Milano Malpensa Airport "City of Milan" (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC), former "Aeroporto Città di Busto Arsizio" [2] is Milan's largest airport. It is located 21.58 NM (39.97 km; 24.83 mi) northwest[1] of central Milan, Italy. It is one of 3 airports in the Milan metropolitan area. The airport is connected to Milan by the Milano-Varese highway as well as by the "Malpensa Express" train starting from the Milan Cadorna railway station (LeNord regional railways) and taking about 40 minutes. It is also connected to Linate Airport by a scheduled bus service and by Milan's local transportation. The Milan airport system has a third international airport, Orio al Serio Airport, which serves low-cost traffic. Malpensa handled over 23.8 million passengers in 2007 (over 33 million with Linate, the second airport of Milan, closer to downtown and over 39 million with Orio al Serio Airport, Milan's low-cost airport). As of early 2008, Malpensa remains the top Italian airport in terms of international traffic, together with Rome Leonardo da Vinci Airport in terms of total passengers. As far as hub transit passengers are concerned it is also the second airport in Italy after Rome, according to ASSAEROPORTI traffic data. It is also the leading air freight gateway to Italy. Malpensa serves a population of over 15 million inhabitants. easyJet has a dedicated Terminal (T2) and Malpensa is that company's biggest base outside the UK. In 2008 Lufthansa announced plans to create its first hub outside Germany, and its fourth European hub.[3] In October 2008 Lufthansa set up its Italian division, Lufthansa Italia. SEA and Lufthansa have a memorandum of understanding for future development and improvement of current facilities. In July 2009 Lufthansa announced that has requested 10 additional daily slots at Malpensa.[4] Malpensa has two terminals and a third runway has been announced, with completion set for 2012.[5] There is also a dedicated cargo terminal called "CargoCity", which currently handles over 410,000 tons of yearly traffic. [edit] Terminals, airlines and destinations Malpensa has two terminals: - Terminal 1
- is divided into three sections:
- 1A handles domestic and intra-Schengen flights
- 1B handles non-Schengen flights
- 1C is currently closed for redevelopment
- Terminal 2
- is used by low-cost carriers and for charter services
| Airlines | Destinations | Terminal | | Aegean Airlines | Athens, Heraklion, Thessaloniki | 1A | | Aer Lingus | Dublin [seasonal] | 1B | | Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 1B | | Air Algérie | Algiers | 1B | | Air Alps | Perugia | 1A | | AirBaltic | Riga | 1A | | Air Berlin | Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Nuremberg, Stuttgart [begins 28 March] | 1A | | Air China | Shanghai-Pudong | 1B | | Air Dolomiti | Perugia, Salerno | 1A | | Air Europa | Madrid | 1A | | Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 1A | | Air France operated by Airlinair | Lyon | 1A | | Air France operated by Régional | Bastia [begins 29 May; seasonal] Lyon, Nantes, Toulouse | 1A | | Air Italy | Cartagena, Fortaleza, La Romana, Maceio, Natal, Nosy Be, Porto Seguro, Salvador da Bahia | 1B | | Air Malta | Malta | 1A | | Air Mauritius | Mauritius | 1B | | Air Moldova | Chisinau | 1B | | Air Seychelles | Mahé | 1B | | Alitalia | Catania | 1A | | Alitalia | Miami [resumes 3 June], New York-JFK, São Paulo-Guarulhos [ends 28 March], Tokyo-Narita, Tripoli | 1B | | Alitalia operated by Air One | Bari, Catania, Rome-Fiumicino, Palermo | 1A | | Alitalia operated by Air One | Algiers, Cairo, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Borypsil, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Sofia, Tirana, Tel Aviv, Tripoli, Tunis | 1B | | AMC Airlines | Sharm el-Sheikh | 1B | | American Airlines | New York-JFK | 1B | | Arkia Israel Airlines | Tel Aviv | 1B | | Atlas Blue | Marrakech | 1B | | Atlasjet | Antalya | 1B | | Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Vienna | 1A | | Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku | 1B | | Belavia | Minsk | 1B | | Belle Air | Tirana | 1B | | Blue Panorama Airlines | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Cayo Largo, Havana, La