Milan Malpensa Airport

Milan–Malpensa Airport Aeroporto di Milano-Malpensa "Città di Milano"
IATA: MXP ICAO: LIMC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	SEA Aeroporti di Milano
Serves	Milan
Location	Ferno, Italy
Hub for	Blue Panorama Airlines Cargolux Italia EasyJet Neos Air
Focus city for	Air Dolomiti Alitalia Germanwings Meridiana
Elevation AMSL	1,000 ft / 304.8 m
Website	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 (2014)
Passengers 18851238 Passenger change 13–14 5.0% Aircraft movements 166509 Movements change 13–14 1.1%
Source: ASSAEROPORTI Statistics from Assaeroporti

Milan–Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC), also named City of Milan Airport and formerly City of Busto Arsizio Airport, is the largest airport for the Milan metropolitan area in northern Italy. It serves 15 million inhabitants in Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria. The airport is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of central Milan, next to the Ticino river, which is a border between Lombardy and Piedmont. The airport has two terminals and two runways; a third runway has been announced with construction commencing in 2014 and scheduled for completion in 2017. There is a dedicated cargo terminal called "CargoCity", which handles over 435,000 tons of traffic annually.

The first industrial airport was opened in 1909 near the Cascina Malpensa, an old farm, by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni to test their aircraft prototypes. This airport was then opened for civil operation in 1948 during the war reconstruction period, in order to serve the northern area of Milan.

In 2014, Malpensa Airport handled 18,851,238 passengers, up 5% on 2013; it is currently the 28th busiest airport in Europe in terms of passengers. Until 2008, Malpensa Airport was a major hub for Alitalia. As of early 2015, Malpensa, together with Rome Fiumicino Airport, remains the top Italian airport in terms of international passenger traffic and the leading for freight and cargo.

History

Early years

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 making it an industrial fulcrum for 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 metres. A small wooden terminal was constructed to protect goods and passengers from all weather conditions.

After World War II

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 Constellation 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 domestic services only.

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 was just 11 km 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.

Expansion and development

By the mid-1980s Linate Airport was handling seven million passengers per year and, with only a short single runway and limited parking slots, has reached its saturation point. With no available land nearby for expansion, an alternative solution was sought: "Societa 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.

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

New hub of Alitalia

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, has 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 has reached 23.9 million. Efficient rail links to and from Malpensa Airport 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 Milan's city centre.

Alitalia's withdrawal

In 2008, a new development plan was launched by "Societa Esercizi Aeroportuali SpA" (SEA), valuing 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 its hub to Rome Fiumicino Airport due to 'high operating costs' at Malpensa Airport. Nevertheless, Alitalia did not pull out of Malpensa altogether; the airliner continues to fly several domestic and European services from Milan and two intercontinental flights (to New York and Tokyo). As a result, 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. This campaign was successful: from 2008 to 2011, a total of 34 new passenger and cargo routes were added to Malpensa's network. It included the arrival of the low-cost carrier EasyJet, which has made Malpensa its most important base after London–Gatwick, with 17 of its Airbus A319s based here. The airline currently flies services from Malpensa to 43 destinations in Italy and across Europe.

Ground handling

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: services are handled by SEA Handling (a subsidiary of the airport's operator) and the private ATA Handling. ATA Handling provides all ground handling services apart from shuttle bus transfer to and from aircraft: this part was originally subcontracted to SEA Handling, but now to Air Pullman. Three companies now add to the portfolio of passenger handling: Aviapartner, Globeground Italia and ICTS Italia.

During the first few years of deregulation, some airliners utilised their own staff for customer assistance, but Air One and British Airways realised that such a practice was too expensive. This has prompted the United States to stop operating routes in and out of Malpensa Airport.

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. Aviapartner and ARE Group announced that they would create a new company called Aviapartner (owned 51% by Aviapartner and 49% ARE Group) to operate at Milan–Malpensa and Rome–Fiumicino airports.

Security services

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. Furthermore, some airlines rely on private security companies (such as ICTS Italia, SEA Airport Security, Gruppo Sicurezza etc.) to provide document checks and aircraft guarding.

