Malpensa Airport

Milan Malpensa Airport "City of Milan" Aeroporto di Milano-Malpensa "Città di Milano"
IATA: MXP – ICAO: LIMC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		SEA Aeroporti di Milano
Serves		Milan
Location		Somma Lombardo, Italy
Hub for		Air One CargoLux Italia
Focus city for		Air Italy AlbaStar Alitalia Blue Panorama Airlines easyJet Livingston Meridiana Fly Neos Air
Elevation AMSL		768 ft / 234 m
Coordinates		45°37′48″N 008°43′23″E / 45.63000°N 8.72306°E / 45.63000; 8.72306Coordinates: 45°37′48″N 008°43′23″E / 45.63000°N 8.72306°E / 45.63000; 8.72306
Website		www.milanomalpensa.eu
Map
MXP Location within Italy
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
17L/35R	3,920	12,861	Asphalt
17R/35L	3,920	12,861	Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers			18,537,301
Passenger change 11-12			-4.0%
Aircraft movements			174,892
Movements change 11-12			-8.4%
Source: ASSAEROPORTI[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti [2]

Milano Malpensa Airport "City of Milan" (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC), former "Aeroporto Città di Busto Arsizio"^[3][4] is the largest airport of Milan, northern Italy. The first industrial airport was opened in 1909 by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni to test their prototypes, near the Cascina Malpensa, an old farm. The civil flight airport was then opened in 1948, during war reconstruction, to serve the northern area of Milan. Until recently, it was a major hub for Alitalia, but now serves as a hub for long-haul flights and low cost carriers. It is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest^[5] of central Milan, Italy. It is one of 3 airports in the Milan metropolitan area.

The airport is in the Province of Varese, within the communes of Cardano al Campo, Somma Lombardo, Casorate Sempione, Ferno, Lonate Pozzolo, Samarate, and Vizzola Ticino.^{[citation needed]} 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 29–36 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.^{[citation needed]}

Malpensa was the 21st busiest airport in Europe in terms of passengers, handling 18,947,808 passengers in 2010^[2] and 18,537,301 in 2012.^[2] As of early 2008, Malpensa remains the top Italian airport in terms of international traffic, together with Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino 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 the company's biggest base outside the United Kingdom.

In 2008 Lufthansa announced plans to create its first Hub outside Germany, and its fourth European hub, at Milan Malpensa airport.^[6] In October 2008, Lufthansa set up its Italian division, Lufthansa Italia. Operations commenced on 2 February 2009, and ceased on October 30, 2011 as Lufthansa abandoned plans to create a hub at Malpensa airport.

Malpensa has two terminals and a third runway has been announced, with completion set for 2012.^[7] There is also a dedicated cargo terminal called "CargoCity", which currently handles over 410,000 tons of yearly traffic.

Contents 1 Ground handling 2 Security services 3 Terminals 4 Airlines and destinations 4.1 Scheduled 4.2 Charter 4.3 Cargo 5 Traffic and statistics 6 Transport links 6.1 Rail 6.2 Bus 6.3 Taxi 6.4 Automobile connections 7 References 8 External links

Ground handling [edit]

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 a free market one.

Security services [edit]

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.

Terminals [edit]

Malpensa has two terminals:

Terminal 1

• Is divided into three sections:
  • 1A, which handles domestic and intra-Schengen flights
  • 1B, which handles non-Schengen and some intercontinental flights
  • 1C, which handles non-Schengen and some intercontinental flights, opened in January 2013
• Volareweb.com, when it existed, had its head office in the Area Tecnica Sud, in Terminal 1 and in Ferno^[8]

Terminal 2

• is used by Low Cost Carriers (currently only EasyJet). Previously Terminal 2 was also used for charter services. Charter flights are now operated from Terminal 1.

