Milano Linate Airport Шаблон:Airport codes is the second international airport of Milan, the second-biggest city of Italy, along with Malpensa Airport. It served 9,229,890 passengers in 2012 and is used as a base by Alitalia and Alitalia CityLiner.
Due to its closer proximity to Milan – Шаблон:Convert east
southeast of the city, compared with Malpensa, which is Шаблон:Convert
northwest of the city – it is mainly used for domestic and
short-haul international flights to metropolitan destinations
within Europe.
History
The airport was built next to Idroscalo of Milan in the 1930s
when Taliedo Airport (located Шаблон:Convert
from the southern border of Milan, and one of the world's first
aerodromes and airports, became too small for commercial
traffic.
Linate was completely rebuilt in the 1950s and again in the
1980s.
Its name comes from the small village where it is located in the
town of Peschiera
Borromeo. Its official name is Airport Enrico Forlanini,
after the Italian inventor and aeronautical pioneer born in Milan.
Linate airport buildings are located in the Segrate Municipality,
and the field is located for a large part in the Peschiera Borromeo
Municipality.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate scheduled services to and from
Linate Airport: Шаблон:Airport-dest-list
Statistics
Busiest domestic routes from Linate (2012)
Rank |
City |
Passengers |
Airline |
1 |
Rome-Fiumicino, Lazio |
1,379,567 |
Alitalia |
2 |
Catania, Sicily |
777,232 |
Alitalia, Meridiana |
3 |
Naples, Campania |
689,663 |
Air Italy, Alitalia |
4 |
Palermo, Sicily |
440,964 |
Alitalia, Meridiana |
5 |
Bari, Apulia |
485,487 |
Air Italy, Alitalia |
6 |
Cagliari, Sardinia |
402,713 |
Alitalia, Meridiana |
7 |
Lamezia Terme, Calabria |
244,755 |
Alitalia |
8 |
Brindisi, Apulia |
234,453 |
Alitalia |
9 |
Olbia, Sardinia |
226,064 |
Meridiana |
10 |
Reggio Calabria, Calabria |
204,138 |
Alitalia, Blu-express |
11 |
Alghero, Sardinia |
121,165 |
Alitalia, Meridiana |
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Busiest European routes from Linate (2012)
Rank |
City |
Passengers |
Airline |
1 |
London-Heathrow,
United Kingdom |
748,338 |
Alitalia, British Airways |
2 |
Paris-Charles
de Gaulle, France |
691,355 |
Air France, Alitalia |
3 |
Amsterdam,
Netherlands |
485,776 |
Alitalia, KLM |
4 |
Frankfurt am
Main, Germany |
375,031 |
Alitalia, Lufthansa |
5 |
Paris-Orly,
France |
265,100 |
Alitalia, easyJet |
6 |
Madrid, Spain |
255,069 |
Alitalia, Iberia |
7 |
London-Gatwick, United Kingdom |
181,839 |
easyJet |
8 |
Brussels,
Belgium |
152,620 |
Alitalia, Brussels Airlines |
9 |
Barcelona, Spain |
101,061 |
Alitalia |
10 |
Berlin-Tegel,
Germany |
91,383 |
Lufthansa |
11 |
Dublin, Ireland |
91,085 |
Aer Lingus |
12 |
Riga,
Latvia |
79,953 |
airBaltic |
13 |
Bucharest, Romania |
65,897 |
Alitalia |
14 |
Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden |
63,251 |
Scandinavian Airlines |
15 |
London-City, United Kingdom |
55,198 |
Alitalia |
16 |
Lisbon,
Portugal |
54,245 |
TAP Portugal |
|
Incidents and accidents
- Linate Airport was the site of the Linate Airport disaster on 8
October 2001, when Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686, which was
bound for Copenhagen Airport, collided with a business jet that, in
fog, had inadvertently taxied onto the runway already in use. This
collision later resulted in criminal legal proceedings against 11
staff including an air traffic controller, flight safety officials
and management officials from the airport.
- On 15 June 2005, a light aircraft safely landed on taxiway 'T'
after its pilot had mistaken it for runway 36R. Following that
incident, a safety recommendation was issued. It suggested the use
of different numbers to help differentiate between runways. This
change was enacted at the beginning of July 2007, when 18R/36L
became 17/35 and 18L/36R became 18/36.
References
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