passengers per year. In 2009, the terminals were renamed — A was renamed T1, AA was renamed T2, B and C became T3 and T5 stayed the same.
| Terminal | Gates | Airlines | Notes |
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| T1 | B1-B13 B14-B30 |
Alitalia (short haul flights) Aer Lingus, Air France, Croatia Airlines,[6] Etihad Regional, KLM |
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| T2 | C1-C7 | Blue Air, easyJet, Wizz Air | |
| T3 | C8-C16 D1-D10 H1-H3 H6-H19 G1-G14 |
Alitalia (long haul flights) all the other companies |
Pier D closed due to a fire on 7 May 2015 See Incidents & Accidents |
| T5 | H1-H3 H6-H19 G1-G14 |
USA and Israeli carriers |
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Charter
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Alitalia | Summer seasonal: Djerba, Hurghada, Kos, Marsa Alam, Mostar, Mykonos, Santorini, Shannon, Sharm el-Sheikh Winter seasonal: Dubai-International, La Romana, Malé, Mauritius, Mombasa, Pointe-à-Pitre, Zanzibar |
| Blue Panorama Airlines | Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh Summer seasonal: Mersa Matruh |
| Europe Airpost | Ostend/Bruges, Paris-Orly, Tangier |
| Japan Airlines | Summer seasonal: Tokyo-Haneda |
| Malmö Aviation | Billund, Odense |
| Meridiana | Summer seasonal: Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh |
| Mistral Air | Summer seasonal: Enfidha, Heraklion, Marsa Alam, Menorca, Mostar, Shannon, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tarbes/Lourdes |
| Neos | Summer seasonal: Mersa Matruh, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion |
| Tunisair | Summer seasonal: Djerba, Monastir, Tabarka |
| Turkish Airlines | Summer seasonal: Izmir |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Summer seasonal: Lviv[20] |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| FedEx Express operated by Air Contractors | Ancona, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Mistral Air | Brescia, Milan-Linate |
| TNT Airways | Liège |
| TNT Airways operated by Bluebird Cargo | Liège |
Traffic and statistics
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Busiest routes from/to Rome-Fiumicino Airport in 2014 were the following:[21]
Ground handling
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Ground handling services were provided by Aeroporti di Roma until 1999, when it created Aeroporti di Roma Handling (to serve all airlines except for Alitalia, which continued to be handled by Aeroporti di Roma itself). Alitalia provided passenger assistance even before 1999. In 2001, Alitalia created "Alitalia Airport" and started providing ground handling for itself and other airlines. Air One created EAS and started providing third-party services as well.[when?] 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 at Fiumicino.[when?] There are some other private handlers that provide passenger assistance, including ARE Group, Globeground Italia and ICTS Italia.
On 2 May 2006, Meridiana's passenger handling staff transferred to Alitalia Airport and the ramp employees transferred to Alitalia Airport in February 2007 (from Aeroporti di Roma Handling).
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.[by whom?] Ground handling deregulation has brought confusion on who does what and has decreased service levels, especially on transferring baggage.
In November 2006 Aeroporti di Roma Handling was sold to Flightcare (itself owned by Spanish company FCC), an Aviance member.
Security services
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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
Leonardo da Vinci is about 35 km (22 mi) by car from Rome's historic city centre. The airport is served by a six-lane motorway and numerous buses and taxis.
Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station is served by the Leonardo Express train operated by Trenitalia, available at the airport terminal. It takes 30 minutes to get to Termini Station in a non-stop trip that is provided twice an hour. Alternatively, local trains (FL1 line) leave once every 15 minutes, stopping at all stations. However these trains do not head to Termini station. Passengers have to change at Trastevere, Ostiense (Metro Piramide) or Tuscolana.[22] The railway opened in December 1989, with nonstop and several stop services available.[23]
Incidents and accidents
From the 1960s until the 1980s, the airport experienced significant aircraft hijackings as well as being the scene of two major terrorist attacks and the port of origin for an aircraft bombing in flight—some engendered by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- On 23 November 1964, TWA Flight 800, operated by a Boeing 707, had an engine catch fire during take off. 50 of the 73 passengers and crew on board were killed.
