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Milan Malpensa Airport
Aeroporto di Milano Malpensa
"Città di Milano"
Milan Airports.svg
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IATA: MXPICAO: LIMCWMO: 16066
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner SEA SpA
Operator SEA Aeroporti di Milano
Serves Milan metropolitan area
Location Ferno, Varese
Opened 27 May 1910; 112 years ago
Hub for
Albastar
Cargolux Italia
FedEx Express[1]
Focus city for
easyJet Europe
Neos
Wizz Air
Malta Air
Ryanair
Elevation AMSL 1,000 ft / 304.8 m
Coordinates 45°37′48″N 8°43′23″ECoordinates: 45°37′48″N 8°43′23″E
Website milanomalpensa-airport.com
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Location within Northern Italy
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17L/35R 3,920 12,861 Asphalt
17R/35L 3,920 12,861 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 9,662,464
Passenger change 20-21 Increase 32.9%
Aircraft movements 118,341
Movements change 20-21 Increase 20.0%
Cargo (tons) 747,242
Cargo change 20-21 Increase 44.6%
Source: ASSAEROPORTI[2]
Statistics from Assaeroporti[3]
Milan Malpensa Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC)[4][5] is the largest international
airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria, as well as the
Swiss Canton of Ticino. The airport is 49 kilometres (30 mi) northwest of Milan,[6]
next to the Ticino river dividing Lombardy and Piedmont.

In 2019, Malpensa Airport handled 28,846,299 passengers and was the 20th busiest
airport in Europe in terms of passengers and 2nd busiest airport in Italy in terms
of passengers. Until 2008, Malpensa Airport was a major hub for flag carrier
Alitalia. Malpensa Airport remains the second-busiest Italian airport for
international passenger traffic (after Rome Fiumicino Airport), and the busiest for
freight and cargo, handling over 500,000 tons of international freight annually.

The airport was opened in 1909 by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni to test their
aircraft prototypes, before switching to civil operation in 1948.

Contents
1 History
1.1 Early years
1.2 After World War II
1.3 Expansion and development (1995–1998)
1.4 Alitalia's main hub (1998–2008)
1.5 2010s
2 Terminals
2.1 Terminal 1
2.2 Terminal 2
3 Airlines and destinations
3.1 Passenger
3.2 Cargo
4 Statistics
4.1 Busiest routes
4.2 Movements by country
4.3 General statistics
5 Transport links
5.1 Rail
5.1.1 Malpensa Express
5.1.2 Other train services
5.2 Bus
5.3 Road
6 References
7 External links
History

Control tower with the Italian Alps visible in the background

Exterior of Terminal 1

Apron view
Early years

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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
metres. A small wooden terminal was constructed to protect goods and passengers
from bad weather.

After World War II

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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 (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 [it] (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 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 (1995–1998)

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.
Alitalia's main hub (1998–2008)
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 continues to fly several domestic and European services from Milan
and two intercontinental flights (to New York City and Tokyo). 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.

2010s
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.[7] Competitor Ryanair confirmed plans to open an operating base at
Malpensa from December 2015, initially with one aircraft.[8]

In 2014 a contract was awarded for extension of the railway line from Terminal 1 to
Terminal 2. The line was opened in December 2016.[9] The new Malpensa Terminal 2
railway station is within 200 m north of the T2 arrivals hall, that is accessed by
an outdoor covered walkway.[10]
Terminals

easyJet Airbus A319-100 landing at Malpensa with the Alps visible in the background
Malpensa Airport has two passenger terminals and they are connected by airport
shuttle buses and trains.

Terminal 1
Terminal 1, which opened in 1998, is the newer,[11] larger and more prominent
terminal. The terminal 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 intercontinental flights.
Terminal 1C, opened in January 2013, handles non-Schengen, intercontinental flights
and security-sensitive flights to USA and Israel.
Terminal 2
Terminal 2 is the older terminal.[11] It was previously used exclusively by
easyJet, but has been closed since 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[12] All
charter services, which were previously based in this terminal, moved to Terminal 1
upon its opening.