Airlines and destinations [edit]

Scheduled [edit]

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aegean Airlines	Athens Seasonal: Corfu, Thessaloniki (begins 4 June 2013)	1A
Aer Lingus	Dublin	1C
Aeroflot	Moscow-Sheremetyevo	1B
Aeroflot operated by Rossiya	Saint Petersburg	1B
Air Algérie	Algiers	1B
Air Baltic	Riga	1A
Air Berlin	Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf	1A
Air China	Beijing-Capital, Shanghai-Pudong	1B
Air Corsica	Marseille Provence Airport	1B
Air Europa	Madrid	1A
Air France operated by HOP!	Lyon, Marseille, Nantes	1A
Air Malta	Malta (resumes 3 June 2013)	1A
Air Moldova	Chisinau	1B
Air One	Catania, Lamezia Terme, Naples (ends 31 May 2013), Prague (ends 31 May 2013) Seasonal: Alghero, Heraklion, Ibiza, Minorca, Mykonos, Olbia, Rhodes, Trapani	1A
Air One	Tirana, Tunis Seasonal: Saint Petersburg (begins 25 May 2013)	1B
Alitalia	Rome-Fiumicino	1A
Alitalia	Cairo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, New York-JFK, Tokyo-Narita	1B
Alitalia operated by Alitalia CityLiner	Rome-Fiumicino	1A
American Airlines	New York-JFK	1B
Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways	Vienna	1A
Azerbaijan Airlines	Baku	1B
Belavia	Minsk-National	1B
Belle Air	Tirana	1B
Belle Air Europe	Pristina	1B
Blue Panorama Airlines	Cayo Largo del Sur2, Havana2, La Romana2, Mombasa2 Seasonal: Cancún2, Holguín2, Montego Bay2, Phuket2, Zanzibar2	1B
BMI Regional	Bristol [9]	1B
British Airways	London-Heathrow	1B
Brussels Airlines	Brussels	1A
Bulgaria Air	Sofia	1B
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong	1B
Cyprus Airways	Seasonal: Larnaca	1A
Czech Airlines	Prague	1A
Delta Air Lines	New York-JFK Seasonal: Atlanta[10]	1B
easyJet	Alghero, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Belgrade-Nikola Tesla [11] Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Brindisi, Brussels, Cagliari, Casablanca, Catania, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Lamezia Terme, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakech, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Sharm el-Sheikh, Toulouse Seasonal: Ajaccio (begins 9 July 2013), Cephalonia, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Malta, Menorca, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Santorini, Split, Zakynthos	2
EgyptAir	Cairo	1B
El Al	Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion	1B
Emirates	Dubai, New York-JFK (begins 1 October 2013)[12]	1C
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa1	1B
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi	1C
Finnair	Helsinki	1A
Flybe	Birmingham, Manchester	1B
Germanwings	Cologne/Bonn, Hanover, Stuttgart	1A
Iberia	Madrid	1A
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík	1A
Israir Airlines	Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion	1B
Iran Air	Tehran-Imam Khomeini1	1B
Jat Airways	Belgrade-Nikola Tesla	1B
Jetairfly	Seasonal: Casablanca (begins 18 June 2013)	1B
Korean Air	Seoul-Incheon1	1B
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw-Chopin	1A
Lufthansa	Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich	1A
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti	Munich	1A
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings	Hamburg	1A
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Munich	1A
Luxair	Luxembourg	1A
Meridiana	Fuerteventura2, Tenerife-South2 Seasonal: Lampedusa (begins 1 June 2013), Mykonos, Olbia, Rhodes, Santorini	1A
Meridiana	Chisinau, Dakar, Fortaleza2, Havana2, Holguín2, La Romana2, Maceió2, Malé2, Mauritius2, Natal2, Nosy Be2, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Zanzibar2 Seasonal: Mombasa2, Sharm el-Sheikh	1B
Middle East Airlines	Beirut	1B
Niki	Vienna	1A
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen	1A
Oman Air	Muscat	1B
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad1, Karachi (resumes 9 June 2013), Lahore1	1B
Qatar Airways	Doha2	1C
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca	1B
Royal Jordanian	Amman-Queen Alia	1B
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh2	1C
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda	1A
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	1C
Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss European Air Lines	Zürich	1A
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines	Sal (begins 23 June 2013)	1B
TAM Airlines	São Paulo-Guarulhos	1C
TAP Portugal	Lisbon, Porto	1A
TAP Portugal operated by Portugália	Porto	1A
Thai Airways International	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi	1B
Transaero	Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Vnukovo, St. Petersburg	1C
Tunisair	Tunis Seasonal: Djerba, Hammamet, Tabarka	1B
Turkish Airlines	Ankara, Istanbul-Atatürk, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen (begins 1 June 2013)	1C
Twin Jet	Toulouse (begins 9 September 2013) [13]	1A
United Airlines	Newark	1B
Ukraine International Airlines	Kiev-Boryspil	1B
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent	1B
Vueling	Barcelona Seasonal: Bilbao, Ibiza	1A
Wizz Air	Budapest	1A
Wizz Air	Bucharest	1B
WOW air	Seasonal: Reykjavik-Keflavik (begins 15 June 2013)	1B

