Italy: Aeroporti di Roma informs that Fiumicino airport’s Terminal 1 check-in area – which was closed on March 17, 2020, due to the Covid-19 emergency – will be operational again from August 6.
Aeroporti di Roma informs that Fiumicino airport’s Terminal 1 check-in area – which was closed on March 17, 2020, due to the Covid-19 emergency – will be operational again from August 6.
Despite the increase in traffic, Fiumicino remains far from its norm (In July the airport’s numbers were equal to 30% of its pre-Covid levels with peaks of around 60,000 passengers compared to 154,000 passengers 2 years ago). ADR has planned the reopening of Terminal 1’s check-in area with the aim of maximising service and safety levels, providing passengers with an infrastructure that will ensure fluidity with regards to airport operations.
Inside Terminal 1, check-in operations will be carried out for Aegean Airlines, Air Malta, Alabaster, Eurowings, Ryanair and Vueling Airlines, while the baggage reclaims activities of these carriers will continue to and be carried out at Terminal 3.
All the Covid testing activities, as well as the vaccines, administrated at the rapid point ‘Vax & Go’, remain available in Terminal 3.
The Terminal 1 check-in area will reopen to traffic in a completely new configuration (flow and queuing area before security checks increased by 13% and over 360% respectively compared to Terminal 1’s previous set-up). The increase in the flow area, combined with the reopening of the 124 check-in counters in Terminal 1, allows the airport to host an additional 17,000 departing passengers under the social distancing measures currently in force. Accompanying the passengers’ journey from check-in to security checks is an LED wall system roughly 130m long (600 square meters), which students and teachers of the AANT (Academy of Arts and New Technologies) have created for the multimedia campaign titled ‘Italian History/Italian Stories’, which showcases the Italian way of life with visual displays, urging passengers to fly again. The initiative seeks to promote the beauty of our Country while highlighting the work of young talents who express Italian excellence in the arts and is part of Aeroporti di Roma’s new strategy, highly focused on innovation.
To ensure maximum comfort, security checks include a ‘Family Lane’ dedicated to families with children and strollers and are equipped with innovative systems to allow for the sanitation of trays in order to give the passenger a smooth and fast transition through the area.
These new introductions represent the first step of a vast and ongoing investment program with relation to the expansion of Terminal 1 and the building of a new boarding area – which will be operational by next summer – that will be at the forefront of European travel and will make ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ airport more efficient, comfortable, safe and sustainable.
