On my way back from a weekend in Milan, taking an Air France flight operated by Air Corsica to Marseille-Provence, I had the (ironic) pleasure of discovering Malpensa airport, located about 50 km from Milan.
The airport, once a major hub for Alitalia, is now deserted by SkyTeam. Only intercontinental Alitalia flights remain, and in limited number (Tokyo, New York for example).
As far as Schengen flights are concerned, almost nothing, except for HOP! flights, Air One flights, or code shares with airlines outside SkyTeam such as Air Corsica, Air Baltic or Luxair.
High contribution passengers overlooked at Malpensa
Also, for high contribution passengers, the Alitalia and Air France lounges closed, leaving people booked on AF or AZ flight numbers in an airport lounge, where I had to negotiate my entry for quite a long time.
No Fast Track available either…
So why keep operations, even in code Share, from Malpensa, when all other flights are transferred to Linate?
