Milan Malpensa Airport "Silvio Berlusconi" Aeroporto Internazionale di Milano-Malpensa "Silvio Berlusconi" | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | SEA S.p.A | ||||||||||||||
Operator | SEA Aeroporti di Milano | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Milan metropolitan area Northern Italy | ||||||||||||||
Location | Ferno, Varese, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 21 November 1948 | ||||||||||||||
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Focus city for | Amazon Air | ||||||||||||||
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Built | 1909–1910 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 234 m / 767 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°37′48″N8°43′23″E / 45.63000°N 8.72306°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Milan Malpensa Airport "Silvio Berlusconi"( IATA : MXP, ICAO : LIMC) [3] [4] [5] is an international airport in Ferno, in the Province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. It is the largest airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria, as well as the Swiss canton of Ticino. The airport is located 49 kilometres (30 mi) northwest of Milan, [6] next to the Ticino river dividing Lombardy and Piedmont. The airport is located inside the Parco naturale lombardo della Valle del Ticino, a nature reserve included by UNESCO in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. [7] [8] The airport was opened in 1909 by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni to test their aircraft prototypes, before switching to civil operation in 1948.
Malpensa Airport is 9th in the world and 6th in Europe for the number of countries served with direct scheduled flights. [9] In 2022, Malpensa Airport handled 21.3 million passengers and was the 23rd busiest airport in Europe in terms of passengers and 2nd busiest airport in Italy in terms of passengers after Rome Fiumicino Airport. [10] It is the busiest airport in Italy for freight and cargo, handling 721,254 tons of international freight annually (2022).
Together with Linate Airport and Bergamo Airport, it forms the Milan airport system with 42.2 million passengers in 2022, the largest airport system in Italy by number of passengers. [11]
The site of today's Malpensa Airport has seen aviation activities for more than 100 years. The first began on 27 May 1910, when the Caproni brothers flew their "flying machine", the Cal biplane. In the years that followed, many aircraft prototypes took off from the same site; eventually, it was decided to upgrade the farming patch to a more formal airfield. Both Gianni Caproni and Giovanni Agusta established factories on the new site; the airfield soon developed into the largest aircraft production centre in Italy.
During the 1920s and 1930s, the airfield hosted two squadrons of the Regia Aeronautica Italiana (Italian Air Force). In September 1943, Malpensa airfield was taken over by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe when northern Italy was invaded by Adolf Hitler. Soon after their arrival, the Germans laid the airfield's first concrete runway.
After the cessation of hostilities during the Second World War, manufacturers and politicians of the Milan and Varese regions, led by banker Benigno Ajroldi of Banca Alto Milanese, restored the airfield. They aimed to make it an industrial fulcrum for the post-war recovery of Italy. The main runway, heavily damaged by German troops as they retreated from northern Italy, was rebuilt and extended to 1,800 m (5,900 ft). A small wooden terminal was constructed to protect goods and passengers from bad weather.
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 City Idlewild Airport (now JFK).
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.
Between 1958 and 1962 a new terminal arrived at Malpensa and the airport's two parallel runways were extended to 3,915 m (12,844 ft), becoming the longest in Europe at that time. By the early 1960s, however, major European carriers such as British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa and Alitalia had moved the majority of their services to Linate Airport, which is just 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Milan's city centre, making it much easier for passengers to reach central Milan. This left Malpensa with just a handful of intercontinental links, charter flights and cargo operations. Malpensa suffered a decline in commercial traffic, with passenger numbers dropping from 525,000 in 1960 to just 331,000 by 1965. It was destined to play second fiddle to Linate Airport for another 20 years.
By the mid-1980s Linate Airport was handling seven million passengers per year and, with only a short single runway and limited parking slots, had reached its saturation point. With no available land nearby for expansion, an alternative solution was sought: Società Esercizi Aeroportuali SpA (SEA) quickly found that developing Malpensa was the only practical alternative.
By the end of 1985, a law had been passed by the Italian Parliament that paved the way for the reorganisation of the Milan airport system. Malpensa was designated as the centre for all services covering northern Italy, while Linate Airport was downgraded to a domestic and short-haul facility. "Malpensa 2000", as the plan was called, included the construction of a new terminal as well as the development of fast, efficient connections to Milan's city centre. The European Union recognised this project as one of the 14 "Essential to the Development of the Union" and provided €200 million to help finance the work. Construction started in November 1990; Malpensa airport was re-opened eight years later.
During the night of 24/25 October 1998, Alitalia moved the majority of its fleet from Rome Fiumicino Airport – where it had been flying from for over 50 years – to Malpensa Airport. The airport started a new lease of life as the Italian flag carrier's main hub. Alitalia added up to 488 movements and 42,000 passengers a day at the facility which, by the end of 1998, had handled 5.92 million passengers (an increase of more than two million over the previous year's figure).