Notes

• ^1 All these flights have an intermediate stop before arriving at their listed destinations, but the airline does not have local traffic rights on the leg.
• ^2 Some flights of this line have an intermediate stop before arriving at their listed destinations, but the airlines doe non have local traffic rights on the leg.

Charter [edit]

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Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Air Cairo	Seasonal: Hurgada	1B
Air Memphis	Seasonal: Hurgada	1B
AlbaStar	Seasonal: Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Ibiza, Karpathos, Malaga, Minorca, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Tenerife-South	1A
Alitalia	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dublin, Moi, Rhodes, Skiathos	1A
AMC Airlines	El Alamein, Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh, Zanzibar	1B
Blue Panorama Airlines	Seasonal: Heraklion, Medellin, Lampedusa, Lourdes, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Santorini	1A
Cairo Aviation	Seasonal: Hurgada	1B
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal: Bodrum	1B
Europe Airpost	Lourdes	1A
Europe Airpost	Tangier	1B
Freebird Airlines	Seasonal: Antalya, Bursa	1B
Livingston Compagnia Aerea	Seasonal: Athens, Cagliari, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Lampedusa, Las Palmas, Lourdes, Malaga, Minorca, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife-South	1A
Livingston Compagnia Aerea	Seasonal: Antalya, Boa Vista, Djerba, Marsa Alam, Monastir, Mostar, Ilha do Sal, Sharm el Sheikh, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion [begins 1 August]	1B
Mistral Air	Seasonal: Lampedusa, Pantelleria	1A
Neos	Seasonal: Amsterdam, Arrecife, Brindisi, Chania, Copenhagen, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Ibiza, Karpathos, Kos, Lamezia Terme, Lisbon, Lourdes, Madrid, Minorca, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Porto Santo, Rhodes, Santorini, Seville, Skiathos, Tenerife-South	1A
Neos	Seasonal: Agadir, Amman, Antalya, Antigua, Aqaba, Banjul, Boa Vista, Cairo, Cancún, Cayo Largo, Dakar, Djerba, Dubai, Havana, Holguín, Hurghada, La Romana, Larnaca, Luxor, Mahé, Malé, Marsa Alam, Mérida, Mersa Matruh, Mombasa, Mostar, Montego Bay, Nosy Be, Pointe-à-Pitre, Punta Cana, Ras al-Khaimah, Recife, Sal, Salvador da Bahia, Samaná, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Zanzibar	1B
Nesma Airlines	Seasonal: Sharm el-Sheikh	1B
Nouvelair	Seasonal: Djerba, Monastir, Tabarka	1B
Olympic Air	Seasonal: Heraklion	1B
Sky Airlines	Seasonal: Antalya	1B
Small Planet Airlines	Seasonal: Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Minorca, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos	1A
Small Planet Airlines	Mostar	1B
SmartLynx Airlines	Seasonal: Lourdes, Málaga, Tenerife-South	1A
SunExpress	Seasonal: Izmir	1B
Tunisair	Seasonal: Djerba, Monastir	align="center" |

