MXP | Milano Malpensa airport "Città di Milano"

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The airport of Malpensa "Città di Milano" is the main airport in northern Italy, and the second between the main Italian airports and equipment of companies based Lufthansa Italy (hub) Star Alliance (hub), EasyJet, Air One, Air Italy, Neos and Cargoitalia. Together at Milan-Linate airport and Milan's Orio al Serio-Milan's airports as more than 33 million passengers a year (2009) The first two calls are handled by the airport management company (SEA), Orio al Serio instead be managed by SACBO in SEA is the largest shareholder. It occupies portions of the municipalities of Cardano al Campo, Somma Lombardo, Casorate Sempione, Ferno, Lonate Pozzolo, Samaria and Vizzola Ticino, all relating to the province of Varese, taking its name from the nearby town of Malpensa, a village of Somma Lombardo. Its location within the Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino has marked the development of trails and associated facilities.

The widely at Malpensa will instead be divided into three phases: one short, one within the Expo of 2015, and the third in the long term. By December of this year is expected the union of 2700 meters between the existing runways, bridges that can also receive planes like the A-380, will be completed in June 2010 the accommodation City Airport, for the end of next year will be finally completed the expansion of Terminal 1, with 18 new gates to handle 30 million passengers.

The second phase of development involves works as the new Terminal 2, which is exclusively low-cost, the expansion of the Cargo City, to be completed by 2013 with 13 new hangars on an area of ​​200,000 square meters, capable of handling 2 million tons of cargo a year, and the third runway to be completed by 2014.

Finally, the long-term projects for the airport in Milan include the new freight logistics hub by 2017, the construction of a new Central Terminal, one of the two presentations, which will bring capacity to 70 million passengers, and the construction of a monorail buried between the three terminals.

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Massini, Emirates: "Work continues on the lounge Mxp"
12/04/2011

"Work is continuing, we hope to usher in our lounge as soon as possible. " The words are by Massimo Massini, CEO Emirates Italy, about the structure under construction at the airport of Milan Malpensa. "It will be our first space of its kind in Italy - continues Massini -. otion We have a space at the Sea that is doing the work. The lounge will allow passengers to business class and first to board directly, without going through the gate. " Massini also announced by the arrival of the Airbus A380 at Malpensa airport: "Coming Soon. And we are also ready to announce soon the launch of Emirates' third daily flight from Milan Malpensa. A beautiful and important news for Italian tourists and general for all travelers. "

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AMERICAN AIRLINES: DAILY FLIGHTS FROM MILAN TO NEW YORK

American Airlines, with the new summer schedule has increased frequency of non-stop flights from Milan Malpensa (MXP) and New York (JFK) so that, from 5 flights per week during the winter is again becoming daily. The flights operate with Boeing 767-300 aircraft, configured with two classes of service, with a total of 225 seats including 30 in Business Class.

"We are very pleased with the increase in flight frequency on the Milan-New York. The new flights will give our customers more choice and convenience of flying to travel in the United States, if both Chicago and New York are the final destinations, and if passengers want to take advantage of our extensive network of links that offer these cities as hubs, says Robert Antonucci, Country Manager for Italy of American Airlines.

The new operating flights from Milan will be:

Milan Malpensa (MXP)

AA199 Milan (MXP) 10.10New York (JFK) 13:14
AA198 New York (JFK) 17.45Milan (MXP) 08:05 (next day)

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28/03/2011
Etihad Airways will activate on June 2 near the new daily Abu Dhabi-Malpensa anticipating the opening date than originally planned, or August. The airline's decision comes following the positive trend of reservations and with a high demand for business traffic to reach destinations in the Far East, Indian Subcontinent and Australia. The operating Milan Malpensa Abu Dhabi provides daily departures at 11.55 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and 21.55 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. "Anticipating the flights from June to August is the best choice we could do - said Lorna Dalziel, Etihad's country manager for Italy - and so we decided to increase our service. " "The Italian market is of strategic importance in Europe - added Marco Sick, Area Manager Southern Europe Etihad Airways -. Among our aims is to enhance tourism in Abu Dhabi just for the long weekend, in addition to the benefits that we provide to our passengers through Abu Dhabi Essential to the project. "

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Air China to launch Beijing-Milan

From this summer Air China will start flying from the capital of China to the Italian fashion capital.

