KLM leaves Malpensa for good and focuses all flights on Linate
Linate is still Linate. There is little to be done... and the arrival at the city airport of the M4 subway has done nothing but [...]
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Linate is still Linate. There is little that can be done... and The arrival at the city airport of the M4 subway has done nothing but make their 'airport under the house' even more gluttonous for the Milanese. What about Malpensa? There is the train that goes there in half an hour from Cadorna and Centrale stations, but for so many it remains 'the airport in the moors'.
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The airlines know this. Primarily ITA Airways, which is taking over from Alitalia. eliminated what little remained of the former flag carrier's operations at Malpensa for Building a European super-hub at Linate. And in 'secundis' foreign companies, for whom the city airport has always been a 'golden goose' for feederage leading to their hubs.
When ITA and Lufthansa finally got married., on the instructions of the European Antitrust have had to 'free up' about 15 slot pairs at the city airport, which were assigned to companies competing with the Lufthansa Group. Five of these pairs were assigned to easyJet Who will use them from March 30 to fly from Linate to Brussels, Frankfurt and Vienna.
Two went to the Air France/KLM Group: one to the French carrier and one to the Dutch carrier.
The latter took the opportunity to Move the last flight still operating to its Amsterdam Schipol hub from Malpensa to Linate as well..
Effective next March 30. (a date that coincides with the start of the Summer 2025 air transport), KLM will therefore leave Malpensa altogether, concentrating all its operations at Linate. The Dutch carrier's flights from the city airport will be five per day: four operated with 737-800s and one with ERJ-190s from regional subsidiary KLM Cityhopper. From Linate, departures will be at 6:40 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 4:50 p.m. and 7:40 p.m.
Air France, on the other hand, will maintain its presence at both Malpensa and Linate, but will increase from the current 9 to 10 flights per day between Milan and its Paris Charles De Gaulle hub, thanks to theaddition of a daily frequency from Linate.
From the city airport, starting March 30, the new flight will be the 12:20 p.m. flight, which will be in addition to those departing at 6:30 a.m., 9:45 a.m., 2:55 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. (operated with a mix of Airbus A321, Airbus A220-300 and Airbus A318). From Malpensa will instead fly at 6:50 a.m., 9:10 a.m., 11:25 a.m., 2:55 p.m., and 7:20 p.m. with a mix of Airbus A321s, Airbus A320s, Airbus A220-300s, and ERJ-190s (the 9:10 a.m. flight operated by Hop!, the French carrier's regional subsidiary).
