Milan Malpensa Airport News

New Trains for Malpensa Express

New trains to be introduced on the Malpensa Airport  Milan line will reduce the travelling time from 40 minutes to under 30 minutes.

The Department of Infrastructure and Mobility has confirmed that in 2010 Alstom will deliver six new trains for Malpensa Express, the dedicated airport rail service from Milan Malpensa Airport to Milan.

Raffaele Cattaneo, a representative of the department visited the Alstom’s Savigliano plant to confirm that the production of the trains is going according to the schedule.

“I wanted to see where we stand and I can confirm now that the first two trains will be transferred for further development and testing to Novate Milanese municipality in December. All six trains will be delivered by May and then gradually put into operation, according to the time schedule that was approved by the national agency for rail safety”, said Cattaneo.

Miles and More Milan Malpensa Express

Through the cooperation of Lufthansa Miles and More and Milan Malpensa Express you can now earn miles on every train journey. Malpensa Express quickly connects Milan city centre to Milan Malpensa Airport.

Enjoy a comfortable journey and arrive on time to your plane earning miles!

You just have to show your Miles & More card when buying your ticket at the ticket counter in Milano Cadorna or at Malpensa. There are check-in facilities for passengers with hand luggage available at Cadorna station

Malpensa Express connects Milan Cadorna with Milan Malpensa Airport, Terminal 1, with trains departing every 30 minutes in both directions: every 27 and 57 minutes for Malpensa and every 23 and 53 minutes to Milan city centre.

Trains have a capacity of 412 seats and are all air conditioned, with space for the luggage.

For the price of each ticket you earn the equivalent amount of miles, 1 euro spent = 1 mile earned and during all August, you earn 2 miles for each euro spent.

Today you can use your miles to buy a 6 journey multi-ride ticket: you just have to show your Miles & More card to the ticket counters in Malpensa or in Cadorna Station and they will deduct 18150 miles.