Cargo [edit]

Airlines	Destinations
Air China Cargo	Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Novosibirsk, Shanghai-Pudong, Vienna
AirBridgeCargo Airlines	Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Maastricht, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Asiana Cargo	London-Stansted, Seoul-Incheon, Vienna
Atlas Air	Lima, Santa Maria
Cargolux	Campinas-Viracopos, Chicago, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Maastricht, New York-JFK
Cargolux Italia	Almaty, Baku, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Luxembourg, Osaka-Kansai, Taipei-Taoyuan
Cathay Pacific	Delhi, Hong Kong, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Mumbai
China Cargo Airlines	Amsterdam, Shanghai-Pudong, Urumqi
China Southern Airlines	Amsterdam, Guangzhou
Cygnus Air	Madrid
DHL Aviation	London-Heathrow, London-Luton, London-Stansted
EgyptAir Cargo	Cairo
Etihad Crystal Cargo	Abu Dhabi, Benghazi, Tripoli [14]
European Air Transport	London-Heathrow
FedEx Express	Ancona, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Memphis, Lisbon, Munich, Newark, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Shanghai-Pudong, Venice-Marco Polo
Korean Air Cargo	Navoiy, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Vienna
Mistral Air	Lourdes
Nippon Cargo Airlines	Amsterdam, Nagoya-Centrair, Tokyo-Narita
Polet Airlines	Khartoum
Qatar Airways Cargo	Doha, Tripoli
Royal Air Maroc Cargo	Casablanca, El Aaiún
Saudia Cargo	Brussels, Jeddah, Riyadh
Silk Way Airlines	Baku[15]
Southern Air	Atlanta, Chicago-O'Hare, New York-JFK
Turkish Airlines Cargo	Istanbul-Atatürk, Lagos, Tirana [16]
World Airways	Baltimore, Chicago-O'Hare, Mexico City, New York-JFK

Traffic and statistics [edit]

Busiest Domestic Routes from Malpensa (2008-2009-2010-2011-2012)^[17]

Rank	City	Passengers 2012	Passengers 2011	Passenger 2010	Passenger 2009	Passenger 2008
1	Catania, Italy	668.530	725.773	544.328	438.513	328.122
2	Naples, Italy	640.752	702.984	703.031	572.753	495.607
3	Rome, Italy	600.620	674.836	683.031	671.396	533.845
4	Palermo, Italy	369.836	455.657	468.362	396.283	438.164
5	Bari, Italy	292.978	342.553	372.863	368.909	276.168
6	Lamezia Terme, Italy	284.536	285.515	256.948	130.760	152.422
7	Olbia, Italy	282.248	233.096	192.862	170.712	141.253
8	Brindisi, Italy	167.389	184.847	156.335	100.003	114.706
9	Cagliari, Italy	127.540	124.362	112.416	-	157.119

Busiest International Routes from Malpensa within European Union (2008-2009-2010-2011-2012)^[17]