Terminals

EasyJet Airbus A319 landing at Malpensa with the Alps visible in the background

Malpensa Airport has two passenger terminals, located several kilometres apart.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1, which opened in 1998, is the newer, larger and more important terminal. It hosts the airport's Malpensa Aeroporto railway station. It is divided into three sections and handles most passengers on scheduled as well as charter flights:

• Terminal 1A handles domestic and intra-Schengen flights.
• Terminal 1B handles non-Schengen and some intercontinental flights.
• Terminal 1C, opened in January 2013, handles non-Schengen and some intercontinental flights.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is the older terminal and was named Terminal 2 when Terminal 1 opened. It is currently used only by EasyJet. It has been used previously for charter services, which were then moved to Terminal 1. The only public transport available is ATM (Milan) airport buses. A frequent, free shuttle connects Terminal 2 to Terminal 1. A railway station is under construction.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aegean Airlines	Athens Seasonal: Heraklion (begins 25 June 2015), Larnaca	1A
Aer Lingus	Dublin	1C
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo	1B
Aeroflot operated by Rossiya	Saint Petersburg	1B
Air Algérie	Algiers	1B
Air Cairo	Seasonal charter: Hurgada	1B
Air Canada	Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson	1C
Air Croatia	Zagreb	1A
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Shanghai–Pudong	1B
Air Europa	Madrid	1A
Air India	Delhi	1C
Air Memphis	Seasonal charter: Hurgada	1B
Air Moldova	Chișinău	1B
Air Serbia	Belgrade	1B
airBaltic	Riga Seasonal charter: Brindisi, Crotone	1A
AlbaStar	Seasonal charter: Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Ibiza, Karpathos, Kos,Málaga, Minorca, Mostar, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Tenerife–South	1A
Alitalia	Abu Dhabi, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, New York–JFK, Rome–Fiumicino, Tirana, Tokyo–Narita, Tunis Seasonal: Algiers, Shanghai–Pudong	1A, 1B
Alitalia operated by Alitalia CityLiner	Rome–Fiumicino	1A
AMC Airlines	Seasonal charter: Marsa Alam, Sharm el-Sheikh, Zanzibar	1B
American Airlines	Miami, New York–JFK	1B
Atlantic Airways	Seasonal: Vágar	1A
Austrian Airlines	Vienna	1A
Azerbaijan Airlines	Baku	1C
Belavia	Minsk–National	1B
Blu-express operated by Blue Panorama Airlines	Tirana Seasonal: Lampedusa, Pantelleria	1A, 1B
Blue Panorama Airlines	Cancún, Cayo Largo del Sur, Havana, Holguín, Montego Bay, Santa Clara Seasonal: Cayo Coco, La Romana, Mérida, Santiago de Cuba	1B
BMI Regional	Bristol	1A
British Airways	London–Heathrow	1C
Brussels Airlines	Brussels	1A
Bulgaria Air	Sofia	1B
Cairo Aviation	Seasonal charter: Hurgada	1B
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong	1C
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Bodrum	1B
Czech Airlines	Prague	1A
Delta Air Lines	New York–JFK Seasonal: Atlanta	1B
EasyJet	Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Berlin–Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Brindisi, Brussels, Cagliari, Casablanca, Catania, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Lamezia Terme, Larnaca, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Luxembourg, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakech, Munich, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Sharm el-Sheikh (resumes 10 October 2015), Stuttgart, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Alghero, Cephalonia, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Malta, Minorca, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Santorini, Split, Zakynthos	2
EgyptAir	Cairo	1B
El Al	Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion	1B
Emirates	Dubai–International, New York–JFK	1C
Estonian Air	Seasonal: Tallinn	1A
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa	1B
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi	1C
Europe Airpost	Seasonal: Lourdes	1A
Eurowings	Cologne/Bonn (begins 25 October 2015), Düsseldorf (begins 25 October 2015), Hamburg (begins 25 October 2015)	1A
Finnair	Helsinki	1A
Flybe	Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Southampton	1B
Freebird Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Bursa	1B
Germanwings	Cologne/Bonn (ends 24 October 2015), Düsseldorf (ends 24 October 2015), Hamburg (ends 24 October 2015), Stuttgart	1A
HOP!	Lyon, Nantes	1A
Iberia	Madrid	1A
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík	1A
Iran Air	Tehran–Imam Khomeini	1B
Japan Airlines	Seasonal: Tokyo–Haneda	1B
Jetairfly	Antwerp (ends 27 October 2015)	1A
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon	1B
LAN Airlines	Santiago de Chile (begins 25 October 2015)	1C
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin	1A
Lufthansa	Frankfurt	1A
Lufthansa Regional operated by Air Dolomiti	Munich	1A
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Munich	1A
Luxair	Luxembourg	1A
Mahan Air	Tehran-Imam Khomeini	1B
Meridiana	Chișinău, Dakar, Fortaleza, Fuerteventura, La Romana, Mombasa, Naples, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tirana Seasonal: Cagliari, Djerba, Ibiza, Kos, Lampedusa, Mauritius, Minorca, Mykonos, Monastir, Natal, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Santorini, Skiathos (begins 29 July 2015), Tabarka, Zanzibar	1A, 1B
Middle East Airlines	Beirut	1B
Mistral Air	Seasonal charter: Lampedusa, Pantelleria	1A
Neos	Seasonal charter: Agadir, Boa Vista, Cagliari, Cancún, Cayo Largo, Chania, Djerba, Enfidha, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Havana, Heraklion, Holguín, Hurghada, Ibiza, Karpathos, Kos, La Romana, Lamezia Terme, Lampedusa, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Luxor, Mahé, Malé, Marsa Alam, Mauritius, Mersa Matruh, Minorca, Mombasa, Monastir, Montego Bay, Mostar, Mykonos, Nosy Be, Palma de Mallorca, Olbia, Pointe-à-Pitre, Porto Santo, Punta Cana, Ras al-Khaimah, Recife, Rhodes, Sal, Salvador da Bahia, Santorini, Sharm el-Sheikh, Skiathos, Tenerife–South, Zanzibar	1A, 1B
Nesma Airlines	Seasonal charter: Sharm el-Sheikh	1B
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Oslo–Gardermoen	1A
Nouvelair	Seasonal charter: Djerba, Monastir, Tabarka	1B
Olympic Air	Seasonal charter: Heraklion
Oman Air	Muscat	1B
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad, Lahore	1B
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen	1C
Qatar Airways	Doha	1C
Royal Air Maroc	Beni Mellal, Casablanca	1B
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh Hajj: Medina	1C
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen Seasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda	1A
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	1C
SmartLynx Airlines	Seasonal charter: Lourdes, Málaga, Tenerife–South	1A
Sun Express	Seasonal: İzmir	1B, 1C
Swiss International Air Lines operated by Swiss Global Air Lines	Zürich	1A
TAM Airlines	São Paulo–Guarulhos	1C
TAP Portugal	Lisbon	1A
TAP Portugal operated by Portugália	Porto	1A
Thai Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi	1B
Transaero Airlines	Moscow–Vnukovo	1C
Tunisair	Tunis Seasonal charter: Djerba, Monastir, Tabarka	1B
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen	1C
Twin Jet	Marseille, Nice, Toulouse Seasonal: Geneva	1A
United Airlines	Newark	1B
Ukraine International Airlines	Kiev–Boryspil	1B
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent Seasonal: Urgench	1B
Vueling	Barcelona, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Bilbao, Ibiza	1A
Wizz Air	Bucharest, Budapest	1A, 1B
WOW air	Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík	1A