Romana, Montego Bay, Phuket, Punta Cana, Roatan, Santa Clara, Varadero | 1B | | Blue1 | Helsinki | 1A | | British Airways | London-Heathrow | 1B | | Brussels Airlines | Brussels | 1A | | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong [begins 28 March] | 1B | | City Airline | Gothenburg-Landvetter [begins 15 April][6] | 1A | | Continental Airlines | Newark | 1B | | Corendon Airlines | Antalya | 1B | | Cyprus Airways | Larnaca, Rome-Fiumicino | 1B | | Czech Airlines | Prague | 1A | | Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, New York-JFK [seasonal] | 1B | | easyJet | Agadir [begins 12 February], Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux [begins 30 April], Brindisi, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest-Henri Coanda, Cagliari, Casablanca [begins 11 February], Catania, Copenhagen, Corfu [begins 10 July], Dubrovnik [seasonal], Edinburgh, Heraklion [seasonal], Ibiza, Lamezia Terme, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Malta [begins 30 June], Marrakech, Mykonos, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porto [begins 12 February], Prague, Rhodes [seasonal], Rome-Fiumicino, Santorini [begins 11 July], Split, Sofia, Stockholm-Arlanda, Thessaloniki [begins 28 March] | 2 | | EgyptAir | Cairo, Luxor, Sharm el-Sheikh | 1B | | El Al | Tel Aviv | 1B | | Elbafly | Elba [seasonal] | 1A | | Emirates | Dubai | 1B | | Estonian Air | Tallinn | 1A | | Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi | 1B | | Eurofly | Fuerteventura, Mykonos [seasonal], Santorini [seasonal], Tenerife-Sur Reina Sofia | 1A | | Eurofly | Cairo, Chisinau, Colombo, Dakar, Hurghada, Mahé, Malé, Marsa Alam, Mauritius, Mombasa, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tel Aviv, Zanzibar | 1B | | Europe Airpost | Lourdes | 1A | | Finnair | Helsinki, Rovaniemi [seasonal] | 1A | | Flybaboo | Geneva, Marseilles | 1A | | Flybe | Birmingham, Manchester | 1B | | Freebird Airlines | Antalya, Istanbul | 1B | | Germanwings | Cologne/Bonn | 1A | | Iberia | Madrid | 1A | | Icelandair | Reykjavik-Keflavik [seasonal] | 1A | | Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini | 1B | | Israir | Tel Aviv | 1B | | Itali Airlines | Lampedusa, Lourdes | 1A | | Japan Airlines | Tokyo-Narita | 1B | | Jat Airways | Belgrade | 1B | | Jet4you | Casablanca | 1B | | Karthago | Djerba, Monastir | 1B | | KLM | Amsterdam | 1A | | Korean Air | Seoul-Incheon | 1B | | Libyan Airlines | Tripoli | 1B | | Livingston Energy Flight | Faro, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Ibiza, Karpathos, Kos, Lourdes, Minorca, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Santorini | 1A | | Livingston Energy Flight | Antigua, Banjul, Barbados, Boa Vista, Cancún, Cartagena, Cayo Largo, Colombo, Dakar, Djerba, Donetsk, Dubai, Fortaleza, Havana, Holguin, Hurghada, La Romana, Larnaca, Luxor, Maceio, Malé, Marka, Marsa Alam, Mersa Matruh, Mombasa, Montego Bay, Natal, Panama City, Phnom-Penh, Phuket, Porto Santo, Porto Seguro, Punta Cana, Recife, Sal, Salvador da Bahia, San Salvador, Sharm el-Sheikh, St Lucia, Tenerife-South, Varadero, Zanzibar | 1B | | LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw | 1A | | Lufthansa | Barcelona, Bari, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Madrid, Munich, Naples, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino | 1A | | Lufthansa | Bucharest-Henri Coanda | 1B | | Lufthansa operated by bmi | London-Heathrow | 1B | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti | Munich | 1A | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air | Stuttgart | 1A | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings | Düsseldorf | 1A | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart | 1A | | Luxair | Luxembourg | 1A | | Malév Hungarian Airlines | Budapest | 1A | | Meridiana operated by Eurofly | Fuerteventura, Tenerife-South | 1A | | Middle East Airlines | Beirut | 1B | | Mistral Air | Pantelleria | 1A | | Mistral Air | Hurgada, Tel Aviv | 1B | | Montenegro Airlines | Podgorica | 1B | | Neos | Amsterdam, Brindisi, Chania, Copenhagen, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Heraklion, Ibiza, Karpathos, Kos, Lamezia