Rank	City	Passengers 2012	Passengers 2011	Passengers 2010	Passenger 2009	Passenger 2008
1	Madrid, Spain	643.280	560.443	624.290	581.580	713.8551
2	Barcelona, Spain	588.214	609.832	564.628	543.512	485.016
3	Paris-CDG, France	550.409	856.817	922.702	998.271	876.087
4	London, United Kingdom	542.790	359.574	335.273	314.771	316.521
5	Amsterdam, Netherlands	403.142	549.023	558.481	562.836	656.953
6	Munich, Germany	382.381	363.932	316.544	290.326	309.8686
7	Copenhagen, Denmark	379.582	289.633	272.285	274.516	261.130
8	Vienna, Austria	344.127	365.522	295.861	246.336	240.256
9	Frankfurt am Main, Germany	317.019	335.758	305.890	311.742	345.206
10	Prague, Czech Republic	306.902	283.056	218.680	197.182	238.231
11	Brussels, Belgium	305.883	308.765	258.152	289.887	288.300
12	Lisbon, Portugal	289.805	320.512	321.320	296.108	274.541
13	Dusseldorf, Germany	279.429	296.640	263.328	265.093	227.954
14	Athens, Greece	273.776	245.269	275.273	377.211	370.607
15	London-Heathrow, United Kingdom	183.789	437.897	491.844	466.405	357.701

Busiest International Routes from Malpensa outside the European Union (2008-2009-2010-2011-2012)

Rank	City	Passengers 2012	Passengers 2011	Passengers 2010	Passenger 2009	Passenger 2008
1	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	463.335	390.996	405.502	289.659	170.657
2	New York-Kennedy, United States	379.167	345.534	321.837	332.555	294.132
3	Istanbul-Atatürk, Turkey	329.679	290.455	315.435	289.569	286.727
4	Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Russia	297.409	265.968	240.948	213.528	262.850
5	Zürich, Switzerland	259.414	264.068	243.426	251.560	282.684
6	Casablanca, Morocco	228.662	234.537	255.732	207.249	256.749
7	Tirana, Albania	213.981	198.181	152.109	121.792	130.863
8	Doha, Qatar	194.575	139.804	155.848	131.370	119.560
9	Tel Aviv, Israel	188.625	186.569	205.771	199.666	170.947
10	Hong Kong, SAR	178.695	138.778	76.658	-	-
11	Cairo, Egypt	176.972	204.216	243.660	220.259	248.375
12	Tunis, Tunisia	170.941	134.090	145.407	104.433	126.521
13	Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt	151.005	117.753	225.767	251.997	266.823
14	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	146.909	116.195	86.059	-	-
15	Marsa Alam, Egypt	144.706	100.011	170.113	160.166	155.421
16	São Paulo-Guarulhos, Brazil	143.506	163.516	190.132	214.449	240.232
17	Singapore, Singapore	128.571	116.901	89.771	-	-
18	Delhi, India	125.538	126.110	-	-	-
19	Shanghai, China	122.214	108.869	101.899	101.427	-
20	Mombasa, Kenya	116.628	132.808	107.266	-	-
21	New York-Newark, United States	106.894	96.489	96.409	93.732	129.635
22	Marrakech, Morocco	102.905	103.933	117.303	131.107	118.485

Transport links [edit]

Rail [edit]

• Malpensa Aeroporto railway station is linked to Milan Cadorna Station (connection with Milan's subway's Line M2 (Green) and Line M1 (Red), and the Suburban and the Regional Railway Service) by the Malpensa Express, with intermediate stops at Busto Arsizio FNM, Saronno Centrale (connection with regional trains bound for Varese and Como) and Milano Bovisa (connection with the Passante track of the suburban railways). Malpensa Express arrives at the Terminal 1, an additional bus travel is required to reach Terminal 2. Journey time is 29 minutes for non-stop services and 34 minutes for services calling at Busto Arsizio, Saronno and Bovisa.^[18]

• A second Express service to Milan Central Station began with the winter rail schedule change (13 December 2010). There is a train every 30 minutes, also stopping at Milan Porta Garibaldi station; journey time is 41 minutes. During rush hours, services also call at Milano Bovisa station and Saronno Centrale; for these services journey time is 47 minutes.^[19]

• Two daily High Speed (Alta Velocità) services link Milan Malpensa's railway station, to Florence (calling at Milano Centrale, Bologna Centrale and Firenze Santa Maria Novella) and Naples (calling at Milano Centrale, Bologna Centrale, Firenze Santa Maria Novella, Roma Termini, Napoli Centrale).^[20] As of October 2012, the service was terminated.

