There is a boom in passengers at Rome Fiumicino airport. In fact, in recent weeks, according to what Adnkronos has learned, there is an increase in passenger traffic of 20% compared to the same period last year, demonstrating the strong attractiveness of Rome. With an average of over 150 thousand passengers per day in the month of June, on Friday 14th the Leonardo da Vinci recorded a new record of passengers passing through the airport in a single day: 169 thousand.
These results are supported by a significant growth in intercontinental traffic, up 18% compared to 2019, thanks to the positive performances recorded on flights to North America, which in June counted up to 36 daily departures from Rome to 16 destinations overall, with the New York destination counting up to 11 daily departures, making Fiumicino the 3rd hub in Europe in terms of number of connections to the “Big Apple”, immediately after London and Paris and before Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Madrid.
The international destinations of the European Union record traffic values 26% higher than 2019, led by Spain, followed by the reactivation of connections to purely summer destinations, such as the Greek islands of Kos and Santorini.
Also to simplify the passenger experience in these periods of high traffic, in recent weeks Aeroporti di Roma, in line with the strategy of the Parent Company Mundys which considers innovation one of the main levers of strategic development, new services have been activated Digiport’, a series of innovative digital services for passengers: the Whatsapp Chatbot, which allows you to get notifications on the status of flights in real time, enjoying waiting for the flight without worrying about listening to announcements and checking the displayboards, simply by framing the their arrival the QR Code reproduced in the lower section of the flight information monitors, and, for the 14 gates from E11 to E24, “Smart Boarding” service accessible from the same QR Code which, through a system of microcameras coordinated by Artificial Intelligence, manages to transmit images of the gate to your smartphone and indicate the percentage of those who have already boarded.