Terme, Lisbon, Lourdes, Madrid, Malaga, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Porto Santo, Rhodes, Satorini, Seville, Skiathos, Tenerife-South | 1A | | Neos | Agadir, Amman, Antalya, Antigua, Aqaba, Banjul, Boa Vista, Cairo, Cancún, Cap Skirring, Djerba, Dubai, Havana, Holguin, Hurghada, La Romana, Larnaca, Mahé, Malaga, Malé, Marka, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Merida, Mersa Matruh, Mombasa, Montego Bay, Nosy Be, Pointe-à-Pitre, Punta Cana, Ras al Khaimah, Recife, Sal, Salvador da Bahia, Samana, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tel Aviv, Zanzibar | 1B | | Niki | Vienna | 1A | | Northwest Airlines | New York-JFK [begins 2 June; seasonal] | 1B | | Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen [begins 29 March] | 2 | | Nouvelair | Djerba, Monastir | 1B | | Olympic Air | Athens | 1A | | Pakistan International Airlines | Islamabad, Lahore | 1B | | Qatar Airways | Doha | 1B | | Rossiya | St Petersburg | 1B | | Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca | 1B | | Royal Jordanian | Amman | 1B | | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Riyadh | 1B | | Scandinavian Airlines System | Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen | 1A | | Singapore Airlines | Singapore1 | 1B | | SriLankan Airlines | Colombo | 1B | | Star1 Airlines | Vilnius | 1B | | SunExpress | Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir | 1B | | Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich | 1A | | Swiss operated by Swiss European Air Lines | Zürich | 1A | | Syrian Air | Aleppo, Damascus | 1B | | TAM Airlines | São Paulo-Guarulhos | 1B | | TAP Portugal | Lisbon, Porto | 1A | | Thai Airways International | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi | 1B | | Tunisair | Djerba, Monastir, Tozeur, Tunis | 1B | | Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 1B | | Twin Jet | Marseilles | 1A | | Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil, L'viv | 1B | | Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent | 1B | | Vueling Airlines | Barcelona, Valencia | 1A | [edit] Cargo airlines | Airlines | Destinations | | Air Atlanta Icelandic | | | Air China Cargo | Beijing-Capital, Shanghai-Pudong, Vienna | | Asiana Cargo | London-Stansted, Seoul-Incheon | | Atlas Air | Lima, Santa Maria | | AirBridgeCargo Airlines | Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Maastricht, Moscow-Sheremetyevo | | CAL Cargo Air Lines | Liège, Tel Aviv | | Cargoitalia | Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Hong Kong, New York-JFK, Toronto-Pearson | | Cargolux | Luxembourg, New York-JFK | | Cargolux Italia | Baku, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Luxembourg, Osaka-Kansai, Taipei-Taoyuan | | Cathay Pacific | Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London-Heathrow, Manchester, New York-JFK | | China Airlines | Dubai, Manchester, Taipei-Taoyuan | | China Cargo Airlines | Amsterdam, Shanghai-Pudong, Urumqi | | Cygnus Air | Madrid | | DHL Aviation | London-Heathrow, London-Luton, London-Stansted | | Emirates SkyCargo | Dubai | | Etihad Crystal Cargo | Abu Dhabi, Tripoli | | European Air Transport | London-Heathrow | | FedEx Express | Ancona, Cologne/Bonn, Frankfurt, Memphis, Newark, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Venice-Marco Polo | | Great Wall Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong [begins January 2010] | | Kalitta Air | | | Korean Air | Navoiy, Seoul-Incheon | | Lufthansa Cargo | Detroit, Frankfurt, Shannon | | MNG Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk, Paris-Charles de Gaulle | | Nippon Cargo Airlines | Amsterdam, Nagoya-Centrair, Tokyo-Narita | | Polar Air Cargo | | | Polet Airlines | Khartoum | | Qatar Airways | Doha | | Saudi Arabian Airlines | Brussels, Jeddah, Riyadh | | Southern Air | Atlanta, Chicago-O'Hare, New York-JFK | | TAROM Cargo | Bucharest-Henri Coandă | | West Air Sweden | | | World Airways | Baltimore, Chicago-O'Hare, Mexico City, New York-JFK | [edit] Transport links - From late 2009 there will be a shuttle connection between Malpensa Airport railway station and Busto Arsizio FS [7]. From here there are connections with Milan's railway stations of Milano Centrale and Milano Porta Garibaldi.
