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21-07-2008, 17:33
http://www.airport-int.com/images/industrynews/Italy%20airport%201A.jpgMilan Malpensa Airport is set to expand significantly over coming years, thanks to a new 7-year strategic plan.
Airport operator SEA said it wants to invest over 1.4 billion in the airport by 2016 to modernise facilities and build a third runway and new terminal.
The operator also said talks are ongoing with Lufthansa over Malpensa possibly becoming a new hub for the German airline.
In 2007, troubled national airline Alitalia completely withdrew operations from Malpensa in order to focus on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International, as it battles to cope with survival.
Airport Hub-and-Spoke Model
Speaking at the strategic plan's launch, SEA chairman and CEO Giuseppe Bonomi said Alitalia's withdrawal means the airport needs to look to its future in order to keep pace with other major airports around Europe.
Bonomi there were several options open to Malpensa as the airport moves forward.
He said the airport could follow the traditional hub-and-spoke model, which will allow passenger numbers to reach 42 million per year by 2015.
Another option would be to focus on point-to-point services, which would mean a slower passenger number increase to 38 million per year by the middle of the next decade.
In 2008 the airport is expecting to handle 28.8 million passengers - a decline of nearly 5m from 2007, thanks to Alitalia withdrawing services.
Lufthansa Flights At Milan
The airport appears to favour the hub and spoke model, since Bonomi said SEA is seeking further talks with Lufthansa to try and develop Malpensa as a key hub for the German airline, effectively as a replacement for Alitalia.
He said: "Lufthansa is not the hub carrier at Malpensa (today) but it could become it".
Whichever route the airport follows, Bonomi said the airport would invest up to 1.4 billion in building a new runway and terminal, in addition to improving existing passenger facilities.
He said the plan would also focus on improving the airports' retail outlets, reducing costs and explotiing real estate opportunities around the airport site.
Source - Airport International's European Correspondent
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Airport operator SEA said it wants to invest over 1.4 billion in the airport by 2016 to modernise facilities and build a third runway and new terminal.
The operator also said talks are ongoing with Lufthansa over Malpensa possibly becoming a new hub for the German airline.
In 2007, troubled national airline Alitalia completely withdrew operations from Malpensa in order to focus on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International, as it battles to cope with survival.
Airport Hub-and-Spoke Model
Speaking at the strategic plan's launch, SEA chairman and CEO Giuseppe Bonomi said Alitalia's withdrawal means the airport needs to look to its future in order to keep pace with other major airports around Europe.
Bonomi there were several options open to Malpensa as the airport moves forward.
He said the airport could follow the traditional hub-and-spoke model, which will allow passenger numbers to reach 42 million per year by 2015.
Another option would be to focus on point-to-point services, which would mean a slower passenger number increase to 38 million per year by the middle of the next decade.
In 2008 the airport is expecting to handle 28.8 million passengers - a decline of nearly 5m from 2007, thanks to Alitalia withdrawing services.
Lufthansa Flights At Milan
The airport appears to favour the hub and spoke model, since Bonomi said SEA is seeking further talks with Lufthansa to try and develop Malpensa as a key hub for the German airline, effectively as a replacement for Alitalia.
He said: "Lufthansa is not the hub carrier at Malpensa (today) but it could become it".
Whichever route the airport follows, Bonomi said the airport would invest up to 1.4 billion in building a new runway and terminal, in addition to improving existing passenger facilities.
He said the plan would also focus on improving the airports' retail outlets, reducing costs and explotiing real estate opportunities around the airport site.
Source - Airport International's European Correspondent
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