Airports in Italy (Famgus Aviation Postcards)

Last updated December 2 2021

This page shows my collection of airport postcards from Italy.

The postcards are shown per city.

Number of postcards: 56

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Catania

Catania-Fontanarossa airport
[CTA/LICC]

Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, in Italian Aeroporto Internazionale Vincenzo Bellini di Catania-Fontanarossa,
is an international airport located southwest of Catania.

The airport opened in 1950 since the old Catania airport was too small to handle the growth in air traffic and the demands from larger aircrafts.
It has gradually been built out to cope with increasing demands.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Alitalia

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
SUD Aviation SE-210 Caravelle

Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABT "Denebola"

47275
Ed. Ris. Stefano Vitrò
Catania

CATANIA
Aeroporto

Cancelled: November 19 1968

Genova

Genova-Cristoforo Colombo airport
[GOA/LIMJ]

Genoa Airport also named Christopher Columbus Airport ("Aeroporto Cristoforo Colombo" in Italian), and commonly named Aeroporto di Genova-Sestri Ponente (after the city district where it is located) is an international airport built on an artificial peninsula west of Genoa, Italy.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Alitalia

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
SUD Aviation SE-210 Caravelle

Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABI "Sirio"

GE 206/324
Ed. Ultrafoto
Genova

GENOVA SESTRI
Aeroporto
Internazionale C. Colombo

Cancelled: 1970

GE 253
Ed. Ultrafoto
Genova

Genova Sestri
Aeroporto
C. Colombo

Cancelled: February 19 1967

On all pictures with an aircraft:
Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABI "Sirio"

Milano

Milano-Malpensa Airport
[MXP/LIMC]

Milan Malpensa Airport is the largest international airport in the Milan metropolitan area in northern Italy.

Malpensa Airport officially commenced commercial operations on 21 November 1948 as Aeroporto Città di Busto Arsizio, although the Belgian national flag-carrier Sabena had started flying to Brussels from here a year earlier. On 2 February 1950 Trans World Airlines (TWA) became the first company to fly long-haul flights from Malpensa, using Lockheed Constellations on their services to New York Idlewild Airport.

A change of ownership occurred in 1952 when the Municipality of Milan took control of the airport's operator, the Società Aeroporto di Busto Arsizio. The operator's name was subsequently changed to Società Esercizi Aeroportuali SpA (SEA). After assuming full control, SEA decided to develop Malpensa as an international and intercontinental gateway, whereas Milan's other airport, Linate Airport, would be tasked with handling only domestic services.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Air France
Alitalia
BEA
KLM
Lebanese International Airways
Sabena
Swissair
TWA

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Airspeed Ambassador "Elizabethans"
Boeing B707
Convair CV-440 Metropolitan
de Havilland Comet
Douglas DC-6 and DC-6B
Douglas DC-7
Lockheed Constellation
Lockheed Starliner
SUD Aviation Caravelle
Vickers Viscount

Top right:
Lebanese International Airways
DC-6 OD-ACY

Bottom left:
TWA
Lockheed Starliner
Registration unknown

Bottom right:
Swissair
Convar CV-440 Metropolitan
HB-IMP

Unnumbered
Edizione Bossi
Gallarate

Aeroporto Intercontinentale
della Malpensa

Unused

Unnumbered
Edizione Bossi
Gallarate

Saluti
della Malpensa

Cancelled: October 20 1959

In the air:
TWA
Lockheed Constellation
Registration unknown

In the middle:
Alitalia DC-6B I-DIME

Top right:
Swissair CV-440 HB-IMB

Middle right:
KLM DC-6 PH-DPM

Bottom right:
BEA Vickers Viscount G-AOJD

In the air:
TWA
Lockheed Starliner
Registration unknown

34412
Edizione Bossi
Gallarate

Malpensa Intercontinental Airport

Cancelled: August 7 1959

On the tarmac:
1) An unknown Lockheed Constellation
2) Alitalia Convair CV-440 I-DOVE
3) BEA Airspeed Ambassador
Registration unknown

Top left: Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABE

Top right: US Air Force
C-54 (DC-4)

Bottom: Air France
SUD Aviation Caravelle
F-BJTE
Tail of Sabena
SUD Aviation Caravelle
OO-SRG

1266/1
Edizione I.G.A.P.
Busto Arsizio

Aeroporto Intercontinentale MALPENSA

Cancelled: March 24 1971

1267/1
Edizione Bossi,
Gallarate

Aeroporto Intercontinentale MALPENSA

Unused

Top picture:
Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
Registration unknown
and
BEA
de Havilland Comet
Registration unknown

Bottom picture:
KLM DC-7 PM-DSC
and
Lufthansa
Lockheed Super Constellation
D-ALEC

NOTE: Bottom picture has also been used for Milano-Linate postcards. See below ...

