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Rome Airport A City That Uses Two Names For One Airport
eonardo da Vinci and
Fiumicino: two names for However,the Eternal City in 1961
one airport.
decided to add to the name
Fiumicino (that means " small
In Europe, the hub-and-spoke mode river channel - because the
of operation has an even longer airport is located at the end of
history than in the US, having the Tiber River ) the name of
grown out of the past regulatory Leonardo da Vinci, in memory of
framework and of the prevailing the most brilliant genious mind
geographic and political that Italy ever had.
conditions, rather than as an
autonomous market process. Each At Leonardo da Vinci, the airport
nation has had its own flag operator, Aeroporti di Roma, is
carrier, with a privileged spending a lot of money in
position in and around its expanding and upgrading terminal
domestic market and frequently a facilities to meet the needs of
large government ownership share. growing traffic numbers and
More often than not, flag shaking off the airport's rather
carriers have been benefiting modest reputation.
from considerable amounts of
subsidies or direct financial There are now three terminals one
support from the state. of which, Terminal C, is linked
to a satellite. The handsome new
The airport of Rome capacity Terminal A is for domestic
constraints and the slot flights and replaces spartan
allocation regimes with the facilities. Terminal B, a light
practices currently in effect in and airy place, has a dual role
Europe, constitute major barriers handling international and a
to entry and hence to competition number of domestic services.
and economic efficiency. Terminal C is located near the
major international flights and
is connected to satellite C, a The satellite is connected to
mini-terminal in its own right Terminal C by the "Skybridge"
with a full range of shopping, automated rail shuttle, the first
catering and other services. of its kind in Italy, and there
are plans to extend the service
International passengers will to the rest of the airport. That
find the satellite a big will be welcome news for those
improvement on the old days when who have tramped the endless
the only way to reach the walkways - the moving walkways
aircraft steps on many flights are only a partial help - which
meant a bus ride. Despite all the link the terminals.
money spent on the satellite,
however, the risk has not New shopping and catering areas
entirely been removed. Three of have been introduced in Terminal
the 14 gates are still the B as the plans to sharpen up the
prelude to a bus journey to a image and quality of Rome's major
parked aircraft. How did that airport gathers pace.
happen?
About the Author:
Stefano Sandano is an archaeologist of Rome and the owner of the website http://www.rome-airport.org, where you can find more informations about the airports of Rome.
Source: www.isnare.com
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