Ehlelwe nguBenet Wilson
I-Airport ye-Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino (i-FCO) yindawo yamazwe ngamazwe ekhonza i- Rome, e-Italy kunye naloo nto yokuhlala kwiklasi ye-Alitalia. I-airport ye-asethi, ngoko ke sinika iingcebiso zokukunceda ukuba uhambe kwindawo leyo ukuba ufika okanye uhamba.
Evuliwe ngo-1961 ngeendlela ezimbini, i-Fiumicino Airport ifumaneka kwiikhilomitha ezingama-30 (18 miles) ukusuka kwisixeko sendawo. Unemiphelo emine yokusingatha abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-40 ngonyaka.
Terminal 1 lawula Izindiza zekhaya, i-Schengen kunye ne-Alitalia ehamba ngeenqwelo ezindizayo, kunye neenqwelo zeekhaya zasekhaya nezaseSchengen eziqhutywe yi-KLM, i-Air France, i-Hop, i-Air Europa, i-Luxair, i-Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée SAEM, i-Etihad yesiFunda-Darwin Airlines, i-Air berlin, i-Niki kunye ne-Air Serbia. I-Terminal 2 isebenza ngeenqwelo zeenqwelo zasekhaya, iSchengen kunye non-Schengen ngu-Easyjet, i-Wizzair, i-Blue Air, i-Sun Express, i-Air Moldova kunye ne-Meridiana, ngaphandle kweenqwelo zeenqwelo eziya e-Olbia kunye neenqwelo zeenqwelo ezihamba phambili ezivela kwi-T3.
I-Terminal 3 isebenza ngeenqwelo zeenqwelo zasekhaya, iSchengen kunye ne-Non-Schengen. I-Terminal 4 ilawula iindiza eziya ngqo eUnited States nase-Israel esebenza yi-American Airlines kunye neenkampani ze-airline zase-Israel.
Abahambi bangabhekisela kwisimo ngexesha langempela kwiziko lewebhu lebhola. Kukho izixhobo zokuhlola ezithandathu zokuphepha kwi-Airport ye-Fiumicino kunye nama-66 x-ray makhonkco ukujonga abagibeli. Isikhumulo seenqwelo-moya sikhulise indawo zayo zokukhusela ukukhawuleza kwiinqwelo zokuhamba kwabagibeli.
I-Customs ingaba inkqubo enokukhawuleza - ukujonga ngokukhawuleza kwipasipoti yakho kwaye uyenziwe. Kodwa kuxhomekeke kumlinganiselo wabahambi kunye nobunzima bexesha, i-process ingabambezeleka kakhulu.
Ukuba ufuna ukuhlala kufuphi nesikhumulo sezindiza, qwa lasela iHilton Rome Airport Hotel, exhunyiwe kwii-terminals ze-Fiumicino nge-tunnel.
Kwakhona ibonelela ngebhasi ye-shuttle yamahhala ukuya edolophini yaseRoma eqhuba izihlandlo ezisibhozo ngosuku.
Kwinqanaba lokufika, kukho i-shuttles kunye neetekisi ezibiza malunga ne-40 zama-Euro okanye i-44, ukuya kwisixeko sendawo. Isitimela saseTren Italia sinokukhetha ukuya eRome. Yiya khona ngezinga lokuhamba ngokuthatha i-pedestrian overpass eyokuthatha kwisikhululo sesitimela. I-nono stop Leonardo da Vinci eRoma Termini i malunga ne-10 zamaRandi (i-R11). Inkonzo encinci, kodwa rhoqo rhoqo inkonzo i malunga ne-5 zama-Euro (i-$ 5).
Xa usuka kwi-FCO, ukuba uhlola umthwalo, lungiselela ulinde ixesha elide kwaye abahambi bayacetyiswa ukuba babonise okungenani iiyure ezintathu phambi kweendiza zamanye amazwe. Ii-airplane zifuna ukubeka i-stickers stickers kuma-passports, ngoko gweba ukulibaziseka kwaye uqinisekise ukuba unayo ngaphambi kokuba uqhubeke esangweni lakho.
Emva kokungena kwi-check-in kunye nokukhuseleka, phefumula kwaye ujabulele ikhofi yakho yokugqibela yaseTaliyane kwenye yeevenkile zee-moya. Okanye uye ukuya kuthengi ukuze uthabathe iimzuzu zokugqibela ezivela kwiivenkile ezifana ne-Armani kunye neGucci, kunye neentengiso ezithengisa iimveliso ezingenzi mveliso zaseNtaliyane.