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| Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, also known as Fiumicino International Airport, is one of Italy's chief airports, located in Fiumicino and serving Rome. Its IATA Airport Code is FCO. Its ICAO Airport Code is LIRF. |
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Fiuminicio and Varese's Malpensa International Airport (which serves Milan) have fought, each trying to become the chief international gateway into Italy.
The airport, named after Leonardo da Vinci, is completely non-smoking. It is one of two hubs of the Italian flag carrier Alitalia.
On December 17, 1973 Pan Am Flight 110 was attacked by Palestinian terrorists. 30 passengers were killed when phosphorus bombs were thrown aboard the aircraft as it was preparing for departure.
On December 27, 1985, Palestinian terrorists shot several people dead at this airport, see Rome and Vienna Airport Attacks.
On April 2, 1986, TWA Flight 840, which was travelling from Fiumicino to Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece was bombed, sucking 4 people out of the plane to their deaths. The plane landed safely.
Leonardo Da Vinci Airport has three terminals:
Terminals
Terminal A
* Aero Littoral
* Air Alps
* Air Columbia
* Air Exel
* Air One
* Air Valee
* Alitalia (Italy)
* Azzurra
* Gandalf
* Meridiana
* Volare Group
Terminal B
* Aegean Cronus
* Air Europa
* Air France
* Alitalia (Europe)
* Austrian Airlines
* Corsair
* Germanwings
* Iberia
* Lufthansa
* Luxair
* Olympic Airways
* Scandinavian Airlines System
* Swiss International Airlines
* TAP Air Portugal
* Virgin Express
Terminal C
* Aer Lingus
* Aeroflot
* Air Canada
* Air China
* Albanian Airlines
* Alitalia (Europe and the rest of the World)
* American Airlines (Seasonal)
* Belavia
* British Airways
* British Airways CitiExpress
* Bulgari Air BG
* Continental Airlines
* Croatia Airlines
* CSA Czech Airlines
* Delta Air Lines
* El Al
* Emirates
* Ethiopian Airlines
* Kuwait Airways
* Libyan Arab Airlines
* LOT Polish
* Malaysia Airlines
* MALEV Hungarian
* Middle East Airlines Liban (MEA)
* Montenegro Airlines
* Northwest Airlines (Seasonal)
* Qatar Airways
* Royal Jordanian
* Saudi Arabian Airlines
* TAROM
* Tunisair
* Turkish Airlines
* Ukraine International
* US Airways
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