Milan Malpensa Airport News

AirOne new flights from Milan Malpensa to London Warsaw and Munich

AirOne have announced new flights from Milan Malpensa to London, Warsaw and Munich. The carrier will operate two daily links to London and two to Munich, from March 25. From June 1st  they will operate a daily service to Warsaw. These connections are added to the seasonal flights to Alghero, Olbia, Ibiza, Palma de Majorca, Menorca, Crete and Rhodes and those domestic and international activated all year, giving a total of 21 served destinations.

From September AirOne will launch Milan Malpensa to Belgrade, operating three times per week. This new service will compete directly against Jat Airways, which plans to operate six weekly flights onboard its Boeing 737-300 this coming summer season. Alitalia will continue to code share on Jat Airways’ services to both Milan and Rome.

AirOne, for the Summer season 2012, will fly from Milan-Malpensa, Venice and Pisa to 31 routes, 12 more than 2011 with a fleet of ten modern A-320 aircraft.

AirOne, the low cost carrier of the Alitalia Group has transported 1,4 million passengers in 2011. Over 1,2 million passengers have flown on Milan-Malpensa routes, while from the base in Pisa (inaugurated on July 1st, 2011), AirOne has transported about 120,000 passengers in six months.

Monarch announce new flights from Milan Malpensa Airport

UK carrier Monarch have announced new flights from Milan Malpensa Airport. The new services will offer flights to London Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham.

The new routes are part of Monarch’s expansion strategy that is focusing on its scheduled services and expanding its network to new leisure destinations across Europe.

London Gatwick will operate six-weekly flights to Milan Malpensa offering fares from just £36.99 one way including taxes and charges. (£83.98 return)

Manchester airport will operate five-weekly flights to Milan Malpensa offering fares from just £33.99 one way including taxes and charges. (£80.98 return)

Four-weekly services will operate throughout the winter from Birmingham airport to Milan Malpensa offering fares from just £34.99 one way including taxes and charges. (£81.98 return)

Commenting on the expansion plans, Managing Director of Monarch Airlines, Kevin George said: “The strategy for Monarch Airlines is now firmly focused on its scheduled operations and we are delighted to be adding these new routes to our already extensive network of leisure destinations across Europe.

“Adding Italy to our network will further reinforce our position as the leading leisure focused airline serving the Mediterranean and the Canaries. The addition of two new aircraft to the fleet is great news, and marks the start of our fleet expansion plans, which will see the fleet grow from 30 to around 40 aircraft in the medium term.”

Monarch operates scheduled and charter flights from a number of UK airports, including Birmingham, London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester.  Scheduled flights operate to destinations throughout Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Egypt, Turkey and Gibraltar.

Qatar Airways increase flights to Milan Malpensa

Qatar Airways will increase its flights to Milan Malpensa by adding an additional three weekly flights to Doha from May.

The airline currently offers eleven flights per week, seven operated with A330 aircraft (both -200 and -300 variants) and four flights using an A320 aircraft. 

From May 1, 2012 the A320 aircraft will be increased to a daily schedule, offering a twice daily schedule from Milan Malpensa..

The Gulf airlines already have a strong presence in the Italian market.  Qatar Airways already flies double daily to Rome Fiumicino and daily to Venice from Doha; Emirates Airline also serves the same three markets from Dubai; Gulf Air has links from Bahrain to Milan and Rome, while Etihad Airways and Oman Air serve Milan from Abu Dhabi and Muscat, respectively.

An estimated 26,000 passengers travelled between Milan Malpensa and Doha in the last year, but like most of Qatar Airways’ routes point-to-point traffic is supplement by a strong transfer demand (estimated at 84.3 per cent of the airline’s total traffic on the Milan Malpensa route).