Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport
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Airport HistoryEst. 1961
Fiumicino opened officially on 15 January 1961, though it had already handled traffic informally from August 1960 to help serve the Rome Summer Olympics, and it replaced the smaller Ciampino Airport as Italy's flagship international gateway. Named for Leonardo da Vinci, whose works and inventions are echoed in the terminal decor, it grew into the primary hub first for Alitalia and, since 2021, for its successor ITA Airways. The airport has weathered serious crises, including two Palestinian-linked terrorist attacks in the 1970s and 1980s and a major terminal fire in 2015, but has emerged as Italy's busiest airport and one of Europe's top ten by traffic. It has been operated since its 1997 privatization by Aeroporti di Roma (ADR).
Although not yet formally inaugurated, the airport began handling flights from 20 August 1960 to accommodate air traffic generated by the Rome Summer Olympics.
Fiumicino formally opened on 15 January 1961, replacing Ciampino as Rome's principal airport for international traffic.
On 17 December 1973, Palestinian militants attacked a Pan Am aircraft and hijacked a Lufthansa jet at the airport, killing 34 people in one of the deadliest airport terrorist attacks of the era.
On 27 December 1985, Palestinian gunmen opened fire in the terminal, killing 19 people (plus several attackers) in coordinated attacks that also struck Vienna's airport the same day.
Management of Fiumicino (and Ciampino) passed to newly privatized operator Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), which has run the airport ever since.
A fire broke out overnight on 6–7 May 2015 in the international Terminal 3, forcing closures, mass flight cancellations, and days of disruption while the terminal was repaired.
Terminal 2 closed for good on 15 December 2017 as part of a broader reorganization of the airport's terminal layout.
Following Alitalia's liquidation, successor carrier ITA Airways began operations and established Fiumicino Terminal 1 as its home hub.
Editorial content based on public records (Wikipedia, ADR corporate history pages, contemporary news coverage); the exact year construction began is approximate, as sources describe design and building work occurring in the years leading up to the 1960/1961 opening rather than giving a single precise start date.