Malpensa Airport additionally provides free shuttles connecting Terminal 2 to

Terminal 1.[13]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
The following airlines operate regular scheduled, seasonal and charter flights to
and from Malpensa:[14]

Airlines Destinations
Aegean Airlines Athens, Thessaloniki
Aer Lingus Dublin
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo (suspended)
Air Albania Tirana
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Cairo Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh
Air Canada Montreal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Air China Beijing–Capital, Shanghai–Pudong
Air Europa Madrid
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air France Hop Lyon, Nantes
Air Horizont Seasonal charter: Olbia,[15]
Air India Delhi
Air Moldova Chisinau
Air Senegal Dakar–Diass
Air Serbia Belgrade
airBaltic Riga
AlbaStar Seasonal: Catania, Lampedusa
Seasonal charter: Marsa Alam, Palma de Mallorca, Sharm El Sheikh[16]
Albawings Tirana
All Nippon Airways Tokyo–Haneda
American Airlines New York–JFK
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku
British Airways London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow
Seasonal: London–City
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong
Croatia Airlines Seasonal: Split
Delta Air Lines New York–JFK
Seasonal: Atlanta
easyJet Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brindisi,
Bristol, Cagliari, Catania, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Faro, Fuerteventura, Lamezia
Terme, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Luxembourg,
Málaga, Manchester, Marrakech, Marsa Alam, Munich, Nantes, Naples, Olbia, Palermo,
Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Porto, Prague, Sharm El Sheikh,
Stockholm–Arlanda, Tel Aviv, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Alghero, Bilbao (resumes 27 June 2022),[17] Chania, Corfu, Heraklion,
Hurghada, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Kos, Lampedusa (begins 1 July 2022),[18] Malta,
Menorca, Mykonos, Preveza/Lefkada, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, Santorini, Skiathos
(begins 1 July 2022),[19] Split, Zadar (resumes 28 June 2022),[17] Zakynthos
EgyptAir Cairo
El Al Tel Aviv
Emirates Dubai–International, New York–JFK
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
Eurowings Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Finnair Helsinki
Gulf Air Bahrain
Iberia Madrid
Icelandair Seasonal: Reykjavík–Keflavík
Iran Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
ITA Airways New York–JFK
KLM Amsterdam
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon (resumes 1 July 2022)[20]
Kuwait Airways Kuwait City
La Compagnie Newark
LATAM São Paulo–Guarulhos
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Luxembourg
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Neos Almaty, Boa Vista, Cairo, Cancún, Colombo, Dakar–Diass, Fuerteventura, Gran
Canaria, Havana, Holguín, La Romana, Malé, Marsa Alam, Mombasa, Nanjing, New York–
JFK, Sal, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia (resumes 6 October 2022),[21] Brindisi, Cagliari,
Catania, Djerba, Freeport, Heraklion, Ibiza, Karpathos, Kos, Lamezia Terme,
Lanzarote, Luxor, Menorca, Monastir, Montego Bay, Mykonos, Nosy Bé, Olbia, Palermo,
Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos, Tianjin,
Varadero, Zanzibar
Seasonal charter: Amritsar[22] Hamburg[23]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Oslo
Nouvelair Seasonal charter: Djerba[23]
Oman Air Muscat
Qatar Airways Doha
Rossiya Saint Petersburg (suspended)
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakech
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia (resumes 21 September 2022)[20]
Ryanair Aarhus, Alghero, Alicante, Barcelona, Bari, Berlin, Brindisi, Bristol,
Brussels, Bucharest, Cagliari, Catania, Comiso, Dublin, Gran Canaria, Lamezia
Terme, London–Stansted, Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Manchester, Naples, Palermo, Porto,
Seville, Sibiu, Tenerife–South, Valencia, Vienna
Seasonal: Corfu, Heraklion, Kalamata, Palma de Mallorca, Santorini, Zakynthos
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo (suspended)
Saudia Jeddah, Riyadh
Seasonal: Medina
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Oslo
Seasonal: Bergen (resumes 26 June 2022),[24] Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda
Singapore Airlines Barcelona, Singapore
SunExpress Izmir
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Thai Airways International Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Casablanca
Tunisair Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Twin Jet Marseille
Ukraine International Airlines Kyiv–Boryspil (suspended)
United Airlines Chicago–O'Hare, Newark
Utair Moscow–Vnukovo (Suspended)
Uzbekistan Airways Seasonal: Tashkent (resumes 12 August 2022)[20]
Vueling Barcelona, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Alicante, Bilbao, Ibiza
Wizz Air Alexandria, Amman–Queen Alia, Athens, Bari, Brindisi, Budapest,
Cagliari, Catania, Fuerteventura, Kraków, Kutaisi, Lamezia Terme, London–Gatwick,
Marrakesh, Naples, Palermo, Podgorica, Porto, Prague, Pristina, Reykjavik–Keflavík,
Sharm El Sheikh, Skopje, Tallinn, Tel Aviv, Tenerife–South, Tirana, Tuzla, Vilnius
Seasonal: Casablanca, Corfu, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Lampedusa, Lanzarote (resumes
31 October 2022),[25] Olbia, Santorini, Skiathos (begins 5 July 2022),[26]
Zakynthos
Cargo
The following airlines operate regular cargo services to and from Malpensa:

