The “Leonardo da Vinci” fountain illuminated in white and red to celebrate the 160 years of the Italian Red Cross: from yesterday evening and throughout today, Saturday 15 June, Aeroporti di Roma celebrates, at Terminal 3 Departures of the airport of Rome Fiumicino, the anniversary of the foundation of the Association, which took place in 1864.
The initiative is part of the renewed collaboration that ADR, a Mundys Group company, and the Italian Red Cross itself are launching on trajectories of common interest such as inclusion, support for women victims of violence, diffusion of the values of sport, universal education to health and healthy lifestyles, combating poverty.
The lighting of the fountain at Rome Fiumicino airport is part of the events organized by the Italian Red Cross in 2024 to testify to the constant presence of the CRI volunteers alongside the most vulnerable, in every context and without any distinction, in 160 years of history of the Association.
“Lighting up the fountain in Fiumicino Terminal 3 in white and red means taking to the field to pay homage to the Italian Red Cross, its history, the daily commitment and the future challenges that characterize the health and social care initiatives involving thousands of volunteers all over the world” declared the President of Aeroporti di Roma, Attorney Vincenzo Nunziata.
“The hope is that this illumination, which will be accompanied by that of numerous other institutional and historical structures, will reach the hearts of those who feel alone, need help or support and give them courage; which strengthens the bond of trust that the population, companies and donors have always had towards the Volunteers of the Italian Red Cross who for 160 years have represented, with their Humanity, one of the most beautiful stories that our country can tell ”, declared Rosario Valastro, President of the Italian Red Cross.
Aeroporti di Roma, a Mundys Group company, manages and develops the Rome Fiumicino and Ciampino airports and carries out other activities connected and complementary to airport management. Fiumicino, the first and only airport in Italy with a 5-star Skytrax rating for excellent standards of service quality, and recognized during 2024 as the best airport in the world for airport security by Skytrax, has two passenger terminals and is dedicated to business and leisure customers on national, international and intercontinental routes; Ciampino is mainly used by low cost airlines, express couriers and general aviation activities. In 2023, Fiumicino and Ciampino airports together reached 44.4 million passengers. Over the last seven years Aeroporti di Roma has received numerous awards, recognitions and quality certificates. The main ones are certainly the AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY AWARD, assigned by ACI World for the category of European airports with over 40 million passengers per year, obtained for the years from 2017 to 2023 for the high level of passenger satisfaction and the ‘ACI EUROPE BEST AIRPORT AWARD, category of airports with over 40 million passengers per year, for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023.
On 12 February 2024 ADR celebrated its fifty years of activity, for the occasion it presented a new logo which, visually tending upwards, symbolizes the constant commitment to excellence and innovation.
