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Re: Rome Ciampino to Rome Fiumicino Airport

by mccalpin

The Schiaffini bus company states that it runs a bus from Ciampino to Fiumicino (and vice-versa, one assumes) for 5 euro:
"CIAMPINO AEROPORTO – FIUMICINO AEROPORTO
Dalla fermata dei mezzi pubblici dell’Aeroporto di Ciampino, posta all’uscita dell’aerostazione, si può raggiungere direttamente l’aeroporto intercontinentale “L. Da Vinci” di Fiumicino in 45 minuti e senza fermate intermedie.
Il biglietto costa € 5.00 e si acquista o sul bus o da un nostro incaricato addetto alla vendita, riconoscibile da apposito cartellino identificativo.
Da Fiumicino, la partenza del bus avviene dalla fermata COTRAL posta allo stallo dei mezzi pubblici degli arrivi tra il terminal “A” e il terminal “B”."
(Ciampino Airport to Fiumicino Airport
From the public transportation stop at Ciampino Airport, placed at the terminal exit, you can go directly to the intercontinental Leonardo da Vinci airport at Fiumicino in 45 minutes and without intermediate stops.
The ticket costs 5 euro and you can get it either on the bus or from one of our employees, recognizable by the proper ID (I assume this means that there may be an employee standing near the bus stop much of the time).
From Fiumicino, the bus departure is from the COTRAL spot in the public transportation area at the Arrivals area between Terminal A and B.)
[this is from http://www.schiaffini.com/serviaerociampb.htm - the English pages do not work]

Oh, when you look at the timetable, it says, "Schedule temporarily suspended'. OOPS!!!!!

Listen, in case their website is not up to date, you may want to contact them at
00134 Roma / Loc.tà Santa Palomba
Via delle Strelitzie, 36
Tel. +39.06.7130531
Fax. +39.06.7130537
email: info@schiaffini.com
www.schiaffini.com

Otherwise, you could certainly take a bus from Ciampino to Roma Termini, then take another bus from Termini to Fiumicino...this would be annoyingly out of the way, but certainly doable - see http://www.sitbusshuttle.it/

Note that the SITBUS is for anyone; the Terravision bus (which makes the same Termini trips) has traditionally been only for passengers on certain discount airlines.

Once you discard any hope of going straight from A to B, then there are a variety of ways to proceed; for example, you could take to SITBUS or Terravision bus to Termini, then take the Leonardo Express (train) to Fiumicino...this will be somewhat more expensive but may be somewhat faster.

Bill