- The Malpensa-Varese-Mendrisio (CH)-Lugano (CH) line is being built and will be finished by 2012. There are future plans also to connect Gallarate Station (FS) and Milan's Centrale Station (FS) allowing for easy connections onto high-speed international lines.
Malpensa Shuttle and Malpensa Bus Express connect the airport to Milan Central Station (Trenitalia's National Railway hub) and the metro. Stops at the Milan Fair are provided on request. Travel time is about an hour (longer during heavy traffic). A free shuttle bus links Terminal 1 & 2 every 20 minutes 24 hours a day, within the airport. Malpensa is also connected by bus to Linate Airport and to various cities in northern Italy and Switzerland. Taxis are available at the Arrivals of Terminal 1 & 2. [edit] Automobile connections Malpensa Airport is connected by a four-lane highway to the A8 motorway (connecting Switzerland to Milan) and by a four-lane highway to the A4 motorway linking Milan to Turin and to the Strada Statale 11. [edit] Ground handling Ground handling services have been slowly deregulated and have seen SEA (the airport authority) create SEA Handling and the arrival of private handler ATA Handling. ATA Handling provides all services apart from bus transport to/from aircraft (originally subcontracted to SEA Handling, now subcontracted to Air Pullman) and disabled assistance. Up to 2001 all ground handling services were provided by SEA and TWA. In the first few years of deregulation some airlines put their own staff for customer assistance but Air One and British Airways realised that it was too expensive and so dismissed them. United Airlines stopped flying to Malpensa. To date the only airline with its own check-in staff remains KLM. Passenger handling is provided by SEA Handling, ATA Handling, Aviapartner, Globeground Italia and ICTS Italia. Ramp services are provided by SEA Handling, ATA and recently Aviapartner. SEA Handling provides 80% of ramp services mostly thanks to its major customer Alitalia. In May 2006, Italy's Civil Aviation Authority took off the limitation of two ramp handlers. Aviapartner and ARE Group announced that they would create a new company called Aviapartner (owned 51% by Aviapartner and 49% ARE Group) to serve Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino. There are fears that luggage mishandling will go up. Aviapartner has started operating serving Iberia flights and signing more contracts as time has gone on. However, SEA Handling maintains a dominant position and is reorganising itself to be more competitive by going from a monopolistic mentality to free market one. [edit] Security services Airport security services were transferred in 2000 from the Polizia di Stato (State Police) to SEA which created an internal division called SEA Airport Security. Up to 2002 SEA was assisted by IVRI in providing security services but the contract was not renewed. SEA Airport Security is supervised by Polizia di Stato (Italian State Police), Guardia di Finanza (Italian Military Customs Police) and Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile (Italy's Civil Aviation Authority). Carabinieri supervise ramp entrance. Furthermore some airlines rely on private security companies (such as ICTS Italia, SEA Airport Security, Gruppo Sicurezza etc) to provide ID check and airplane guarding. [edit] References [edit] External links
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