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
AeroLogic	Hong Kong, Leipzig/Halle
AirBridgeCargo Airlines	Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Maastricht/Aachen, Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Sheremetyevo
Asiana Cargo	London–Stansted, Seoul–Incheon, Vienna
Atlas Air	Aguadilla
Cargolux	Campinas, Chicago, London–Stansted, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Maastricht/Aachen, New York–JFK, Taipei–Taoyuan
Cargolux Italia	Almaty, Baku, Curitiba–Afonso Pena, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dubai–International, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Mexico City, New York–JFK, Osaka–Kansai
Cathay Pacific	Delhi, Hong Kong, London–Heathrow, Manchester, Mumbai
DHL Aviation	London–Heathrow, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Madrid
DHL Aviation operated by EAT Leipzig	Bucharest, London–Heathrow, Leipzig/Halle, East Midlands
EgyptAir Cargo	Cairo
Emirates SkyCargo	Dubai–Al Maktoum
Etihad Cargo	Abu Dhabi, Benghazi, Bogotá, Moscow–Domodedovo, Tripoli
FedEx Express	Ancona, Guangzhou, Memphis, Munich, Newark, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Shanghai–Pudong, Venice
Korean Air Cargo	Navoiy, Seoul–Incheon, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion, Vienna, Zaragoza
Lufthansa Cargo	Cairo, Frankfurt
Nippon Cargo Airlines	Amsterdam, Hahn, Tokyo–Narita
Qatar Airways Cargo	Chicago–O'Hare, Doha, London–Stansted, Tripoli
Royal Air Maroc	Brussels, Casablanca
Saudia Cargo	Brussels, Damman, Jeddah, Riyadh
Silk Way Airlines	Baku
Swiftair	East Midlands
Turkish Airlines Cargo	Algiers, Istanbul–Atatürk

Traffic and statistics

Busiest domestic routes from Malpensa (2008–2014)

