Contributor - Middle East

Peter Shaw-Smith

SEA Prime, the business aviation services and FBO landlord at Milan Linate Airport, plans to open a second FBO at the city’s Malpensa Airport in Q4 of 2017. At Linate, the company has two new hangars under construction, with the first scheduled for completion before year-end and the second due to open next year. SEA Prime has also signed an agreement with Associazione MonteNapoleone for concierge and other services for business aviation operators using the Milan Linate.
Associazione MonteNapoleone acts as a clearing house for leading luxury brands, with 150 global affiliates. “We have forged this partnership with SEA Prime (Stand 564) as they share with us the same strategy of customer approach,” said its president, Guglielmo Miani.
Milan Linate Prime claims to be the largest business and general aviation airport in Italy and fifth in Europe for aircraft movements, seeing more than 22,600 by general aviation flights in 2015. 
 “For our customers, Milano Linate Prime and, in future, Milano Malpensa Prime, are the gateways to the city of Milan…which offers unique and unforgettable experiences,” said Chiara Dorigotti, general manager of SEA Prime, which is owned by airport manager SEA SpA. 
 SEA Prime manages the airport’s business aviation infrastructure, including the terminal, nine hangars, passenger and crew lounges and a BMW business center. Milan Linate Prime has a 67,000-square-meter (721,182-square-foot) apron, hangar space totaling 19,000 sq m (204,514 sq ft) and a fuel farm.

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