Fiumicino airport halved operation reduced to 60 per cent – The Messenger

It’s taken time X for the reduction of operations to 60 percent of the airport of Fiumicino. From midnight last night flights landing and taking off from the Leonardo da Vinci are less, almost half compared to the same period last year. The plan gradual weight loss of the airport, arrived as planned to completion at midnight on Friday, it was decided by the National Civil Aviation Authority as a result of the fire on May 7 and the subsequent seizure of Pier D on the part of the prosecutor’s office Civitavecchia.

The DISCOMFORTS

 Airports in Rome yesterday, to minimize the inconvenience to travelers, although some problems were still registered, has fielded a task force dedicated to passengers: men and women is that the terminals are desk support to travelers giving information on the country of embarkation and on any cancellations. Yesterday with the operation that still stood on the 70 percent the Roman airport was put to the test with a very first examination. But it is today, and even more during the summer if the dock will remain sequestered and if no action is taken in the different distribution of flights between the two Rome airports, which could have major inconvenience. This despite the assurances of the company that manages the airport, and despite the car set in motion over the last 48 hours also by the airlines to inform the passengers. In terms of departures: at midday yesterday the calculation was 7 flights canceled from 12 to 22:10. These are aircraft designed in London, Frankfurt, Palermo, Nice, Turin, Frankfurt, Madrid.

THE INFORMATION

 Not all travelers make it to navigate between websites of airlines, information displays and uncertainties. The queues are normal. A team of employees also operates the train station to welcome and guide the passengers when they arrive at the airport by train. But it is at the arrivals at the stage following the landing to the delivery of luggage, which multiply the problems. There’s someone waiting for forty minutes. In one case a traveler tells of waiting came to two hours. The gradual reduction in flights from 80 to 60 percent willing ENAC Fiumicino Airport from midnight will not result in fact – as it had feared in recent days – the closure of Terminal 3. There will however be limitations . The reduction in flights will be gradual and will cover only critical time periods, ie those with increased flow. They will be guaranteed all intercontinental flights, as well as the international flights will be insured with the islands. In practice, the work will be reorganized and this thanks to an extended programming plan which involved ENAC, Adr and airlines. Raining anyway recommendations for travelers. To all those who have to start being asked to repeatedly check the flight status on the official websites of each carrier. Yesterday evening Aeroporti di Roma has announced that it has sent the Ente Nazionale per l’Aviation Civile, data on air quality found in the airport of Rome Fiumicino following the fire which affected some areas of the airport on the night of May 7. Comparing data, released by the company that manages the Leonardo da Vinci, they show that the values ​​are below the legal limits for the workplace. For those who are employed at the airport it is still alive the fear of those hours. Fear of flames and smoke in a few seconds they filled the whole Terminal 3. The fear that has dragged on for days in the form of protests and sudden illnesses, 200, recorded when the airport is back to work. Until the setback imposed on May 26 by prosecutors in Civitavecchia with the seizure of the dock D.
             
             
                         
         

             Saturday, June 13, 2015, 08:21 – Last Updated: 08:26
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