Articles Tagged ‘Rome Fiumicino’
Alitalia adds San Francisco, a major unserved market
Alitalia will begin a three-weekly service from Rome to San Francisco in S20, with this the second-largest unserved route from the USA to Western Europe.
30 Second Interview – Federico Scriboni, Route Development Manager – Europe, Aeroporti di Roma
anna.aero’s Assistant Editor, Jonathan Ford, recently met with Aeroporti di Roma’s Federico Scriboni, Route Development Manager-Europe, at the inaugural ceremony of China Southern Airlines’ Guangzhou-Wuhan-Rome Fiumicino route on 17 December. The main topic of discussion was about the expanding presence of Vueling, and how the carrier has helped further develop Fiumicino as a transit hub.
anna.aero helps welcome China Southern Airlines to Rome Fiumicino
anna.aero’s Assistant Editor, Jonathan Ford, was recently invited by Aeroporti di Roma’s Head of Airport Marketing Development, Raffaele Pasquini, to help welcome the arrival of China Southern Airlines’ inaugural flight from Guangzhou and Wuhan to Rome Fiumicino Airport on 17 December. Take a closer look to see how the day’s events unfolded.
Vueling’s Rome expansion designed to help push Alitalia over the edge?
Is this IAG’s way of helping to speed up Alitalia’s demise? Vueling’s decision to expand its Rome base to eight aircraft next summer and start 24 new routes, including seven domestic ones, is hardly good news for the embattled Italian flag-carrier. We track Vueling’s developments in Rome and see what competition the new routes will […]
Alitalia plans 40-route international expansion from Rome Fiumicino, Milan and Venice
Alitalia’s new CEO has an “Industrial Plan” for up to 40 new international routes in the next three years. We look at which routes the airline has already added this year, and what has happened to some of the domestic markets that it (and Air One) are no longer serving this summer.
blu-express focuses on Greece for summer expansion
Italian LCC blu-express is based in Rome and serves some 30 destinations with the help of its parent company Blue Panorama Airlines. But which routes see capacity cutbacks in June, July and August to make way for the seasonal routes to Greece, Spain and Turkey?
Alitalia plans small increase in international capacity from Rome, but 5% cut in domestic capacity this summer
The new, privatised Alitalia continues to evolve its Rome-based network, but which leading country markets will see the greatest changes this June compared with last June? How dominant is the domestic market and which planned new destinations for this summer have had their launch date pushed back to July?
New Alitalia celebrates 2nd birthday; 23 million passengers carried in 2010; 137 routes and 79 destinations this winter
The re-born Alitalia is 2 years old this week. How have passenger numbers and load factors this year compared with 2009? What new routes has it started from which Italian airports in the last 12 months? What’s coming up in 2011 and which major European markets are still being avoided?
ItAli Airlines launches routes to Rome FCO versus Alitalia using MD-82s; first Sukhoi Superjet coming in 2011
Who knew that a little-known Italian carrier was the first in Western Europe to order Sukhoi Superjets? In the mean time the carrier has launched three domestic routes (and one international) using MD-82s. We take a closer look.
Barcelona El Prat now fastest growing of Europe’s major airports; Copenhagen and Rome also up more than 10%
With 10 months of data for 2010 we take a closer look at how Europe’s top 16 airports have performed year-on-year. Which is the only one not to have grown in any month so far this year? And which two airports just escaped this fate thanks to October growth?
easyJet grows flights 13% this winter; nine airports added
easyJet is growing faster than usual this winter. Which country markets and airports will see most new flights compared with last winter, and which are the nine new airports to see orange aircraft this winter?
Return of the Roman Empire? Rome Fiumicino Airport experiences record year
Passenger numbers at Rome’s main airport are up 45% in the last decade, but where does the growth come from? How dominant is Alitalia? Which airlines have announced new routes to the Eternal City and which major airline is rumoured to be next?