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Routes
Malpensa
looks to improve on bumper 2013
To say that 2013 was
a good year for
Milan Malpensa
Airport operator
SEA is perhaps an
understatement.
“We welcomed five new
carriers, seven new
destinations and 27 new
services. In addition, 26 routes
added extra weekly
frequencies, meaning that in
total the airport offered an
overall increase in the number
of weekly frequencies of 168,”
states Aldo Schmid, Manager
Aviation Marketing and Traffic
Rights at Malpensa.
Asian service boost
In 2014, Malpensa capacity
developments in the Asian
market already show an
increase in Air China’s service
to Beijing (from three to five
times weekly), as well as
Singapore Airlines’ service
to Singapore (from five times
weekly to daily). The Asian
service developments are
not merely limited to the
passenger market, as the
Northern Italy airport will also
benefit this year from a new
weekly cargo service to Taipei
and Bangkok operated by
Cargolux. The airport already
commands 50% of the Italian
cargo market, with close to
450,000kgs of freight
currently handled.
Despite this perceptible
growth in Malpensa’s
penetration of the Asia market,
it still has some necessary
new route goals from this
week’s Routes Asia event
in Kuching. “We want more
services in the Asia region –
for example, Kuala Lumpur,
Delhi, Mumbai, Manila, Tokyo
(underserved route), Colombo,
Hanoi, Taipei, Guangzhou and
Osaka,” says Schmid.
SEAMilanMalpensa Airport
celebrated
Chinese NewYear on 31 January with traditional
dragon dancers in the airport’s check-in hall.
Despite Air China’s services to Beijing having
increased this year, it would like a Guangzhou route.
By 2016, Aéroports deMontréal
will have
expanded its international pier with the addition
of a further six gates – ready for all those Asian
services gained following Routes Asia
in Kuching.
Montréals
Asian priority
With trade
increasing between
Quebec and Asia,
the servicing of
which the region’s
main airport —
Montréal — currently has no
direct flight, Aéroports de
Montréal (ADM) has made
securing an Asian service its
top priority. “We are spending
considerable efforts trying to
convince several international
airlines to begin a service
between Montréal and Asia.
And given the fierce
competition among airports,
we need to stand out,” says
Luce Bureau, Director –
Air Service Development
at Montréal.
“This is why Routes Asia is
extremely important for ADM.
In order to submit in-depth
analyses about Montréal and
the region, we usually start
our planning for the event in
January,” comments Bureau.
“At the moment, ADM is
scheduled to have
13 meetings.”
300 ppdew to Asia
ADM is confident that based
on the latest demand of 300
passengers per day each way
(Source: 2013 data from BSP
by Diio), that a route between
Montréal and East Asia would
work. “Airlines from this
region, such as Air China or
Hainan Airlines (PEK), China
Eastern (PVG), China Southern
(CAN), Cathay Pacific (HKG),
Korean Air (ICN) or All Nippon
Airways (NRT), to name a few,
will be extremely successful
in Montréal, and this from the
start,” states Bureau. “This was
actually the case when Qatar
Airways introduced service to
Montréal in 2011.”