Airlines Destinations
Amazon Air[27][28] Cagliari, Catania, Leipzig/Halle
Asiana Cargo[29] Almaty, Seoul–Incheon
Atlas Air[citation needed] Amsterdam, San Juan
Cargolux[30] Luxembourg
Cargolux Italia[citation needed] Almaty, Baku, Curitiba–Afonso Pena, Dallas/Fort
Worth, Dubai–International, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Mexico City, New York–JFK,
Novosibirsk, Osaka–Kansai, Zhengzhou, Vilnius
Cathay Pacific Cargo[31] Frankfurt, Hong Kong
DHL Aviation[32] Ancona, Athens, Bahrain, Barcelona, Belgrade, Brussels,
Bucharest, Budapest, Cincinnati, Cologne/Bonn, East Midlands, Leipzig/Halle,
London–Heathrow, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Madrid, Naples, Paris–Charles de
Gaulle, Pisa, Seoul–Incheon, Thessaloniki, Vitoria, Zagreb
EgyptAir Cargo[33] Cairo
Emirates SkyCargo[34] Dubai–Al Maktoum
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo[35] Addis Ababa
FedEx Express[citation needed] Ancona, Dubai–International, Guangzhou,
Memphis, Munich, Newark, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Shanghai–Pudong, Venice
Korean Air Cargo[36] Seoul–Incheon
Lufthansa Cargo[37] Frankfurt
Nippon Cargo Airlines[38] Amsterdam, Tokyo–Narita
Qatar Airways Cargo[39] Doha
Saudia Cargo[40] Jeddah, Riyadh
Silk Way West Airlines[41] Baku
Turkish Cargo[42] Istanbul
UPS Airlines[43] Cologne/Bonn, Naples
Statistics
Busiest routes
Busiest domestic routes to/from Milan Malpensa (2018)[44]
Rank Rank
var.
(prev. year) Airport Passengers % var.
(prev. year) Airline(s)
1 Steady Sicily Catania, Sicily Increase 1,048,371 Increase 10.24
Air Italy, AlbaStar, Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air, Ryanair
2 Steady Sicily Palermo, Sicily Increase 673,401 Increase 81.54 Air
Italy, Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air, Ryanair
3 Increase 2 Calabria Lamezia Terme, Calabria Increase 557,529 Increase
80.38 Air Italy, Alitalia, easyJet, Ryanair
4 Decrease 1 Campania Naples, Campania Increase 359,168 Increase 29.13
Air Italy, Alitalia, easyJet
5 Decrease 1 Sardinia Olbia, Sardinia Increase 324,110 Increase 3.16
Air Italy, Alitalia, Blue Panorama Airlines, easyJet, Neos Air
6 Steady new Lazio Rome–Fiumicino, Lazio Steady 242,114 Steady new Air
Italy, Alitalia
7 Decrease 1 Apulia Bari, Apulia Increase 229,529 Increase 10.17
Alitalia, easyJet
8 Decrease 1 Apulia Brindisi, Apulia Increase 191,036 Increase 6.40
Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air
9 Decrease 1 Sardinia Cagliari, Sardinia Decrease 158,621 Decrease 11.38
Air Italy, Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air
10 Decrease 1 Sicily Comiso, Sicily Decrease 118,181 Decrease 2.24
Ryanair
Busiest routes between Milan Malpensa and destinations within the European Union
(2018)[44]
Rank Rank
var.
(prev. year) Airport Passengers % var.
(prev. year) Airline(s)
1 Steady Paris–Charles de Gaulle, France Increase 911,510 Increase
15.41 Air France, Alitalia, easyJet
2 Increase 1 Amsterdam, Netherlands Increase 840,160 Increase 12.78
Alitalia, easyJet, KLM, Vueling
3 Decrease 1 Barcelona, Spain Increase 819,077 Increase 7.88 easyJet,
Vueling
4 Increase 1 London–Gatwick, England Increase 577,011 Increase 1.35
easyJet
5 Decrease 1 Madrid, Spain Decrease 544,472 Decrease 9.63 Air Europa,
Alitalia, easyJet, Iberia, Ryanair
6 Increase 1 Munich, Germany Increase 466,052 Increase 12.26 Air
Dolomiti, easyJet, Lufthansa