Rank	City	Passengers 2014	Passengers 2013	Passengers 2012	Passengers 2011	Passenger 2010	Passenger 2009	Passenger 2008
1	Catania	533,130	597,449	668,530	725,773	544,328	438,513	328,122
2	Naples	444,365	505,955	640,752	702,984	703,031	572,753	495,607
3	Rome-FCO	332,336	454,659	600,620	674,836	683,031	671,396	533,845
4	Palermo	323,918	295,502	369,836	455,657	468,362	396,283	438,164
5	Lamezia Terme	272,618	289,508	284,536	285,515	256,948	130,760	152,422
6	Olbia	257,636	274,233	282,248	233,096	192,862	170,712	141,253
7	Bari	209,921	196,730	292,978	342,553	372,863	368,909	276,168
8	Brindisi	182,393	108,082	167,389	184,847	156,335	100,003	114,706
9	Cagliari	178,075	125,562	127,540	124,362	112,416	-	157,119

Busiest international routes from Malpensa within European Union (2008–2014)

Rank	City	Passengers 2014	Passengers 2013	Passengers 2012	Passengers 2011	Passengers 2010	Passenger 2009	Passenger 2008
1	Paris–CDG, France	646,791	599,286	550,409	856,817	922,702	998,271	876,087
2	Barcelona, Spain	624,357	587,036	588,214	609,832	564,628	543,512	485,016
3	Madrid, Spain	534,677	622,338	643,280	560,443	624,290	581,580	713,855
4	London–Gatwick, United Kingdom	507,864	486,015	542,790	359,574	335,273	314,771	316,521
5	Copenhagen, Denmark	411,538	427,455	379,582	289,633	272,285	274,516	261,130
6	Lisbon, Portugal	367,536	306,707	289,805	320,512	321,320	296,108	274,541
7	Amsterdam, Netherlands	353,432	369,375	403,142	549,023	558,481	562,836	656,953
8	Frankfurt am Main, Germany	334,070	323,793	317,019	335,758	305,890	311,742	345,206
9	Vienna, Austria	331,822	344,127	365,522	295,861	246,336	240,256	371,261
10	Munich, Germany	328,092	335,365	382,381	363,932	316,544	290,326	309,868
11	Dusseldorf, Germany	292,868	285,007	279,429	296,640	263,328	265,093	227,954
12	Prague, Czech Republic	283,794	309,169	306,902	283,056	218,680	197,182	238,231
13	Brussels, Belgium	283,272	288,295	305,883	308,765	258,152	289,887	288,300
14	Athens, Greece	250,052	250,917	273,776	245,269	275,273	377,211	370,607
15	London–Heathrow, United Kingdom	180,506	184,685	183,789	437,897	491,844	466,405	357,701

Busiest international routes from Malpensa outside the European Union (2008–2014)

Rank	City	Passengers 2014	Passengers 2013	Passengers 2012	Passengers 2011	Passengers 2010	Passenger 2009	Passenger 2008
1	New York-Kennedy, United States	556,888	421,850	379,167	345,534	321,837	332,555	294,132
2	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	547,824	536,974	463,335	390,996	405,502	289,659	170,657
3	Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Russia	369,421	367,025	297,409	265,968	240,948	213,528	262,850
4	Istanbul–Atatürk, Turkey	357,738	354,036	329,679	290,455	315,435	289,569	286,727
5	Zürich, Switzerland	249,262	242,394	259,414	264,068	243,426	251,560	282,684
6	Tirana, Albania	242,727	213,981	198,181	152,109	121,792	130,863
7	Doha, Qatar	240,875	209,748	194,575	139,804	155,848	131,370	119,560
8	Tel Aviv, Israel	237,052	182,719	188,625	186,569	205,771	199,666	170,947
9	Casablanca, Morocco	215,152	207,721	228,662	234,537	255,732	207,249	256,749
10	Cairo, Egypt	210,184	196,939	176,972	204,216	243,660	220,259	248,375
11	Hong Kong, SAR	174,146	172,392	178,695	138,778	76,658
12	New York-Newark, United States	152,291	133,534	106,894	96,489	96,409	93,732	129,635
13	Marrakech, Morocco	150,425	129,785	102,905	103,933	117,303	131,107	118,485
14	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	147,816	156,673	146,909	116,195	86,059	-	-
15	São Paulo–Guarulhos, Brazil	139,396	135,271	143,506	163,516	190,132	214,449	240,232
16	Miami, United States	131,063	-	54,321	52,026	-	-	-
17	Marsa Alam, Egypt	125,247	101,770	144,706	100,011	170,113	160,166	155,421
18	Tunis, Tunisia	121,048	152,908	170,941	134,090	145,407	104,433	126,521
19	Shanghai, China	116,702	122,023	122,214	108,869	101,899	101,427	-
20	Belgrade, Serbia	112,561	63,980	-	-	-	-	-

