A new service that will allow passengers to travel more comfortably and with less weight on them, even before arriving at the airport. The Leonardo da Vinci of Fiumicino lands in the center of Rome. In fact, a new space has been inaugurated at Termini station where passengers will be able to check in and take their hold luggage on board without additional costs. Thus, from the center of the capital, luggage can be collected directly at the destination airport. This is the novelty offered by “Airport in the City”, the new off-airport check-in service of Aeroporti di Roma, reserved for ITA Airways passengers departing from the Roman airport. A service designed especially for tourists who, on their last day of sightseeing in the Eternal City, will be able to send their luggage hours before the flight and continue to enjoy the city.
How does it work
Travelers can complete the check-in process and leave their hold luggage at Rome Termini at least three and a half hours before the flight departure time, every day from Monday to Sunday from 8:00 to 16:00 , and then collect them directly at the final destination airport. Technical partner of the initiative is OACIS, an international player active for years in various airports around the world in the off-airport check-in service.
The “Airport in the city” station is located within the commercial area of Rome Termini station, with access from Via Giovanni Giolitti 16 and near the Central Market and platform 24, from which the Leonardo Express leaves every day, the non-stop service that connects the train station to Fiumicino Airport in just 32 minutes.
For the initial trial period, “Airport in The city” is exclusively dedicated to travelers with an ITA Airways flight departing on the same day from “Leonardo da Vinci” to any destination (with the exception of the USA and Israel). In the future, other companies will also be able to join the initiative.
The transfer of baggage is also carried out with the utmost attention to environmental sustainability, since the vans used are powered by sustainable fuel produced 100% from renewable raw materials, an element that contributes to the decarbonisation of transport, a trajectory on which Aeroporti di Roma is strongly committed and on which since 2021 it has promoted the Pact for the Decarbonisation of Air Transport in partnership with the main institutions and companies in the sector.
The inauguration
At the official inauguration of “Airport in the City” at Rome Termini station, which took place on Wednesday 15 May, speeches were made by the top management of ADR, the CEO Marco Troncone and the president, lawyer. Vincenzo Nunziata, the president of ITA Airways, Antonino Turicchi, the president of Enac, Pierluigi Di Palma, the regional transport councilor, Fabrizio Ghera, the president of Unindustria, Angelo Camilli. The works concluded with the intervention of the Minister for Tourism Daniela Santanchè. “An initiative that offers an important service because leaving your luggage and then finding it at the airport will allow our tourists, perhaps on the last day of their holidays, to be able to wander around the city or eat at the restaurant, extending their stay – said Santanchè – I believe that this is the right path because tourism can grow if we win the challenge of services and quality. And this is an innovative service, the first in Europe, so I can only applaud this initiative and the spirit of the Italy team.”
With the launch of this new one-of-a-kind service, Rome Fiumicino airport, among only 12 5-star Skytrax airports in the world, recently awarded by the same organization as the best airport overall for airport security procedures, consolidates its its position as the best airport in Europe among those with over 40 million passengers, awarded in mid-March by ACI World for the seventh consecutive year, for the quality of the services offered to passengers.
Flyandvisitrome
Aeroporti di Roma accelerates the implementation of new and innovative opportunities, designed within the Innovation Hub programs, for its passengers, among which “Flyandvisitrome.com” also stands out, a new flight booking platform to offer travelers from all over the world the possibility of finding and purchasing the best tickets by integrating the travel experience with the stop over option in Rome, in order to offer passengers the perfect opportunity to enjoy the beauties of the Capital. A holiday within a holiday to further attract tourist flows to Rome and Italy thanks to the use of the most advanced cross-search tools for itineraries of over 650 airlines; the booking service is provided by TripStack, a reference player in the sector with around 30 million customers a year.
“Our goal with Airport in the City is to bring the services of the star-rated Fiumicino airport to the heart of Rome, a great innovation in Italy and Europe with which we want to improve the travel experience of the thousands of passengers who pass through every day ‘Leonardo da Vinci’, the first gateway to our country. It is an initiative resulting from the strong drive for innovation, the central direction of our strategy to increase the spectrum of services to offer to our passengers, as is the launch of the FlyandvisitRome.com platform which aims to further promote the opportunity to visit our country and, above all, the Capital. In this sense, inaugurating an outpost at Termini Station, with the precious support of ITA Airways and OACIS, strengthens our presence in the city to increasingly play as protagonists, in full synergy with the institutions, also while awaiting important events of global importance that await us, above all the Jubilee 2025” declared the CEO of Aeroporti di Roma, Marco Troncone.
“It is with great satisfaction that today we join Aeroporti di Roma to celebrate the inauguration of Airport in the city, a service that makes the travel experience increasingly agile and comfortable – declared Antonino Turicchi, president of ITA Airways – This project reflects the close collaboration between ITA Airways and Aeroporti di Roma, highlighting the shared commitment to innovation and sustainability in the transport sector. With Aeroporti di Roma we share the vision of an intermodal future, where the aircraft integrates with others means of transport to offer efficient and convenient travel solutions. We look forward with enthusiasm towards new challenges and opportunities, ready to continue this fruitful collaboration for the good of our passengers and the entire country system”.
“The ADR ‘Airport in the city’ project is fully part of the process of innovation and interconnection of air transport that Enac has been pursuing for some time” – observes Enac president Pierluigi Di Palma. “The Fiumicino Hub, the first gateway to Italy and repeatedly awarded as the best airport in Europe, develops integration with Termini station, the first national railway hub, strengthening air-rail intermodality. With the Termini Fiumicino off-airport check-in, the Italian aviation sector reconfirms itself as an innovative, sustainable reality and, above all, attentive to passenger rights with the offer of quality services which, today, represent the most important element for consumer choices”.