In 1999, it recorded a spectacular leap to 16.97 million and, by 2007, passenger numbers had reached 23.9 million. Efficient rail links from two different stations in Milan (Centrale and Cadorna stations) ensured easy access by railway, whereas the nearby A8 motorway had an extra lane added in each direction to help speed up traffic into and out of the city centre.
Before 2001, ground handling services at Malpensa were shared by the SEA (airport's operator) and Trans-World Airlines. Since then, the contracting process has gradually been deregulated. In 2000, airport security services at Malpensa were transferred from the Polizia di Stato (State Police) to SEA's internal division, SEA Airport Security. Up to 2002, SEA was assisted by IVRI in providing security services, but the contract was not renewed after its expiry. Nevertheless, SEA Airport Security is supervised by the Polizia di Stato (Italian State Police), Guardia di Finanza (Italian Military Customs Police) and Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile (Italy's Civil Aviation Authority), whereas the Carabinieri (Italian Military Police) supervises ramp entrance.[ citation needed ]
Ramp services are provided by SEA Handling, ATA and, more recently, Aviapartner. SEA Handling provided 80% of the ramp services at Malpensa Airport due to its major customer, Alitalia. In May 2006, however, Italy's Civil Aviation Authority took off the limitation of two ramp handlers.
In 2008, a new development plan was launched by Società Esercizi Aeroportuali SpA (SEA), valued at €1.4 billion, to include a third pier for Terminal 1 and the construction of a third runway. In a surprise move, however, Alitalia announced its decision to revert to Rome Fiumicino Airport as its main hub, due to 'high operating costs' at Malpensa Airport. Alitalia did not pull out of Malpensa altogether and continued to fly several domestic and European services from Milan and two intercontinental flights (to New York–JFK and Tokyo–Narita). However, Malpensa lost around 20% of its daily movements, a decrease from 700 to 550, which resulted in only 19.2 million passengers passing through in 2008. The airport continued to suffer during 2009 when the international financial crisis and higher fuel prices caused a reduction to only 17.6 million passengers that year.
Responding to Alitalia's pullout, the operator SEA launched an all-out publicity programme and aggressively marketed Malpensa Airport around the world. As a result, from 2008 to 2011, a total of 34 new passenger and cargo routes were added to Malpensa's network.
The low-cost carrier EasyJet made Malpensa its main base after London Gatwick, with more than 20 of its Airbus A319s and Airbus A320s based there. The airline currently flies services from Malpensa to more than 70 destinations in Italy and across Europe. [12] Competitor Ryanair confirmed plans to open an operating base at Malpensa from December 2015, initially with one aircraft. [13]
In 2014, a contract was awarded for the extension of the railway line from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2. The line was opened in December 2016. [14] The new Malpensa Terminal 2 railway station is 200 m (660 ft) north of the T2 arrivals hall, that is accessed by an outdoor covered walkway. [15]
On 5 July 2024, Italian minister of infrastructure and transport Matteo Salvini announced that Malpensa Airport would officially be named after former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, following ENAC's approval of a request by the regional government of Lombardy from 2023. [16] ENAC officially changed the name to Aeroporto internazionale Milano Malpensa "Silvio Berlusconi" on 11 July 2024. [17]
Malpensa Airport has two passenger terminals and they are connected by free airport shuttle buses and trains. [18]
Terminal 1, which opened in 1998, is the newer, [19] larger and more prominent terminal. The terminal is divided into three sections and handles most passengers on scheduled as well as charter flights:
Terminal 2 is the older terminal. [19] It was closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic [20] and reopened on 31 May 2023. easyJet has been the sole tenant of Terminal 2 since all charter services, which were previously based in Terminal 2, moved to Terminal 1 upon the latter's opening.