Transport links

Rail

Main articles: Malpensa Aeroporto railway station and Malpensa Express

Malpensa Express at Milano Cadorna station

Connection between the rail station and Terminal 1

Malpensa Express

Malpensa Express trains run from Malpensa Aeroporto railway station, located at Terminal 1, to Milan Cadorna station in the southwest of central Milan. A train leaves every 30 minutes in each direction. At Milan Cadorna, there are connections with Milan's Metro Line M2 (Green) and Line M1 (Red), the Milan suburban railway service and other destinations. Journey time is 29 minutes (non-stop) or 34 minutes (stopping). Stopping services call at Busto Arsizio FNM, Saronno Centrale (connections for Varese and Como) and Milan Bovisa (connection with suburban services).

Since 13 December 2010, the Malpensa Express has also run to Milan Central station. A train leaves every 30 minutes in each direction (or hourly during early mornings or late evenings). Journey times are 46 minutes (semi-fast) and 53 minutes (stopping). All services call at Milan Porta Garibaldi and Saronno Centrale, with stopping services also calling at Busto Arsizio FNM station.

Other train services

Two daily high-speed (Alta Velocità) services connect Malpensa Aeroporto to Florence/Firenze via Milan Central, Bologna Central and Florence Santa Maria Novella stations. One of the high-speed trains continues to Naples/Napoli via Rome Termini. As of October 2012, the service was terminated.

Milan's Suburban Line S10 (Milano Rogoredo–Milano Bovisa) runs to Malpensa Airport/Aeroporto from June 2010 onwards. 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 is now terminated.

Future train connections

The Malpensa – Varese – Mendrisio (CH) – Lugano (CH) line is currently under construction and scheduled to be completed in 2015, providing a direction connection between Malpensa Airport/Aeroporto and the south-eastern part of Switzerland. There are plans to connect Gallarate Station and Milan's Centrale Station (FS), which is currently a terminus station with no through tracks, so as to allow more convenient access to high-speed international lines.

Bus

Milan Central station

• Malpensa Shuttle and Malpensa Bus Express connect the airport to Milan Central station (Trenitalia's National Railway hub) and for Milan's Metro network. The shuttle bus calls at Terminals 1 and 2, Busto Arzioso and Milan Fair (on request). Journey time is 60–70 minutes.

• From February 2010 onwards, 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 destinations in Lombardy (Varese, Como, Bergamo and Brescia, Alessandria and Novara), Piedmont (Turin/Torino), Liguria (Genoa/Genova) and Switzerland (Bellinzona, Chiasso and Lugano).

Other bus services

• A free, 24-hour shuttle bus provides access to Terminal 2 from Terminal 1. The bus leaves every 7 minutes. Journey time is 15–20 minutes.

• Malpensa Airport has a direct coach connection with Milan's Linate Airport.

Taxi

Official taxis in Milan are white and are equipped with taximeter, showing the total price for the journey (the price is for the vehicle, not for people) calculated with official fares approved by local government authorities. The only exception is the journey from city to airport and return. Local authorities was establishing a couple of years ago a fixed airport fare from and to some destinations:

• Malpensa Airport to/from City area – €90
• Malpensa Airport to/from Exhibit area (Fiera di Milano / Rho) – €60
• Malpensa Airport to/form Linate Airport – €100
• Malpensa Airport to/from Varese – €65

These prices will be applied regardless of taxi meter price and are inclusive of all surcharges, night-holidays surcharge, highways tolls, but can be applied only if the journey has no intermediate stops. Otherwise the total price indicated by taximeter will be applied.

Taxi ranks at Malpensa Airport are at Arrival Area, ground floor. Gate #6 for Terminal 1 and gate #4 for Terminal 2.

Road

Malpensa Airport is accessible by a four-lane motorway to the A8 (connecting Switzerland to Milan) and by a five-lane motorway to the A4 (connecting Turin/Torino, Verona, Venice and Triest/Trieste). Local access to the airport is provided by the State Road SS11.

External links

Media related to Milan Malpensa Airport at Wikimedia Commons
Milano Malpensa Airport travel guide from Wikivoyage

• Milan–Malpensa Airport – Official website
• SEA SpA – Official website
• Malpensa Airport AOC & USERS Committees MXP Milan
• Car airport transfer Milan–Malpensa Airport
• Accident history for MXP at Aviation Safety Network