The Star Alliance member will launch flights from Beijing to Milan on June 15, with a wide-body Airbus A330.
Air China, with its three-times-weekly service, will be the only carrier to link the two cities directly.
Mr. Zhou Enyong, general manager of Air China's marketing department, said the airline is committed to building its domestic and international network.
“Since joining the Star Alliance in 2007, Air China's international network has been strengthened to cover 29 countries and regions,” he said.
“Moreover, our new routes to Europe will help satisfy growing market demand for travel to Europe and bring more convenience to both Chinese and European passengers."
The journey will take 11 hours and 30 minutes each way – currently it takes 17 hours to do the same trip, which involves a transfer.
Flight CA949 will leave Beijing on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 1.30pm, arriving into Milan Malpensa at 7pm.
From Milan, flight CA 950 will leave at 1.30pm, arriving into Beiking at 1.30pm the next day.
Air China started operating its Shanghai-Milan route in 2008.

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Cathay Pacific today announced the new daily flight Milan
15 February 2011



Milan, February 15, 2011 - The news today was in the air and Cathay Pacific Airways has broken through the inertia: the direct flight Milan - Hong Kong becomes daily starting next July 1. This was announced today in the futuristic location of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro was James Barrington, Director of Corporate Development at Cathay Pacific. Less than a year after the launch of flights from Milan Malpensa, the demand from the market has grown steadily, so as to bring the airline of Hong Kong to decide to bring the weekly frequencies from 4 to 7.
"Within a few months we have seen a tremendous and steady increase in interest from Milan" - says James Barrington, Director of Corporate Development - "Cathay Pacific has always believed in the Italian market and were monitored with great interest the progress of flights Milan, the decision announced today therefore forms part of a general positive for the company and we are very pleased to carry out the wishes of our passengers, especially when it means a statement of confidence in most of us. From next July, we offer more flexibility and choice to those who already choose to fly Cathay Pacific and gain higher market shares. In parallel, Cathay Pacific is considering increasing the number of flights on a number of other routes in order to increase the connections to and from our hub in Hong Kong. "
"The Italian market was ready and he deserved to make the leap that we announce today. With the new OS, Cathay Pacific further enhances its international network and Italy in particular - adds Chris Daniells, Italy Country Manager for Cathay Pacific - "The year 2011 promises to be a year of great news for the company. Starting with 14 weekly passenger flights soon will link Italy and Hong Kong an opportunity for Milan to establish itself as a major destination for leisure and business travelers arriving from and departing for Asia. At the international level, Cathay Pacific has recently commissioned the order of as many as 30 Airbus A350-900 and 6 additional Boeing 777-300ER. News also face high-level implementations, starting from the new Business Class on our operational soon Boeing B777-300ER and Airbus A330-300 from 2012 and the opening last October of the exclusive lounge The Cabin in the international airport of Hong Kong ".

"Italy remains extremely important market for Cathay Pacific and now a record for most wins: the only country in Europe to the airport with two daily flights to and from Hong Kong. A record can be explained in light of the extensive trade and synergies between Italy and China, both in terms of cargo and passengers "- says Silvia Tagliaferri, Sales Manager of Cathay Pacific Italy and Malta. "Today's announcement is of great symbolic value for Cathay Pacific and is evidence of the virtuous circle that has been created in less than a year between the city of Milan Malpensa Airport, Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong. Milan also marks another first in its favor: the flight from Malpensa are all operated with Boeing 777-300ER, a champion of heaven. "
Silvia Tagliaferri continued, "We are confident that daily flights from Malpensa will give a positive boost to many Italian companies that already operate in China or who are entering the immense potential in this market. Companies that have always represented the Italian excellence and the best of Made in Italy and which Cathay Pacific to become increasingly the preferred partner. "

Starting next July 1, Cathay Pacific will operate on the route Hong Kong to Milan-daily frequencies on brand new Boeing 777-300ER with three-class configuration, all recently renovated.

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Thanks AMX!

STAR ALLIANCE IS CONSOLIDATION IN ITALY AND LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF PASSENGERS IN TRANSIT to Milan Malpensa
Consolidation of weekly flights operated by Italy at an altitude of 1649 from 17 Italian airports. Star Alliance, the alliance continues to be a reference to Milan Malpensa. About 37,500 passengers in transit at London Heathrow on Star Alliance flights.


