Leonardo da Vinci International Airport

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Leonardo da Vinci International Airport
IATA: FCO - ICAO: LIRF
Summary
Airport type public
Operator ADR
Serves Rome
Elevation AMSL 16 ft (5 m)
Coordinates 41°48′16″N, 12°15′03″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 10,856 3,309 Paved
16R/34L 12,795 3,900 Paved
16L/34R 12,795 3,900 Paved

Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (IATA: FCO, ICAO: LIRF), also known as Fiumicino International Airport, is Italy's largest airport, with over 29 million passengers in the year 2005. It was opened in stages between 1956 and 1961 and it has since undergone several expansion works. It is located in Fiumicino and serves Rome. In fact, the airport's former name was Fiumicino Airport. The airport, named after Leonardo da Vinci, is completely non-smoking. It is one of two hubs of the Italian flag carrier Alitalia along with Milan-Malpensa International Airport.

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[edit] Transit connections

Leonardo da Vinci is about 29 kilometers (18 miles) by car from Rome's historic city center, and cab rides can be expensive. Train service is available at the airport terminal. Leonardo Express trains run non-stop to Termini Station in Rome twice an hour; regional trains leave once every 15 minutes, stopping at all train stations between the airport and the city center.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On December 17, 1973 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.

On December 27, 1985, Palestinian terrorists shot several people dead at this airport, see Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks.

On April 2, 1986, TWA Flight 840, which was travelling from Fiumicino to Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece was bombed, ejecting 4 people out of the plane to their deaths. The plane landed safely.

On October 17, 1988, Uganda Airlines flight 775, enroute from London Gatwick to Rome then Entebbe, crashed short of the runway after two missed approaches. 26 of 45 aboard and all 7 crew members died.

[edit] Airlines and Terminals

[edit] Terminal A

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

[edit] Terminal B

[edit] Terminal C

[edit] 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 the 2nd of May 2006 Meridiana's passenger handling staff transferred to Alitalia Airport and the ramp will transfer 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.

[edit] Security Services

Security Services transferred from 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.

[edit] External links

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