<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Leonardo da Vinci International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Early years:</strong>During construction, the remains of Caligula's Giant Ship were found.The airport was officially opened on 15 January 1961, with two runways, replacing the smaller Rome Ciampino Airport, which remains in service for some low-cost airlines as well as domestic and charter operations. Despite being officially opened in 1961, Leonardo da Vinci&ndash;Fiumicino Airport had actually been in use since 20 August 1960. This was to help relieve air traffic that was congesting Rome Ciampino Airport during the 1960 Summer Olympics.</p>
<p class="blog-para">During the 1960s, former home-based Alitalia invested heavily in the new airport, building hangars and maintenance center in the same period, a third runway was added (16L/34R).</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Later development:</strong> Security Services transferred from the Polizia di Stato (Italian State Police) to Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. in 2000. Aeroporti di Roma created ADR Security S.r.l. (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, Guardia di Finanza (Italian Customs Police), the Italian Civil Aviation Authority, and Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. Ground handling services were provided by Aeroporti di Roma until 1999, when it created Aeroporti di Roma Handling (to serve all airlines except for Alitalia, which continued to be handled by Aeroporti di Roma itself).</p>
<p class="blog-para">Alitalia provided passenger assistance even before 1999. In 2001, Alitalia created "Alitalia Airport" and started providing ground handling for itself and other airlines. 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 at Fiumicino. In May 2006, Italy's Civil Aviation Authority announced that it had off the restriction on the number of 3 ramp handlers at Rome's 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.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground Transportation Leonardo da Vinci International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Train:</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station is served by the Leonardo Express train operated by Trenitalia, available at the airport terminal. It takes 30 minutes to get to Termini Station on a non-stop train that is provided every 15 minutes. Alternatively, local trains (FL1 line) leave once every 15</p>
<p class="blog-para">minutes, stopping at all stations. However, these trains do not head to Termini station. Passengers have to change at Trastevere, Ostiense (Metro Piramide), or Tuscolana. The railway opened in December 1989, with non-stop and several stopping services available.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Road:</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Leonardo da Vinci is about 35 km (22 mi) by car from Rome's historic city center. The airport is served by the six-lane Autostrada A91 and numerous buses and taxis.</p>
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