Milan, 04/11/2011 (informazione.it - ​​press releases) The new summer timetable 2011 Star Alliance, the largest alliance of airlines worldwide, maintains its presence in Italy thanks to the 17 airports operated by 1649 frequencies Italian (Summer 2010: 1642). In 2010 there were about 37,500 transit passengers on Star Alliance flights to Milan Malpensa airport to confirm that, thanks in part to the significant number of member airlines of the alliance in the airport is the critical mass to operate weekly flights, the airport Milan are taking on a purely voluntary role as a hub for Star Alliance.


With the new timetable, Star Alliance continues to confirm its role as an alliance of reference to Milan Malpensa Airport where it operates 550 flights per week (Summer 2010: 540 frequencies). Are 322 operating frequencies from Rome Fiumicino (Summer 2010: 318), 158 from London (Summer 2010: 163) and 118 from London (Summer 2010: 120). Milan Malpensa is 33% of total connections in Italy operated by Star Alliance, Rome Fiumicino 20%, 9% Venice and Bologna 7%.

With the summer schedule 2011, 20 Star Alliance carriers operating in our country, directly serving 17 Italian airports from which departing passengers can access the global Star Alliance route network serving 1,160 destinations in 181 countries worldwide.


"After several years of uninterrupted growth has strengthened its presence of members of the Star Alliance carriers on the Italian airports in light of the overall situation of the country sees on the one hand a modest economic recovery and growth of the other BSP too small" said Luca Graf, President of the Management Board of Star Alliance in Italy. "Star Alliance continues to be the alliance reference to Milan Malpensa, where a very interesting show, however, namely those relating to passengers on Star Alliance flights to Milan airport. This is a survey conducted for the first time this year and highlights as 37,500 passengers transported by Star Alliance member carriers have used Malpensa airport to board connecting flights operated by the alliance. This illustrates that, "said Luca Graf" of the high level of Star Alliance member carriers at the airport and the high number of frequencies operated by Malpensa are voluntarily cutting a small role as a hub for our alliance. "

PRESENCE OF STAR ALLIANCE to Milan Malpensa
The airport of Milan Malpensa airport is the most important in terms of weekly frequencies operated by Star Alliance in Italy. Star Alliance, the alliance continues to be a reference to Milan Malpensa

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Aeroporto di Malpensa "Città di Milano"
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Potenziamenti (#16 -> +35 frequenze xw):


-Abu Dhabi (5xw -> 7xw)


-Bangkok (3xw -> 4xw) dal 22 maggio


-Atlanta (5xw -> 7xw) dal 26 marzo al 15 luglio


-Beirut (4xw -> 5xw) dal luglio a settembre


-New York JFK (4xw -> 5xw)


-Seychelles (1xw -> 2xw)


-Istanbul (24xw -> 28xw)


-Cairo (9xw -> 14xw)


-Amsterdam (21xw -> 28xw)


- Budapest (13xw -> 14xw)


-Tel-Aviv (11xw -> 12xw)


-Tripoli (3xw -> 4xw)


-Tunisi (6xw -> 7xw)


-Sofia (3xw -> 5xw)


-Kiev (4xw -> 6xw)

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Aperture (#12 -> +75 frequenze xw):


-Pechino (3xw)


-Baharain (4xw)


-Rotterdam (4xw)


-Catania (17xw)


-Malta (7xw) ritorno con aggiunta C/S LH6302


-Athens (7xw)
-Praga (7xw)
-Zagabria (3xw)
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Riduzioni (#1 > -7 frequenze xw):


-Londra LHR (28xw -> 21xw)

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Chiusure (#2 -> -19 frequenze xw):


-Stoccolma (-7xw)


-Madrid (-12xw)

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saldo finale
+110
-26
= +84 frequenze settimanali



NOTE


-SIN, sbinamento da BCN di 3 voli alla settimana


-RUH, sbinamento da MAD di 1 volo alla settimana
-JED, sbinamento da MAD di 1 volo alla settimana


-MCT, sbinamento da MUC di 4 voli alla settimana


-DAM e ALP sbinati. Entrambi 1xw

RUMORS 2012


-Bogotà, rumors (? xw) 2012
-Santiago, rumors (? xw) 2012-2013?


