Rome will have soon a new airport.
In these days Rome airport authorities are debating about the possibilities to build or not a new airport in Rome.
At the moment Rome has three airports: Fiumicino, for the international flights, Ciampino, for the low cost companies, and the City airport ( aeroporto dell' Urbe ), normally used as miltary airport as well as training center for the italian pilots and the helicopters of Rome.
In these months the passengers traffic at Ciampino airport increased and the city needs also to move part of the low cost air traffic from Ciampino to Fiumicino.
Three are the projects for the future of the Rome airports:
1- Ciampino airport is overloaded;
2-Fiumicino airport can be extended with a new terminal C, with the possibility to host more low cost european aircrafts.
3-The City airport ( aeroporto dell'Urbe ) located in the north of Rome will be transformed into a business traveler airport.
Originally the city airport was inhaugurated in 1928 and until World War II it was the major airport of the civil aviation in Italy. Until it was bombed in 1943 it had several buildings used for the airport management and a pilots training school. The city airport has a great potential but it needs infrastructures and investments of around 10 milion USD. This airport will be better connected to the city of Rome with a new road that will reach in 15 minutes the vatican city.
The italian goverment is also thinking to move the traffic of the state aircrafts to the city airport.
On the discussion table organized by the local government of Rome there is the deal of how low cost company can pay less if they land at Fiumicino airport and also the study of the pollution impact based on the european environment paramethers.
Stefano Sandano is an archaeologist of Rome and expert of his city. You can find out more informations about Rome airports visiting http://www.rome-airport.org
Reply to this I'm not sure a new airport would be the answer to any problems. Maybe making Fiumicino larger, and making transportation there a little more convienient would be the better answer.
This brings an interesting (or maybe not) question regarding airports in Europe and their locations. Maybe a new thread could be started, but we'll see.
Milan (Malpensa) - Awkward and out of the way, although very nice once there. It seems costly to get to and from, it's a good 45min to 1 hour bus ride from the seedy terminal in Milan. I will say that sleeping at this airport was great though. Felt very safe, and especially on the second level of the terminal, there were some very nice seating areas to sleep on till about 7am.
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