The following airlines operate regular scheduled, seasonal and charter flights to and from Malpensa: [21]
The following airlines operate regular cargo services to and from Malpensa:
Rank | Rank var. (prev. year) | Airport | Passengers | % var. (prev. year) | Airline(s) |
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1 | Catania, Sicily | 1,048,371 | 10.24 | Air Italy, AlbaStar, Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air, Ryanair | |
2 | Palermo, Sicily | 673,401 | 81.54 | Air Italy, Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air, Ryanair | |
3 | 2 | Lamezia Terme, Calabria | 557,529 | 80.38 | Air Italy, Alitalia, easyJet, Ryanair |
4 | 1 | Naples, Campania | 359,168 | 29.13 | Air Italy, Alitalia, easyJet |
5 | 1 | Olbia, Sardinia | 324,110 | 3.16 | Air Italy, Alitalia, Blue Panorama Airlines, easyJet, Neos Air |
6 | new | Rome–Fiumicino, Lazio | 242,114 | new | Air Italy, Alitalia |
7 | 1 | Bari, Apulia | 229,529 | 10.17 | Alitalia, easyJet |
8 | 1 | Brindisi, Apulia | 191,036 | 6.40 | Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air |
9 | 1 | Cagliari, Sardinia | 158,621 | 11.38 | Air Italy, Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air |
10 | 1 | Comiso, Sicily | 118,181 | 2.24 | Ryanair |
Rank | Rank var. (prev. year) | Country | Passengers 2018 |
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1 | Italy | 4,093,221 | |
2 | Spain | 2,559,852 | |
3 | 1 | Germany | 1,805,491 |
4 | 1 | UK | 1,717,631 |
5 | France | 1,396,510 | |
6 | Netherlands | 841,773 | |
7 | Greece | 652,323 | |
8 | Portugal | 644,147 | |
9 | 2 | Austria | 377,548 |
10 | Denmark | 367,156 | |
11 | 2 | Belgium | 337,648 |
12 | Czech Republic | 304,878 | |
13 | Hungary | 240,128 | |
14 | 1 | Poland | 232,147 |
15 | 1 | Finland | 198,838 |
16 | Luxembourg | 147,866 | |
17 | Romania | 119,021 | |
18 | Bulgaria | 114,080 | |
19 | Sweden | 109,465 | |
20 | 1 | Lithuania | 75,768 |
21 | 1 | Ireland | 71,749 |
22 | 1 | Estonia | 36,937 |
23 | 1 | Cyprus | 34,714 |
24 | Malta | 10,198 |
Years | Movements | % variation | Passengers | % variation | Cargo (tons) | % variation |
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2000 | 249,107 | 13.3 | 20,716,815 | 22.1 | 301,045 | 4.6 |
2001 | 236,409 | 5.1 | 18,570,494 | 10.4 | 323,707 | 7.5 |
2002 | 214,886 | 9.1 | 17,441,250 | 6.1 | 328,241 | 1.4 |
2003 | 213,554 | 0.6 | 17,621,585 | 1 | 362,587 | 10.5 |
2004 | 218,048 | 2.1 | 18,554,874 | 5.3 | 361,237 | 13.1 |
2005 | 227,718 | 4.4 | 19,630,514 | 5.8 | 384,752 | 6.5 |
2006 | 247,456 | 8.7 | 21,767,267 | 10.9 | 419,128 | 8,9 |
2007 | 267,941 | 8.3 | 23,885,391 | 9.7 | 486,666 | 16.1 |
2008 | 218,476 | 18.5 | 19,221,632 | 19.5 | 415,952 | 14.5 |
2009 | 187,551 | 14.2 | 17,551,635 | 8.7 | 344,047 | 17.3 |
2010 | 193,771 | 3.3 | 18,947,808 | 8 | 432,674 | 25.8 |
2011 | 190,838 | 1.5 | 19,303,131 | 1.8 | 450,446 | 4.1 |
2012 | 174,892 | 8.4 | 18,537,301 | 4 | 414,317 | 8 |
2013 | 164,745 | 5.8 | 17,955,075 | 3.1 | 430,343 | 3.9 |
2014 | 166,749 | 1.2 | 18,853,203 | 5 | 469,657 | 9.1 |
2015 | 160,484 | 3.8 | 18,582,043 | 1.4 | 511,191 | 8.8 |
2016 | 166,842 | 4 | 19,420,690 | 4.5 | 548,767 | 7.4 |
2017 | 178,953 | 7.3 | 22,169,167 | 14.2 | 589,719 | 7.5 |
2018 | 194,515 | 8.7 | 24,725,490 | 11.5 | 572,774.8 | 2.9 |
2019 | 234,054 | 20.3 | 28,846,299 | 16.7 | 558,481.5 | 2.5 |
2020 | 92,432 | 60.5 | 7,241,766 | 74.9 | 516,739.6 | 7.5 |
2021 | 118,341 | 28.0 | 9,622,464 | 32.9 | 747,242 | 44.6 |
2022 | 186,626 | 57.7 | 21,347,652 | 121.9 | 721,255 | 3.5 |
2023 | 201,958 | 8.2 | 26,076,714 | 22.2 | 671,908 | 6.8 |
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The airport is served by two train stations, one at each terminal.
Malpensa Express is a direct train connection between Terminal 2, Terminal 1 and Milan's city centre.
As of 2019, its service is based on a clock-face timetable with four services per hour in both directions: two run between the two airport terminals and Milan Cadorna station; the other two between the two airport terminals, Milan Garibaldi and Milan Centrale stations. All services call at Busto Arsizio Nord, Saronno (connections for Como, Novara and Varese) and Milan Bovisa stations. [139]
The journey time ranges between 30 and 50 minutes, depending on the type of service and the number of stops.
TiLo operates services to Bellinzona in Switzerland. [140]
Milan's Suburban Line S10 (Milano Rogoredo–Milano Bovisa) ran to Malpensa Airport/Aeroporto from June 2010. [141] Trains called at: Ferno, Busto Arsizio, Castellanza, Rescaldina, Saronno, Milano Bovisa, Milano Lancetti, Milano Porta Garibaldi M2-M5, Milano Repubblica M3, Milano Porta Venezia M1, Milano Dateo and Milano Porta Vittoria. The service was terminated in October 2012.
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