Great Summer Kick-off In Rome, Find Out What’s Happening

This article is sponsored by Rome FCO Airport.

Fiumicino air traffic is booming with new routes and increased frequency. From short/mid to long-haul, click here to discover all the news!

After the last two difficult years that have affected our industry, we are happy to see a Summer 2022 that represents a clear signal of the restart of aviation activities.

Rome FCO shows an significant air traffic recovery which, in some strategic markets for intercontinental connectivity, even converts into development: US airlines are planning an extraordinary summer season, with an overall capacity 15% higher than in Summer 2019.

Comparing the Fiumicino summer schedule with the 2019 (pre-Covid), there are 25 new flights of which 13 to new destinations previously not directly served.

Qantas will connect Continental Europe with Australia for the first time with a non-stop flight between Rome and Perth and continuing to Sydney; WestJet will debut in Italy flying to Calgary (Canada); Gulf Air will launch the direct connection to Bahrain and Icelandair will enrich the offer for Reykjavík. In the short / medium haul we will have new international destinations (Tangier, Girona and Figari by Ryanair; Strasbourg by Volotea; Montpellier by Transavia) and the consolidation of Wizz Air which, after the start-up of the Fiumicino base with 4 aircrafts and over 30 routes in the 2021, will add a fifth aircraft and additional 18 new routes, including new destinations such as Yerevan (Armenia) and Turku (Finland).

ITA Airways will gradually strengthen the main short/medium-haul routes as well as increase intercontinental connectivity: in June, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, in August Tokyo Haneda will also be added to New York, Miami and Boston.

Last but not least, the reactivation of direct flights to Asia with Singapore Airlines (Singapore) and Asiana (Seoul) in June and Korean Air (Seoul) in September and to South America with Aerolíneas Argentinas (Buenos Aires) in June and with Latam (Sao Paulo) in July.

The Aviation Business Development team in Rome is looking forward to meeting the airlines and partners at the next Routes Europe to share new perspectives and collaborations in a hopefully better and better scenario.

10 things you (maybe!) don't know about Rome FCO

1. The real name of Fiumicino Airport is Leonardo Da Vinci Airport.
2. Fiumicino Airport has won the Aci World "Airport Service Quality Award" five times in a row in the category of European airports with more than 40 million passengers per year (awarded from 2017 to 2021).
3. Winner also of the "ACI EUROPE BEST AIRPORT AWARD": it is the first time in history that the award is awarded for three consecutive years exclusively to the same airport in the category of large airport hubs. Reference years: 2018, 2019, 2020.
4. Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most recognized airports in the world in the fight against Covid19. 5-star SkyTrax holder in COVID-19 SKYTRAX AIRPORT RANKING: the first airport in the world to receive this recognition.
5. FCO has obtained the highest certification from ACI Europe Airport Carbon Accreditation 4+ "Transition" on the reduction of direct and indirect CO2 emissions in airports
6. Six works from the Roman age, five sculptures and a splendid mosaic, all coming from the excavations of Ostia Antica and the Necropolis of Isola Sacra, are on permanent exhibition at the Pier E boarding area.
7. FCO hosts a monumental work of street art on the outer wall of Terminal 1, named "A Second Renaissance" thanks to the contemporary and innovative style of the artist TV BOY
8. FCO is the first airport in Italy to have biofuel for aircraft, the SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) fuel for sustainable aviation.
9. Developer of innovative ideas, with programs such as CALL FOR IDEAS, in addition to the forthcoming opening of an area dedicated to the most innovative Start Ups in the sector, which will be called the INNOVATION HUB area
10. Awarded with the LEADERSHIP IN SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL recognition by the United Nations (year 2020)