• Suburban Line S10 (Milano Rogoredo-Milano Bovisa) has been running to Malpensa since June 2010.^[21] Trains call at: Ferno, Busto Arsizio, Castellanza, Rescaldina, Saronno Centrale, Milano Bovisa, Milano Lancetti, Milano Porta Garibaldi M2 (Green), Milano Repubblica M3 (Yellow), Milano Porta Venezia M1 (Red), Milano Dateo and Milano Porta Vittoria. As of October 2012, the service was terminated.

• There is also a shuttle connection between Malpensa Airport railway station and Busto Arsizio FS.^[22] 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.

Bus [edit]

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 7 minutes 24 hours a day, within the airport. Travel time to go from one terminal to the other is about 15 minutes.

Malpensa is also connected by bus to Linate Airport and to various cities in northern Italy with Lufthansa Airport Bus(like Turin, Novara, Como, Varese, Bergamo and Brescia) and Switzerland.

Since February 2010, Lufthansa Airport Bus, in partnership with Autostrade SpA, connects Milan Central Station, with Terminal 1 & 2, with stops in Fieramilanocity and Milan Fair – Rho/Pero on request, every 20 minutes. Furthermore this new service links the Airport with the nearby Lombard provinces of Varese, Como, Bergamo and Brescia, those of Alessandria, Novara and Turin in Piedmont, Genoa in Liguria and also Bellinzona, Chiasso and Lugano in Switzerland. For these destinations passengers can also enjoy an additional limousine transfer service with high-end car or minibus (max. 8 people) bookable until 24 hours.^[23]

Taxi [edit]

Taxis are available at the Arrivals of Terminal 1 & 2.

Automobile connections [edit]

Malpensa Airport is connected by a four-lane highway to the A8 motorway (connecting Switzerland to Milan) and by a five-lane highway to the A4 motorway linking Milan to Turin and to the Strada Statale 11.

References [edit]

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Milan Malpensa Airport

• Milano Malpensa 1 Airport Official website
• Milano Malpensa 2 Airport Official website
• SEA SpA Official website
• Malpensa Airport AOC & USERS Committees MXP Milan
• Malpensa Airport information
• Current weather for LIMC at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MXP at Aviation Safety Network
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v t e Airports in Italy Major international Milan: Malpensa Airport Rome: Fiumicino Airport Minor international Alghero: Fertilia Airport Ancona: Raffaello Sanzio Airport Bari: Palese Macchie Airport Bergamo: Orio al Serio Airport Bologna: Guglielmo Marconi Airport Brescia: Gabriele d'Annunzio Airport Brindisi: Papola Casale Airport Cagliari: Elmas Airport Catania: Fontanarossa Airport Crotone: Sant'Anna Airport Cuneo: Levaldigi Airport Florence: Peretola Airport Genoa: Cristoforo Colombo Airport Lamezia Terme: Sant'Eufemi Airport Marina di Campo: Teseo Tesei Airport Milan: Linate Airport Naples: Capodichino Airport Olbia: Costa Smeralda Airport Palermo: Punta Raisi Airport Parma: Giuseppe Verdi Airport Perugia: San Francesco Airport Pescara: Abruzzo Airport Pisa: Galileo Galilei Airport Rimini: Federico Fellini Airport Rome: Ciampino Airport Trapani-Birgi Airport Trieste: Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport Turin: Caselle Airport Venice: Marco Polo Airport Venice: Treviso Airport Verona: Villafranca Airport Regional Bolzano: Dolomiti Airport Lampedusa: Lampedusa Airport Reggio Calabria: Aeroporto dello Stretto Unscheduled Albenga: Villanova d'Albenga Airport Aosta: Corrado Gex Airport Forlì: Luigi Ridolfi Airport Salerno: Costa d'Amalfi Airport Tortolì: Arbatax Airport