Under the wing of an unknown aircraft.

162
Edizione Riservate Giesse
Milano

Airport Milan Malpensa

Cancelled: April 17 1961

Left:
Alitalia
Douglas DC-7
I-DUVI

276
Tecnifoto Giovara
Gallarate

Airport Milan Malpensa

Cancelled: September 30 1961

Right:
KLM
Lockheed Constellation
Registration unknown

Alitalia
Douglas DC-7
I-DUVO

Unnumbered
Edizione Gera
Milano

AEROPORTO INTERCONTINENTALE DI MILANO MALPENSA

Cancelled: October 25 1959

Unnumbered
Edizione Gera
Milano

AEROPORTO INTERCONTINENTALE DI MILANO MALPENSA

Unused

Top picture: TWA
Lockheed Starliner
Registration unknown

Bottom picture: Alitalia
Douglas DC-7
I-DUVO

Aircrafts from left to right:
1) Alitalia Convair CV-340/440,
registration unknown
2) Alitalia Douglas DC-6B I-DIMB
3) TWA, Lockheed Starliner,
registration unknown

6
Edizione S.A.F.

MALPENSA - Aeroporto

Cancelled: 1962

7
Edizione S.A.F.

MALPENSA - Aeroporto

Unused

TWA
Lockheed Starliner
Registration unknown

3
SAR

International Airport of MILAN

Unused

Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DAXT

Sabena
Boeing B707
OO-SJC

MA1
Garanzini, GM Milano Dep

MILANO MALPENSA
Nuovo Aeroporto

Cancelled: May 30 1966

MA2
Garanzini, GM Milano Dep

MILANO MALPENSA
Nuovo Aeroporto

Cancelled: date unreadable

Air France
SUD Aviation Caravelle
F-BHRK

Identified through the construction number visible on the tail ("26").

Milano-Linate Airport or Airport Enrico Forlanini
[LIN/LIML]

Milan Linate Airport is the third international airport of Milan, behind Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport.

The airport was built next to Idroscalo of Milan in the 1930s when Taliedo Airport, one of the world's first aerodromes and airports, became too small for commercial traffic. Linate was completely rebuilt in the 1950s and again in the 1980s.

Since 2001, because of Linate's close proximity to the centre of Milan – only 7 km east of the city centre, compared with Malpensa, which is 41 km northwest of the city centre – its capacity has been reduced by law from 32 slots per hour (technical capacity) down to 22 slots per hour (politically decided capacity) and only domestic or international flights within the EU have been allowed.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Alitalia
KLM
Lufthansa
Sabena
Swissair

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Boeing B727
Douglas DC-7
Douglas-DC-9
Lockheed Constellation
Lockheed L-188 Electra
Lockheed Super Constellation
SUD Aviation SE-210 Caravelle

Please note that on both these postcards below it's also noted: Ed. GIESSE - Milano
In the foreground: Alitalia SUD Aviation Caravelle I-DABA "Regolo" In the background: Alitalia SUD Aviation Caravelle Registration unknown	Unnumbered Edizione Riservata S.E.A. Milano MILANO Airport E. Forlanini Cancelled: September 19 1967	Unnumbered Edizione Riservata S.E.A. Milano MILANO Airport E. Forlanini Cancelled: February 3 1964	In the background: Alitalia Douglas DC-7 Registration unknown

Please note that on both these postcards below it's noted: Fotografia e ediz. riservate GIESSE
Sabena SUD Aviation Caravelle OO-SRE	488 Edizione Riservate GIESSE Milano MILANO Airport E. Forlanini Unused	528 Edizione Riservate GIESSE Milano MILANO Forlanini Airport Cancelled: April 15 1972	Swissair Douglas DC-9-32 Unknown registration

To the left:
Swissair Douglas DC-9-33F HB-IFW

Unnumbered
Edizione Luigi Scrocchi
Milano

MILANO
Aeroporto Forlanini (Linate)