7 Decrease 1 Lisbon, Portugal Decrease 437,438 Decrease 1.24 Alitalia,
easyJet, TAP Portugal
8 Increase 2 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Increase 381,004 Increase 12.86
Alitalia, Lufthansa
9 Increase 2 Vienna, Austria Increase 377,191 Increase 25.16 Austrian
Airlines, Wizz Air
10 Decrease 1 Copenhagen, Denmark Increase 362,846 Increase 1.63
Alitalia, easyJet, Scandinavian Airlines
11 Decrease 3 Brussels, Belgium Decrease 337,104 Decrease 8.21
Alitalia, Brussels Airlines, Ryanair
12 Steady Prague, Czech Republic Increase 304,128 Increase 2.76
Alitalia, Czech Airlines, easyJet
13 Steady Athens, Thessaloniki, Greece Decrease 274,995 Decrease 0.10
Aegean Airlines, Alitalia, easyJet
14 Steady London–Heathrow, England Increase 248,369 Increase 1.40
Alitalia, British Airways
15 Increase 2 Budapest, Hungary Increase 239,457 Increase 7.32 Wizz
Air
16 Increase 2 Düsseldorf, Germany Increase 235,165 Increase 23.75
Alitalia, Eurowings
17 Decrease 2 Ibiza, Spain Increase 225,132 Increase 0.69 Alitalia,
easyJet, Iberia, Neos Air, Vueling
18 Decrease 2 London–Stansted, England Decrease 217,971 Decrease 2.37
Ryanair
19 Increase 5 Paris–Orly, France Increase 206,011 Increase 27.61 Aigle
Azur, Alitalia, easyJet, Vueling
20 Steady Helsinki, Finland Increase 195,876 Increase 7.24
Finnair
21 Decrease 2 Berlin–Schönefeld, Germany Decrease 183,298 Decrease 1.19
easyJet
22 Increase 16 Oporto, Portugal Increase 177,852 Increase 115.74 Ryanair, TAP
Portugal
23 Steady London–Luton, England Increase 170,303 Increase 2.84
easyJet
24 Increase 1 Edinburgh, Scotland Increase 165,084 Increase 4.69
Alitalia, easyJet
25 Increase 2 Málaga, Spain Increase 159,629 Increase 3.13 easyJet,
Neos Air, Ryanair
26 Decrease 4 Manchester, England Decrease 152,858 Decrease 11.26
easyJet, FlyBe
27 Decrease 1 Stuttgart, Germany Decrease 151,790 Decrease 2.51
easyJet, Eurowings
28 Steady new Berlin–Tegel, Germany Steady 149,610 Steady new easyJet,
Ryanair
29 Decrease 1 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Decrease 147,866 Decrease 2.72
easyJet, Luxair
30 Decrease 1 Warsaw, Poland Increase 137,333 Increase 3.99 LOT Polish
Airlines
31 Steady Palma de Mallorca, Spain Increase 129,491 Increase 13.10
Alitalia, easyJet, Neos Air
32 Decrease 11 Hamburg, Germany Decrease 129,223 Decrease 25.67 Eurowings
33 Steady Valencia, Spain Steady 128,252 Steady new Ryanair
34 Decrease 4 Sofia, Bulgaria Decrease 113,709 Decrease 8.28 Bulgaria
Air, Ryanair
35 Decrease 3 Bucharest, Romania Decrease 112,400 Decrease 1.56 Blue
Air, Ryanair
36 Decrease 2 Stockholm–Arlanda, Sweden Increase 109,095 Increase 5.88
easyJet, Neos Air, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
37 Decrease 2 Mykonos, Greece Increase 99,491 Increase 2.37 easyJet,
Neos
38 Decrease 5 Cologne, Germany Decrease 94,148 Decrease 12.97 Eurowings
39 Steady new Alicante, Spain Steady 93,742 Steady new easyJet, Ryanair,
Vueling
40 Decrease 4 Menorca, Spain Decrease 85,662 Decrease 2.22 easyJet,
Neos
41 Steady Bordeaux, France Increase 79,224 Increase 9.87 easyJet
42 Decrease 2 Tenerife, Spain Decrease 77,708 Decrease 2.64 easyJet,
Neos, Ryanair
43 Increase 1 Dublin, Ireland Increase 71,749 Increase 14.54 Aer Lingus
44 Decrease 5 Nantes, France Decrease 71,259 Decrease 11.82 easyJet
45 Steady new Vilnius, Lithuania Steady 67,869 Steady Wizz Air
46 Decrease 3 Riga, Latvia Increase 67,589 Increase 7.85 airBaltic
47 Decrease 2 Heraklion, Greece Increase 61,370 Increase 5.31 Blue
