New lights and shelters, planters, plants and benches: Malpensa has made itself beautiful for the Olympics
Just over a month to go until the opening of the Winter Olympic Games, which will be held between Milan and Cortina from [...]
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The opening of the Winter Olympic Games is just over a month away. which will take place between Milan and Cortina from February 6 to 22.
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E Milan Malpensa will be the main gateway for athletes, delegations and spectators who will reach the Lombard capital by air. For weeks, in some areas, Terminal 1 has been turned into a construction site to put it in the best possible condition for the historic sporting event.
E, where scaffolding and protective sheeting have been removed for completion, a more beautiful version of the building opened in 1998 can already be seen.
This is nothing revolutionary. The 'revolution,' if and when it begins, will transform the western side of the airport in a major way, with the addition of new piers and boarding gates to the main building and the construction of a dedicated 'satellite' for non-Schengen flights in the area between the northernmost pier and the maintenance hangars.
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But that is a different matter altogether. For now, the stopover, which in the middle of last month crossed the 30 million passenger mark for the first time in its history transited in the January-December period of one year, has thought about redoing its makeup to make itself more attractive during the event that will draw the gazes of all winter sports enthusiasts for three weeks.
Many of the interventions involved the Arrivals Plan, which will be the one that will actually welcome athletes and delegations, where planters with plants were added to the base of the columns supporting the ceiling, and wooden panels were installed to make the environment 'warmer',while outside, new lights and benches were installed to make the area more beautiful and welcoming.
Both departures and arrivals, New triangular-shaped canopies have been placed over the terminal access doors in a style somewhat reminiscent of the new interiors of Linate terminal.
At departures, the abbreviation MXP (the IATA code for Malpensa). made with hundreds of Christmas lights towers over every entrance door to the terminal, but hopefully it will remain once the Epiphany has passed.