Cancelled: December 28 1977

To the right:
Alitalia DC-9
Registration unknown

Swissair Douglas DC-9-32 HB-IFY

2551
Edizione Riservate S.E.A.
Milano

Forlanini Airport
Milan Linate

Unused

11845 Edizione Riservate S.E.A. Milano Forlanini Airport Milan Linate Cancelled: October 12 1965	11847 Edizione Riservate S.E.A. Milano Forlanini Airport Milan Linate Cancelled: September 22 1965	11848 Edizione Riservate S.E.A. Milano Forlanini Airport Milan Linate Cancelled: July 18 1968	11868 Edizione Riservate S.E.A. Milano Forlanini Airport Milan Linate Cancelled: Novemer 9 1964
Left: KLM DC-7 PH-DSC Right: Alitalia Vickers Viscount, registration unknown	Front: Tail of Lufthansa Lockheed Super Constellation D-ALEC Back: KLM DC-7 PH-DSC	Front: Tail of Lufthansa Lockheed Super Constellation D-ALEC Back: Sabena SUD Aviation Caravelle, reg. unknown	Front left: Alitalia Vickers Viscount Back left: Lufthansa Lockheed Constellation Right: Sabena SUD Aviation Caravelle All three aircrafts reg. unknown

Left (back): Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABE

Right: Tail of KLM
Lockheed L-188C Electra
PH-LLD

MI 359/519
Garanzini, GM Milano Dep

MILANO
Aeroporto di Linate

Cancelled: July 16 1970

MI 361/521
Garanzini, GM Milano Dep

MILANO
Aeroporto di Linate

Cancelled: September 8 1968

Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABE

In the front:
Swissair
SUD Aviation Caravelle
HB-ICZ "Bellinzona"
(Identified through the
Coat of Arms on the front of fuselage)

Bellinzona

256
Muzio, Milano

MILANO
Forlanini Airport

Unused

In the back:
Three Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelles
Registrations unknown

In the far back a Lufthansa Boeing B727
Registration unknown

Palermo

Palermo-Falcone Borsellino Airport (formerly Punta Raisi Airport)
[PMO/LICJ]

Falcone Borsellino Airport or simply Palermo Airport, formerly Punta Raisi Airport, is located at Punta Raisi, west northwest of Palermo, the capital city of the Italian island of Sicily. It is the second airport of Sicily in terms of passengers after Catania-Fontanarossa Airport.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Alitalia

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Douglas DC-9
SUD Aviation SE-210 Caravelle

Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABS "Dubhe"

1280
Edizione Fratelli Bucaro
Palermo

PUNTA RAISI (Palermo)
Airport

Unused

14011
Thaon di Revel
Palermo

PALERMO
"Punta Raisi" Airport

Unused

Alitalia
Douglas DC-9
Registration unknown

I think I can see the letters "ZE" on the nose wheel "cover".

Rimini

Rimini-Federico Fellini International Airport (formerly Rimini Miramare Airport)
[RMI/LIPR]

Federico Fellini International Airport, formerly Rimini Miramare Airport, is an international airport located at Miramare, southeast of Rimini, Italy. The airport is named after Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Alitalia
Olympic Airways

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Douglas DC-7
de Havilland Comet
SUD Aviation SE-210 Caravelle

In the front:
Olympic Airways
de Havilland Comet
G-ARJL

MR 68
A. B. R.

Riviera Adriatica
Miramare di Rimini

Unused

In the back:
1) Alitalia, SUD Aviation Caravelle, I-DABE "Rigel"
2) Unknown Douglas DC-7
3) Unknown SUD Aviation Caravelle
4) Most likely a Pan Am jet starting,
Boeing B707 or Douglas DC-8

Roma

Rome-Ciampino International Airport "G. B. Pastine"
[CIA/LIRA]

Rome—Ciampino International Airport "G. B. Pastine", is the secondary international airport of Rome, the capital of Italy, after Rome-Fiumicino Airport "Leonardo da Vinci".

It is a joint civilian, commercial and military airport situated south southeast of central Rome, just outside the Greater Ring Road the circular motorway around the city.