Panorama Airlines, easyJet, Neos Air, Ryanair
48 Decrease 11 Birmingham, England Decrease 59,974 Decrease 29.69 FlyBe
49 Decrease 3 Seville, Spain Increase 54,643 Increase 0.19 Ryanair
50 Decrease 2 Toulouse, France Increase 54,436 Increase 1.12 easyJet
51 Decrease 4 Lyon, France Decrease 53,475 Decrease 1.13 HOP!
52 Decrease 2 Lanzarote, Spain Increase 52,420 Increase 1.03 easyJet,
Neos Air
Busiest routes between Milan Malpensa and destinations outside the European Union
(2018)[44]
Rank Rank
var.
(prev. year) City Passengers % var.
(prev. year) Airline(s)
1 Steady New York–JFK, New York, United States Increase 791,985
Increase 15.30 Air Italy, Alitalia, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines,
Emirates
2 Steady Dubai-International, United Arab Emirates Increase 681,844
Increase 3.18 Emirates
3 Steady Istanbul–Atatürk, Turkey Increase 416,778 Increase 6.30
Turkish Airlines
4 Steady Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Russia Increase 398,790 Increase 6.78
Aeroflot
5 Steady Doha, Qatar Increase 359,792 Increase 14.19 Qatar
Airways
6 Increase 1 Tirana, Albania Increase 283,107 Increase 6.06 Blue
Panorama Airlines, Ernest Airlines
7 Decrease 1 Tel Aviv, Israel Decrease 275,348 Decrease 0.89 Alitalia,
easyJet, El Al, Neos Air
8 Increase 1 Zurich, Switzerland Increase 229,597 Increase 5.95 Swiss
International Air Lines
9 Increase 1 Cairo, Egypt Increase 215,614 Increase 4.03 Air Italy,
Egypt Air
10 Increase 1 Hong Kong, SAR Increase 176,538 Increase 0.38 Cathay
Pacific
11 Increase 6 Miami, Florida, United States Increase 176,283 Increase
36.95 Air Italy, American Airlines
12 Increase 1 Muscat, Oman Increase 164,120 Increase 8.39 Oman Air
13 Increase 1 Shanghai-Pudong, China Increase 148,389 Increase 3.64 Air
China
14 Decrease 2 São Paulo-Guarulhos, Brazil Decrease 147,770 Decrease 7.22
LATAM Brasil
15 Increase 9 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Thailand Increase 145,414 Increase
46.34 Air Italy, Thai Airways International
16 Steady Newark, New Jersey, United States Increase 145,394 Increase
10.31 United Airlines
17 Decrease 9 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Decrease 143,445 Decrease
34.96 Etihad Airways
18 Decrease 3 Casablanca, Morocco Increase 133,982 Increase 0.94
Jetairfly, Royal Air Maroc
19 Decrease 1 Tokyo-Narita, Japan Increase 130,477 Increase 1.84
Alitalia
20 Increase 2 Beijing-Capital, China Increase 124,394 Increase 20.47 Air
China
21 Decrease 2 Oslo, Norway Increase 118,130 Increase 2.72 Norwegian
Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
22 Decrease 1 Kyiv, Ukraine Increase 116,101 Increase 7.75 Ukraine
International Airlines
23 Decrease 3 Tunis, Tunisia Increase 113,614 Increase 2.29 Tunisair
24 Decrease 1 Singapore, Singapore Increase 112,287 Increase 11.23
Singapore Airlines
25 Steady new Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Steady 108,124 Steady new Air Cairo,
Air Italy, Neos Air
26 Steady Saint Petersburg, Russia Increase 103,460 Increase 16.46
Rossiya Airlines
27 Increase 8 Marsa Alam, Egypt Increase 102,956 Increase 79.19 Air
Cairo, Neos Air
28 Decrease 3 Havana, Cuba Decrease 92,704 Decrease 5.36 Blue
Panorama Airlines, Neos
29 Decrease 2 Delhi, India Increase 92,583 Increase 11.36 Air India,
Air Italy
30 Decrease 2 Marrakesh, Morocco Increase 88,805 Increase 7.17
easyJet
31 Increase 2 Toronto, Canada Increase 75,347 Increase 25.90 Air Canada,