-Rio De Janeiro, rumors (?xw) 2012?

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Is that Masterplan really going to be realized.. If it is, than it looks like FRA airport with the third runway.. They should do better with the cargo buildings.. For the rest it will be a nice airport..

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I'm an aviation fan but I'm also a spotter.

What will be for Via dei Molinelli and the part of Via Gaggio where factories (overall the one that produces glasses) are located???

Will the Nazi-Bartizan demolished? I don't hope so!

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Originally Posted by Fabri88

I'm an aviation fan but I'm also a spotter.

What will be for Via dei Molinelli and the part of Via Gaggio where factories (overall the one that produces glasses) are located???

Will the Nazi-Bartizan demolished? I don't hope so!

Fabri88, mi sa che ti conviene chiederlo su MI, loro lo sanno di sicuro.

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I announced that in a few days there will be a meeting with the CEO of Star Alliance Italy, Luca Graf, with Lufthansa Italy or Milan or Cologne to decide the strategy to be put just on the Milan airport that is about to become a new hub of Star Alliance.

Some rumors give companies such as ANA (All Nippon Airways) and Air Canada likely new entries to Malpensa

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Originally Posted by gino lo spazzino

Fabri88, mi sa che ti conviene chiederlo su MI, loro lo sanno di sicuro.

I asked them once! They gave me an uncertain answer.

I hope that the project will contain to build a tunnel under the new 3rd runway. Lonate's and Vizzola's viability will be pleased of that.

And overall I hope that the bartizan will remain outside the airside.

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Ethiopian Airlines from November in Star Alliance



11/05/2011 - TTGItalia.com

"By November we should be full members of Star Alliance. " The declaration is Henock Woubishet, Italy and Southern Europe regional director of Ethiopian Airlines, spoke to Milan during the presentation of the new operating Malpensa-Addis Ababa. On 29 September 2010 the Ethiopian carrier had been officially invited to join Star Alliance next few days and took away the administrative and operational synchronization process. The possibility of completing the deal by the end of 2011, launched last year, have been so confirmed by Henock Woubishet own words: "It was a long process but we are happy to announce that from next month Ethiopian Airlines in November will be in effect a member of Star Alliance. "





Cathay is preparing for the daily flight to Hong Kong MXP

11/05/2011 - TTGITALIA.COM

Cathay Pacific celebrates 25th anniversary of operations in Italy. "Year after year the commitment and the company's presence at the airport Roman grew hand in hand to the traffic business and leisure - says Rupert Hogg, sales & marketing director of Cathay - In 2006, the daily flight from Rome has become And now we are ready to seize new opportunities in the Italian market. The first, in time, will be the flight from Milan Malpensa, which, in just one year since its inception, will become daily from 1st July ". Italy thus becomes the only country in Europe to the airport with two daily flights to and from Hong Kong. "Cathay has also recently introduced its new business class - adds Silvia Tagliaferri, Commercial Director Italy and Malta - means the product will be progressively installed on board all long-haul fleet. "

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Abu Dhabi Etihad at MXP daily from June



18/05/2011 - TTGItalia.com

Will start in early June, the daily service from Malpensa to Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways. Rise, so, from 5 to 7 links per week from the Lombard airport operated by the company, which closed the first quarter of 2011 with revenue growth of 21%. "The daily flight - said Lorna Dalziel, country manager of Etihad Italy - will provide greater flexibility and more and more possibilities for our passengers to reach not only Abu Dhabi, but also the 66 destinations in our network." The increase in connections from Milan MXP moves hand in hand with the intention to open up more leisure customers. "In addition to strengthening the business segment - adds Dalziel -, aims to expand the leisure traffic to Abu Dhabi, the destination continues to grow, working with the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority to promote the Italian market."



