Linate Airport
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Linate Airport is the city airport of Milan, Italy. Due to its vicinity to Milan, it is mainly used for domestic and short-haul international flights. Its name comes from the eponymous small town where it resides. Its real name is "Airport Enrico Forlanini", from the name of the Italian inventor and aereonautical pioneer born in Milan.
The other and larger airport serving Milano is Malpensa International Airport (IATA Airport Code MXP). Linate and Malpensa airports are connected by highways and by service buses.
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Code Data
- IATA Airport Code: LIN
- ICAO Airport Code: LIML
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 Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen, collided with a bizjet that had inadvertently taxied onto the runway in use during fog.
Airlines
Airlines operating flights to the airport include:
- Aegean Airlines
- Aer Lingus
- Air Dolomiti
- Air Europe
- Air France
- Air One
- Alitalia
- Alitalia Express
- Austrian Airlines
- Axon Air
- British Airways
- BMI British Midland
- EasyJet
- Eurofly
- Iberia Airlines
- KLM
- Lufthansa
- Meridiana
- Olympic Airlines
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Virgin Express
- Wind Jet
External links
- Linate Airport (http://www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/)de: Flughafen Mailand-Linate