On 25 October Fiumicino airport has experienced a mini revolution. During the night of 24 October a small "army" of technicians has changed the Terminal, road and car park sign system as well as the signs in all areas open to the public at large. Conforming to the world major hubs, the Rome airport adopts the numerical identification system of the Terminals: 1, 2, 3, 5.
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The numbers are important, as they "feel the pulse" of a large airport like Rome Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" airport, which is both the main Italian airport and the privileged gateway to the Capital city. Over 25 million bags were processed at Rome Fiumicino airport last year, including outbound, transit and inbound luggage.
What happens to our luggage before it ends up in the hands of a handler? We spoke with the BHS man
Airport infrastructures are operational around the clock. Their maintenance is indispensable, and the people in charge of maintenance operations have a very tricky job to do. We spoke with them and asked them what working as ADR RTS Maintenance Engineers actually entails.
Rome is increasingly closer to Britain through Jet2.com, which operates 4 and 5 weekly flights respectively to Leeds and Manchester. Cimber-Sterling relaunches Denmark with flights to Copenhagen and Billund, which is home to Legoland. Malev has increased flight frequency from one to two daily flights to Budapest, with a new evening flight.
The new year brings along a new, or rather, renovated airport. Investments and improvements: airport operator Fraport AG announces the enlargement of the German airport. The 4 billion Euro development plan will concern the enlargement and growth of the airport, to guarantee its future competitiveness within the European system. testo
Stated Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO of IATA (International Air Traffic Association), during the press conference held at Rome Fiumicino airport on environmental protection. He also spoke about the crisis affecting the entire air transport industry since last year.
Located at the centre of Europe and in the heart of Switzerland, Zurich airport is one of the most modern airports in Europe. A privileged geographic location makes the airport easy to reach via a public transport network that provides over 1,000 daily connections to and from the airport. Lufthansa has chosen Zurich as its third hub, after Frankfurt and Munich.
At Fiumicino, from the beginning of the year to date, the staff of the Quality Management Division has carried out approximately 40,000 interviews, collecting data about the state of health of the main airport services.