Italy the second European hub for Air China

18/05/2011 - TTGItalia.it

"With the new flight to Beijing from Malpensa Italy became the second pole of interest for Air China surpassing England and France." These are the words of Li Jiang, general manager of Air China Europe, speaking at the presentation of the work Malpensa Milan - Beijing International Airport: "We have full confidence in the potential of the Italian market and we hope that will soon increase the frequency response to a growing market demand. " From June, Air China will operate a total of 30 weekly direct connections between Italy and China: 14 flights from Milan Malpensa to Beijing, Shanghai and 10 from Malpensa to six, as announced on Beijing. Air China, the first Chinese company in terms of numbers of passengers and freight, linking 14 cities in Europe with China, where it offers connections throughout the eastern area, including Australia. In 2010, Air China, which since 2007 has been a member of Star Alliance, has carried more than 1.3 million passengers from Europe alone, with an average load factor of 77%.

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31/05/2011 - 17:30
Malpensa: Middle Eastern carriers enhance
From tomorrow, Oman Air flies directly to Muscat

Power arriving tomorrow for two carriers in the Middle East. From June 1, in fact, Oman Air, as already announced at a recent press conference, will start operating its flights to Malpensa directly with no stopover in Muscat, while always tomorrow Etihad will fly daily to.

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Milan-Beijing, here is the first direct flight

Malpensa opened today in the leg operated by Air China, three weekly flights on the Airbus 330. President Sea Bonomi: "The waiting years, shows that the airport is active and vital"

From China today is closer ... even at Malpensa at 21 this evening from the airport in Milan started the first direct flight to Beijing, which will reach the Chinese capital in 10 hours. The route, operated by Air China Airbus 330 with 240 seats (34 of them in business class), was inaugurated in the presence of the Consul General of Italy in China, Hui Liang, as well as to the of the Regional Transport, Raffaele Cattaneo, Alexander and the regional provincial councilor beans fresh appointment of the City of Milan, Franco D'Alfonso. The new mayor of the capital, Giuliano Pisapia, did not want to miss his greeting with a short message: "I am particularly pleased that Air China has recognized the value of Malpensa airport as a strategic infrastructure to strengthen relations between Italy and China: a positive signal for the whole territory and the airport system. " Is also satisfied with Giuseppe Bonomi, president of Sea: "With this new link - he said - so reinforced concrete the bond between our market and one of the leading economies. Air China had been working in our airport with 5 weekly flights to Shanghai and the fact that he has decided to extend the trial offer the smooth running of the business. We waited for years been the direct flight to Beijing, which confirms the substantial leadership in Europe to Malpensa links with Eastern Europe: we have 62 flights total for the Middle East and 45 for the Far East, 10% more than in previous year . They also increase the destinations served, from 166 of the first de-hubbing at 180, and the partner companies, from 77 to 110 in 4 years means that our policy is paying off. Even the increase in passengers, already noticeable in 2010, continued in the early months of 2011, demonstrating the attractiveness and vitality of Malpensa ".

Words taken literally, even by Raffaele Cattaneo: "The facts speak for more than a lot of talk, and say that the most important companies invest in Malpensa. The growth will continue and the regional government will invest again to make the airport more accessible. Regarding the connection with Beijing resume an old suggestion of Cesare Romiti, the Italian entrepreneurs: just take the plane, go to China and look around. Now you can do in just over 10 hours instead of 30 ". On the sidelines, Cattaneo not miss the opportunity to poison a joke on the minister's decision to deny permission to Matteoli Malpensa flight of Singapore Airlines-New York: "It is a wrong choice, and it would be time to stop these errors which are among the causes of the bad election results in recent weeks. "

Approval for the new link in the words of the Director General of Air China in Europe, Jiang Li ("The flight to Milan is a bridge of friendship between the two peoples"), and those of the Console: "The collaboration between Italy and China has a long history, from the standpoint of political, economic and cultural. I hope you become increasingly close relations with this flight and continue to increase mutual understanding. " The same Liang Hui has traveled with her husband on the inaugural flight direct to the Chinese capital. And Franco D'Alfonso stresses the important role of the city of Milan in this process: "The heart of our city are the politics of international relations. The proximity of China now has nothing more disquieting, is indeed synonymous with great cooperation and mutual trust. "

Plane about half an hour in advance of arriving ... The 330 was in Star Alliance livery Special ...

The plane was completely full, of a configuration of 36/215 total seats because of crew rest seats are available 24/209 ... Today passengers booked on the first flight from Milan were then 11/215, 6 upgrade!

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