Air Italy
32 Decrease 3 Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Turkey Increase 69,684 Increase
0.88 Turkish Airlines
33 Decrease 3 Seoul-Incheon, South Korea Increase 68,056 Increase 1.89
Korean Air
34 Decrease 3 Belgrade, Serbia Decrease 65,439 Decrease 1.81 Air Serbia
35 Decrease 3 Tehran, Iran Increase 62,207 Increase 0.24 Iran Air,
Mahan Air
36 Steady new Moscow–Domodedovo, Russia Steady 61,429 Steady new Air
Italy
37 Steady new Moscow–Vnukovo, Russia Steady 60,114 Steady new Utair
38 Steady new Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Steady 56,481 Steady new Ethiopian
Airlines
39 Steady new La Romana, Dominican Republic Steady 53,448 Steady new
Neos Air
40 Steady new Zanzibar, Tanzania Steady 52,810 Steady new Blue
Panorama Airlines, Neos Air
41 Steady new Dakar, Senegal Steady 51,104 Steady new Air Italy
Movements by country
European Union countries with passenger movements
from/to Milan Malpensa Airport (2018)
Rank Rank
var.
(prev. year) Country Passengers 2018
1 Steady Italy Increase 4,093,221
2 Steady Spain Increase 2,559,852
3 Increase 1 Germany Increase 1,805,491
4 Decrease 1 UK Decrease 1,717,631
5 Steady France Increase 1,396,510
6 Steady Netherlands Increase 841,773
7 Steady Greece Increase 652,323
8 Steady Portugal Increase 644,147
9 Increase 2 Austria Increase 377,548
10 Steady Denmark Increase 367,156
11 Decrease 2 Belgium Increase 337,648
12 Steady Czech Republic Increase 304,878
13 Steady Hungary Increase 240,128
14 Increase 1 Poland Increase 232,147
15 Decrease 1 Finland Increase 198,838
16 Steady Luxembourg Decrease 147,866
17 Steady Romania Decrease 119,021
18 Steady Bulgaria Decrease 114,080
19 Steady Sweden Increase 109,465
20 Increase 1 Lithuania Increase 75,768
21 Decrease 1 Ireland Increase 71,749
22 Increase 1 Estonia Increase 36,937
23 Decrease 1 Cyprus Increase 34,714
24 Steady Malta Increase 10,198
General statistics
Years Movements % variation Passengers % variation Cargo (tons) % variation
2000 249,107 Increase13.3 20,716,815 Increase22.1 301,045
Increase4.6
2001 236,409 Decrease5.1 18,570,494 Decrease10.4 323,707 Increase7.5
2002 214,886 Decrease9.1 17,441,250 Decrease6.1 328,241 Increase1.4
2003 213,554 Decrease0.6 17,621,585 Increase1 362,587 Increase10.5
2004 218,048 Increase2.1 18,554,874 Increase5.3 361,237 Increase13.1
2005 227,718 Increase4.4 19,630,514 Increase5.8 384,752 Increase6.5
2006 247,456 Increase8.7 21,767,267 Increase10.9 419,128 Increase8,9
2007 267,941 Increase8.3 23,885,391 Increase9.7 486,666 Increase16.1
2008 218,476 Decrease18.5 19,221,632 Decrease19.5 415,952
Decrease14.5
2009 187,551 Decrease14.2 17,551,635 Decrease8.7 344,047 Decrease17.3
2010 193,771 Increase3.3 18,947,808 Increase8 432,674 Increase25.8
2011 190,838 Decrease1.5 19,303,131 Increase1.8 450,446 Increase4.1
2012 174,892 Decrease8.4 18,537,301 Decrease4 414,317 Decrease8
2013 164,745 Decrease5.8 17,955,075 Decrease3.1 430,343 Increase3.9
2014 166,749 Increase1.2 18,853,203 Increase5 469,657 Increase9.1
2015 160,484 Decrease3.8 18,582,043 Decrease1.4 511,191 Increase8.8
2016 166,842 Increase4 19,420,690 Increase4.5 548,767 Increase7.4
2017 178,953 Increase7.3 22,169,167 Increase14.2 589,719 Increase7.5
2018 194,515 Increase8.7 24,725,490 Increase11.5 572,774.8 Decrease2.9
2019 234,054 Increase20.3 28,846,299 Increase16.7 558,481.5
Decrease2.5
2020 92,432 Decrease60.5 7,241,766 Decrease74.9 516,739.6
Decrease7.5