It was Rome's main airport until 1960. After the opening of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Ciampino handled almost exclusively charter and executive flights for more than three decades. However, the terminal facilities were extended at the beginning of 2007 to accommodate the growing number of low-cost carrier operations.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Air India
Alitalia
BEA
El Al Israel Airlines
KLM
LAI - Linee Aeree Italiane
SAS
South African Airways
TAE - National Greek Airlines

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Convair CV440 Metropolitan
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-4
Douglas DC-6
Douglas DC-7
Lockheed Constellation
Lockheed Super Constellation
Vickers Viscount

In the foreground:
Alitalia
Convair CV-440 Metropolitan
I-DOGI

13161
Edizione Astori

Aeroporto Ciampino - Roma - Linee Nazionali

Cancelled: 1959

In the background:
Alitalia
Douglas DC-3
Registration unknown

In the air:
Air India
Lockheed Super Constellation
VT-DIL

Unnumbered
Edizione Biasi
Ciampino

Saluti da Ciampino

Cancelled: December 3 1960

Picture top right:
Front: KLM, Douglas DC-7, PH-DSC
Back: BEA, Vickers Viscount, registration unknown

Picture middle right:
KLM
Lockheed Super Constellation
PH-LKE

	31274 Edizione Binelli Aeroporto Int. Ciampino (Roma) - Aeroplano 'VISCOUNT' Unused	47966 Edizione Binelli Aeroporto Internazionale Ciampino (Roma) Cancelled: date unreadable	48039 Edizione Binelli Aeroporto Internazionale Ciampino (Roma) Cancelled: date unreadable
	BEA Vickers Viscount G-AMAV	South African Airways Lockheed Constellation Registration unknown	KLM Lockheed Constellation Registration uknown

SAS
Douglas DC-6/DC-6B
Registration unkown

39533
Edizione Fermanelli

Aeroporto Ciampino Ouest

Cancelled: September 21 1954

In the air in the middle of the postcard: LAI - Linee Aeree Italiane Douglas DC-6B I-LYNX	11905 Giorgio Ciappi & Figlio Ciampino Saluti da Ciampino Cancelled: August 30 1960	Top left In the front: El Al Airlines Lockheed Constellation 4X-AKB In the back: TAE - National Greek Airlines Douglas DC-4 SX-DAC Top right: The opposite from "top left" i.e., TAE in front, El Al in back
The photos for this postcard must have been taken latest 1957. The first reason is that 1957 LAI became Alitalia. The second reason is that TAE was sold to Aristotle Onassis in 1956, becoming Olympic Airways 1957!

Rome-Fiumucino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci"
[FCO/LIRF]

The airport was officially opened on 15 January 1961, with two runways, replacing the smaller Rome Ciampino Airport,
which remains in service for some low-cost airlines as well as domestic and charter operations.

Despite being officially opened in 1961, Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport had actually been in use since 20 August 1960.
This was to help relieve air traffic that was congesting Rome Ciampino Airport during the 1960 Summer Olympics.

During the 1960s, home-carrier Alitalia invested heavily in the new airport,
building hangars and maintenance centres; in the same period a third runway was added (16L/34R).

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Aerolineas Argentinas
Air France
Alitalia
BEA British European Airways
El Al Israel Airlines
JAL Japan Airlines
MSA Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
MEA Middle East Airlines
Olympic Airways
Pakistan International Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Sabena
SAS Scandinavian Airlines System
Swissair
TWA Trans World Airlines
United Arab Airlines

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Boeing B707
de Havilland Comet 4
Douglas DC-7
Douglas DC-8
Lockheed Starline
SUD Aviation Caravelles
Vickers Viscount

A number of aircrafts can be seen,
no registrations can be identified:

1) TWA, Lockheed Starline.
2) Olympic Airways, de Havilland Comet 4.
3) Sabena, Douglas DC-7.

66
Edizione Belvedere
Roma

Roma Fiumicino
Aeroporto Intercontinentale Leonardo da Vinci

Unused

In the far background one can see:

Several SUD Aviation Caravelles (Air France, Alitalia).
One Alitalia Douglas DC-8.

Maybe a Vickers Viscount and a Convair.

5 aircrafts seen, no registration can be identified. 1) United Arab Airlines, de Havilland Comet 4. 2) Olympic Airways, de Havilland Comet 4. 3) MEA Middle East Airlines, de Havilland Comet 4. 4) Alitalia, SUD Aviation Caravelle. 5) Unidentified Lockheed Constellation.	77 Edizione Belvedere Roma Roma Fiumicino Aeroporto Intercontinentale Leonardo da Vinci Unused	79 Edizione Belvedere Roma Roma Fiumicino Aeroporto Intercontinentale Leonardo da Vinci Unused	7 aircrafts seen, no registrations can be identified. 1) Alitalia, SUD Aviation Caravelle. 2) Alitalia, Douglas DC-8. 3) Japan Air Lines, Douglas DC-8. 4) Alitalia, SUD Aviation Caravelle. 5) Pan Am Boeing B707 or Douglas DC-8 6) El Al Israel Airlines, Boeing B707 7) El Al Israel Airlines, Boeing B707
I have also have a postcards numbered 78 Edizionen Belvedere. It's identical to number 78 Foto Rapida Color Terni below. The Belvedere postcard is cancelled 1963, the Terni 1972. Is the Terni one a re-issue or have I confused publisher and printer?

