Fiumicino Airport is also known as Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport is the biggest airport in Italy and the 25th largest in the world. The airport is based 35 kilometres from Rome so makes it ideal for both business and tourist visitors to visit the city and to use as a starting point to investigating the region. Rome itself is a stunning city full of culture and entertainment and is also a business capital for Italy. Handling over 35 million passengers in 2008 it is certainly of a vast size and is expected to increase over the next decade. The airport handles domestic, European and international airlines and is the international hub for Alitalia. Being such a big airport and also the main business and tourist hub for Rome, there is a big demand for car rental at the airport for passengers arriving, and there are also a lot of car rental agents based their to help.
Even with all the car hire companies both domestic and international based inside the airport, it does not mean that as soon as you arrive there will be a car waiting. Being such a busy airport means that many people also want to book there cars on arrival and without any trouble so most will reserve them in advance. This means that when you turn up looking for a car they may all be reserved and none available. This is where booking online ahead of your trip can really take the pressure off in knowing that your car rental is there and available as soon as your plane lands.