The airport, which is the gateway to Italy for many long-haul travellers, was recognised for a seventh time in 2025 for its "continued commitment to excellence", according to a press release from ACI.
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Fiumicino was “commended by judges on the environmental front," ACI said, particularly for "this year’s launch of Europe’s largest self‑consumption solar farm — producing 30 GWh/year and cutting over 11,000 tons of CO2 annually."
Fiumicino came top of the ACI table of European airports with over 40 million passengers, judged on criteria including service quality, technological innovation and infrastructure efficiency.
London Heathrow was also "highly commended" in this category, ACI said.
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Fiumicino was first rated as the best airport in Europe in 2018, and also ranked the world's "most improved" airport by ACI after being at the bottom of the table just five years earlier in 2013.
“With this year’s victory we consolidate a European record,” stated Marco Troncone, CEO of Aeroporti di Roma (AdR), which runs both Fiumicino and the smaller Ciampino airport.
He noted a "strong growth in traffic to our country," with tourist numbers across Italy set to rise again this summer.
Fiumicino recorded a seven percent increase in passenger traffic in the first five months of this year, compared to the same period in 2024, AdR said.
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