Aerolineas Argentinas
de Havilland Comet 4
LV-AHS

Unnumbered
G. Martelli

FIUMICINO
Aeroporto Intercontinentale "Leonardo da Vinci"

Unused

1833 Edizione OTO Roma FIUMICINO Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci' Unused	1837 Edizione OTO Roma FIUMICINO Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci' Cancelled: date unredable	1841 Edizione OTO Roma FIUMICINO Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci' Cancelled: January 26 1973	5374 Edizione OTO Roma FIUMICINO Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci' Unused
From front to back: 1) Air France, SUD Aviation Caravelle, F-BHRM 2) Alitalia, Douglas DC-8, reg. unknown. 3) TWA, Boeing B707 or Douglas DC-8	Alitalia, SUD Aviation Caravelle, I-DABS	Left: Alitalia, Vickers Viscount, I-LIFE Right: Alitalia, SUD Aviation Caravelle, I-DAXT or I-DAXI	Front: BEA, Vickers Viscount, G-AOYS Back: SAS, SUD Aviation Caravelle, registration unkown

Foreground:

BEA, de Havilland Comet 4, registration unknown

11999
Edizione OTO
Roma

FIUMICINO
Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci'

Cancelled: August 22 1979

Background:

1) Japan Air Lines, Douglas DC-8, registration unknown
2) Alitalia, Doglas DC-8, registration unknown

Foreground: Swissair
SUD Aviation Caravelle
HB-ICX "Chur"
(Identified through the
Coat of Arms on the front of fuselage)

Chur

Background: TWA
Boeing B707
Registration unknown

42973
Edizione OTO
Roma

FIUMICINO
Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci'

Cancelled: August 29 1966

43239/272
Edizione OTO
Roma

FIUMICINO
Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci'

Cancelled: March 29 1964

Top picture: Alitalia
Convair CV330/440
Registrations unknown

Left bottom & mid bottom:
TWA
Boeing B707
Registrations unknown

Right bottom: Alitalia
Douglas DC-8
Registration unknown

Front:
Pakistan International Airlines
Boeing B707
N723PA
(leased from Pan Am 1960-62)

Back:
TWA Trans World Airlines
Lockheed Starliner
Registration unkown

65
Foto Rapida Color Terni

FIUMICINO - Roma
Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci'

Cancelled: September 17 1971

78
Foto Rapida Color Terni

FIUMICINO - Roma
Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci'

Cancelled: January 15 1972

Front:
Pan American World Airways
Douglas DC-8
Registration unknown

Back:
El Al Israel Airlines
Boeing B707
Registration unknown

Further back:
Several Alitalia SUD Aviation Caravelles, reg's unkown

Front:
Alitalia
Douglas DC-8
I-DIWR "Niccoloso da Recco"

1081
Unknown publisher

FIUMICINO - Roma
Aeroporto Intercontinentale di Roma 'Leonardo da Vinci'

Dated October 14 1973

Back:
1) Malaysia-Singapore Airlines
de Havilland Comet 4
Registration unkown
2) United Arab Airlines
de Havilland Comet 4
Registration unknown
3) Olympic Airways
Boeing 707/720
Registration unknown

Torino

Torino-Caselle International Airport "Sandro Pertini"
[TRN/LIMF]

Turin Airport, also known as Turin-Caselle Airport (Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle), is an airport located at Caselle Torinese, 16 km north-northwest of the city of Turin.

The airport was built in 1953, on the site of a World War II air base, and was renovated in 1989 for the 1990 FIFA World Cup and then again in 2005 in preparation for the Winter Olympics.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Alitalia
SAM

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
SUD Aviation Caravelle

SAM
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABV

1943/D/76
Borgaro
Torino

Aeroporto città di Torino
Caselle

Cancelled: September 23 1976

5
Ediz. SACAT
Torino

Aeroporto città di Torino
e torre de controllo

Cancelled: September 4 1978

Alitalia
SUD Aviation Caravelle
I-DABG