Annual passenger traffic at MXP airport. See source Wikidata query.

Transport links
Rail
Main articles: Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 1 railway station and Malpensa Aeroporto
Terminal 2 railway station

Malpensa Express at Milan Cadorna station platform 1

Connection between Terminal 1 and its railway station

The airport is served by two train stations, one in each terminal.

Malpensa Express
Main article: Malpensa Express
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.[45]

The journey time ranges between 30 and 50 minutes, depending on the type of service
and the number of stops.

Other train services

TiLo operate services to Bellinzona in Switzerland.[46]

Milan's Suburban Line S10 (Milano Rogoredo–Milano Bovisa) ran to Malpensa

Airport/Aeroporto from June 2010.[47] 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.

The Malpensa – Varese – Mendrisio (CH) – Lugano (CH) line provides a direct
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, to
allow more convenient access to high-speed international lines.

Bus
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 Arsizio and Milan Fair (on request).
Journey time is 60–70 minutes.
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.
From March 2018 both Terminals are connected to major cities in Northern Italy.
This service is provided by BusItalia Fast (a society participated by Trenitalia
and the Italian Rail Co.) and connects the airport with Aosta (Aosta Valley),
Novara, Santhià, Turin (Piedmont), Sanremo, Savona, Ventimiglia (Liguria) once a
day; Padua, Venice Marco Polo Airport, Verona (Veneto), Trieste (Friuli-Venezia
Giulia) twice a day; Genoa (Liguria) three times a day.[48]
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 SS336 from Busto Arsizio and by the State Road SS336dir
from Magenta.

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Milan–Malpensa Airport – Official website
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Malpensa Airport AOC & USERS Committees MXP Milan
Malpensa Airport Arrivals and Departures
Accident history for MXP at Aviation Safety Network
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