Fiumicino airport scoops major award for sixth time in seven years.

Rome's Fiumicino airport, known officially as Leonardo da Vinci, has been rated Best European Airport for the third year in a row and the sixth time since 2018.

The prestigious recognition, awarded by Airports Council International (ACI) on Wednesday, is in the category of hubs with more than 40 million passengers.

Fiumicino also won the Digital Transformation Award for its commitment to airport innovation, with ACI describing the airport as increasingly "digital, reliable, data-driven and sustainable".

L'aeroporto di #Fiumicino è stato confermato come #BestAirport in Europa per la sesta volta in sette anni!
Il prestigioso riconoscimento, insieme al Digital Transformation Award 2024, è stato assegnato da @ACI_EUROPE all’Assemblea Generale a #Istanbul.#TogetherBeyondFlying pic.twitter.com/35uJx116VZ

— Aeroporti di Roma (@AeroportidiRoma) July 4, 2024

“Obtaining the recognition of Best European Airport by ACI Europe for the sixth time is a source of great pride and satisfaction" - said the CEO of Aeroporti di Roma Marco Troncone - "as it confirms that we are guiding our development in the right direction, thanks to the work and passion of all our people and the entire airport community."

Troncone stressed that the airport's continuing success and its significant increase in traffic is the result of a €2.5 billion investment over the last decade, the equivalent of around half the resources invested in the same period by the entire Italian airport sector.

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