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  Nativename Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino
  IATA FCO
  ICAO LIRF
  Type Public
  Operator ADR <!-- full name needed -->
  City-served Rome
  Location Fiumicino
  Elevation-f 16
  Elevation-m 5
  Metric-elev yes
  Metric-rwy yes
  R1-number 07/25
  R1-length-f 10,856
  R1-length-m 3,309
  R1-surface Paved
  R2-number 16R/34L
  R2-length-f 12,795
  R2-length-m 3,900
  R2-surface Paved
  R3-number 16L/34R
  R3-length-f 12,795
  R3-length-m 3,300
  R3-surface Paved
  R4-number 16C/34C
  R4-length-f 11,811
  R4-length-m 3,600
  R4-surface Paved


Rome Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport ('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 .



HISTORY


The airport was opened in stages between 1956 and 1961 , and has undergone numerous expansions over the years.


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

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 € .

The airport is served by the Leonardo Express train operated by Trenitalia, available at the airport terminal. The trip takes 30 minutes on the Express line (no stops) to Termini Station in Rome - there are two such connections per hour. Alternatively, the trip can be made in 40 minutes on the Leonardo Local (1 stop at Trastevere ( Roma Trastevere Station ), close to the Vatican ). Also, regional trains leave once every 15 minutes, stopping at all train stations between the airport and the city centre.


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 Attack s and the port of origin for an aircraft bombing in flight -- all engendered by the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict .





  • 7 September 2005 - Ryanair is under investigation by ANSV, the Italian air accident investigation agency, for an attempted bad weather approach. During an unstabilised approach, the non-flying co-pilot had to intervene to initiate a late go-around, then the crew decided to divert to Pescara . Flight International , 12 - 18 December 2006 .



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)

  • Air Vallée (Aosta)

  • 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, Olbia, Verona)



Terminal AA



Terminal B



Terminal C



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