FIUMICINO – “Together, Beyond Flying”. With this claim, this morning, Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) celebrated its first 50 years of operations. The company, which is part of the Mundys Group and manages Fiumicino’s ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ and Ciampino’s ‘G.B. Pastine’ airports, unveiled its new graphic identity at an event held this morning at Rome Fiumicino airport. The claim reflects the airport management company’s focus on people, while the new logo visually reaches upwards, symbolising the company’s constant commitment to shaping the airport of the future, a place that is attentive to the well-being of all, where development is combined with sustainability, innovation, quality, arts and culture to maintain and improve the level of service excellence offered to passengers.Following a video on the history and future of Rome airports, the event opened with introductory remarks by the Mayor of Fiumicino Mario Baccini, the Minister for Public Administration Paolo Zangrillo, ADR’s Chairman Vincenzo Nunziata, Mundys’ Chairman Giampiero Massolo, ENAV’s Chairwoman Alessandra Bruni and ITA Airways’ Chairman Antonio Turicchi. Journalist Manuela Moreno then moderated the interventions of the Mayor of Ciampino Emanuela Colella; Rome’s Councillor for Major Events, Sport, Tourism and Fashion Alessandro Onorato; the Vice-President of Regione Lazio Roberta Angelilli; the President of Lazio’s Regional Council Antonio Aurigemma; ADR’s CEO Marco Troncone; Ludovica Donzelli and Stefania Del Pizzo from Aeroporti di Roma; ENAC’s Chairman Pierluigi Di Palma; and the Undersecretary to the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security Claudio b.
The event also included a performance by “Compagnia del Teatro Patologico” – staging an extract from “Commedia Divina” – followed by a video address by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
To conclude, the Italian Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi spoke at the ceremony and – together with ADR’s senior management, in live connection with journalist Federica Gentile from Fiumicino airport’s Terminal 1 – unveiled three stained-glass windows attributed to Giotto, on loan from the Ministry of the Interior’s Fondo Edifici di Culto. The pieces, coming from the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, are now located at Terminal 1, in the so-called “Piazza”, where passengers can admire them.
Throughout the event, the speakers traced the milestones of ADR’s first 50 years. Since the company was founded on 12 February 1974, Rome airports have grown to host 44.4 million passengers in 2023, with a flight schedule involving around 100 airlines on 230 routes to over 70 countries, connecting the city of Rome with every continent, and have been distinguishing themselves for their constant and progressive evolution. In particular, the “Leonardo da Vinci” infrastructure has gradually developed to meet the new requirements of increased passengers’ traffic.
“Today, we celebrate half a century of company history. In these 50 years of operations, the company has been able to accompany the epochal changes that have marked the country’s history, adapting to the ongoing social and cultural changes and, sometimes, even anticipating major global changes. By developing the capital’s airports, the company was able to take Rome back to its rightful place – giving it back its centrality and prominence, making it an intercontinental hub for air transport, connecting it to the rest of Italy and the world. It is in this spirit that we will face the coming years, reaffirming our commitment to achieving new goals, innovating, working with and for our territory and supporting future generations, aware of our huge responsibility towards society and our airport community,” said Aeroporti di Roma’s Chairman, Vincenzo Nunziata.
“Aeroporti di Roma is one of the spearheads of our Group in terms of efficiency, innovation and sustainability. As major shareholders in ADR, we are proud to have contributed to the transformation of Fiumicino into one of the best airports in the world. Our challenge, now, is to look at the future with the determination to support ADR in the implementation of its new Sustainable Development Plan. We want to work with the government, the authorities and all relevant institutions to achieve a major systemic operation that will bring prosperity to the entire national economic system. Meanwhile, we would like to extend our best wishes and congratulations to all the employees of ADR on this splendid 50th anniversary,” said Giampiero Massolo, Chairman of Mundys.
“Aeroporti di Roma is celebrating its first 50 years of management with optimism and determination, in particular with regard to the key challenges for the future of air transport – on which both industrial and institutional players will have to focus: the environmental transition, the competitiveness of our national transport system and investments needed to support growth,” said Marco Troncone, CEO of Aeroporti di Roma. “Connectivity means social and economic progress, the promotion of culture, the export of Made in Italy products and of our “know-how”. Through our integrated sustainable development’s strategy, thanks to all our people, we will continue to work as allies of our institutions to lead Italy towards future international ventures and opportunities, representing an added value for our citizens and our local territories.”