- On 17 December 1973, during the 1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking, a Boeing 707-321B operating as Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) Flight 110 was attacked by Palestinian terrorists. 30 passengers were killed when phosphorus bombs were thrown aboard the aircraft as it was preparing for departure.[24] During the same incident a Lufthansa Boeing 737 (D-ABEY)[25] was hijacked and landed at Athens, Damascus and finally in Kuwait. All remaining passengers and crew were then released.[24] One person died in the incident.[25]
- On 27 December 1985, during the Rome and Vienna airport attacks, terrorists shot and killed 16 people and wounded 99 others at the airport.
- On 2 April 1986, TWA Flight 840, which was travelling from Fiumicino to Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, was bombed, ejecting 4 people from the plane to their deaths. The plane landed safely.
- On 17 October 1988, Uganda Airlines Flight 775 from London Gatwick to Entebbe International Airport via Fiumicino, crashed short of the runway after two missed approaches. Twenty-six of the 45 passengers aboard, as well as all 7 crew members, died.
- On 2 February 2013, Alitalia Flight 1670, en route from Pisa International Airport to Rome, overran the runway during landing. Sixteen occupants were injured, two of them seriously.[26][27]
- On 7 May 2015, during the early hours of the morning, a fire broke out and caused substantial damage to a number of security control cabins and the main commercial area of Terminal 3. The airport reopened shortly after 2pm local time. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled due to the fire.[28] The terminal has now partially reopened with all check-in desks operational and piers G and H now accepting passengers.
References
- ^ a b "EAD Basic". Ead.eurocontrol.int. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroportuali[dead link]
- ^ a b "Traffic data". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Fiumicino: Italy's Fast Growing Airport | Italy". Lifeinitaly.com. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Expansion projects at Fiumicino". Airport-technology.com. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ http://www.anna.aero/2015/04/29/new-airline-routes-launched-21-april-27-april-2015/
- ^ "Update as of 15SEP14: Aegean Airlines to Open 23 Routes in S15". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ FCO - Destinations
- ^ "Spain's AlbaStar to offer scheduled Italy-Lourdes flights". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Alitalia to lease a Mistral Air ATR72 for Ancona-Roma flights". Ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Asiana Airlines Adds Rome Flights from late-June 2015". Airline Route. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "blu-express launch new routes to Bergamo". Blu-express.com. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "New and dropped routes". Easyjet.
- ^ "Easyjet regains growth path in Spain". 02b.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Flight Timetables". easyJet.
- ^ "New direct flight to link China's Chongqing and Rome". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Important information for passengers travelling to and from Rome Fiumicino Airport". Wizz Air. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "Wizz Air timetable". Wizz Air.
- ^ "WOW Adds Three New Destinations". Iceland Review. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Timetable". Ukraine International Airlines. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d "ENAC: Italy's Traffic Statistics 2014" (PDF) (in Italian). 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Flight International. 23 May 1987. 5.
- ^ a b Ramsden, J. M., ed. (27 December 1973). "Rome hijacking" (PDF). FLIGHT International. 104 (3380). IPC Transport Press Ltd: p.1010. Retrieved 11 February 2015 – via flightglobal.com/pdfarchive.
... ran on to the apron and two phosphorus bombs were thrown into the front and rear entrances of a Pan American 707 Celestial Clipper, with 170 passengers on board
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help) - ^ a b "Hijacking description: Monday 17 December 1973". aviation-safety.net. Flight Safety Foundation. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Posted by foxcrawl at 2:31 am. "Carpatair ATR-72 plane overruns runway on landing in Rome". Foxcrawl. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Squires, Nick (4 February 2013). "Alitalia paints over crashed plane's markings". Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ BBC News (7 May 2015). "Chaos at Rome Fiumicino airport after terminal fire". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
External links
Media related to Fiumicino Airport at Wikimedia Commons
