Brussels Airlines starts scheduled service to Milan Linate

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Now up to tenth destination in Italy

As from the 25th of October next, Brussels Airlines will offer twelve weekly flights between the European capital and the Milan city airport Linate. With thirty scheduled flights weekly to the city’s Malpensa Airport, this means a total of some 42 flights weekly offered between Brussels and Milan. The new service offers a choice of no less than seven daily departures to the economical and tourist key Milanese region.

Milan Linate is the city airport of Milan. At just eight kilometers from the city centre it provides excellent access and is very popular among business customers as well as tourists flying in on a short city trip. Starting October 25, Brussels Airlines will offer two flights a day to Linate on weekdays; a morning and afternoon departure from Brussels, and a return at noon and in the evening from Linate. Passengers may choose from three travel formulas: b.business and two economy class products b.flex economy+ and b.light economy. A return ticket is already available from 99 euros all in, and passengers may earn and redeem Miles & More loyalty points on every flight.

All flights are operated on Brussels Airlines’ Avro RJ aircraft, with partner Lufthansa Italia operating a codeshare on Brussels Airlines flights.

Schedules

SN 3147 Departure Brussels 09h25 Arrival Linate 10 h55
SN 3149 Departure Brussels 16 h 15 Arrival Linate 17 h 55
SN 3148 Departure Linate 13 h 20 Arrival Brussels 14 h 55
SN 314X Departure Linate 18 h 50 Arrival Brussels 20 h 25

Brussels Airlines has a slot application running for an earlier departure in Brussels and departure from Milan.
Current schedule of the morning flight could therefore change.

Combination Linate and Malpensa
All flights can be combined with the scheduled flights Brussels Airlines offers five times a day between Brussels and Milan Malpensa Airport. With a daily flight offer to both Linate and Malpensa, Brussels Airlines passengers have a choice of up to seven daily departure options in both directions. On a weekly basis some 42 return flights and more than 8,000 airplane seats are offered between the European capital and Milan.

Brussels Airlines: market leader Italy from Brussels
Brussels Airlines is more than ever the strongest player on the Italian market to and from Brussels. The Belgian airline offers travel possibilities to and from not less than ten Italian cities (Milan Linate, Milan Malpensa, Florence, Venice, Bologna, Turin, Rome, Naples, Catania and Palermo). On a weekly basis Brussels Airlines offers on an average 110 return flights between Italy and Belgium.

About Milan
The Milan region is the main economic center of Italy with some famous brands such as Alfa Romeo, Pirelli, the famous Fiera Milano exhibition space, etc. Milan, the capital of Lombardy, is the second largest city in Italy after Rome. Milan is also the capital of the fashion industry (Versace, Armani, Prada, Gucci, Dolce & Gabanna ...). The city has many famous tourist attractions including the Dom, La Scala opera house, the shopping gallery Vittorio Emanuelle II, the last supper of Da Vinci or even the San Siro football stadium where some famous football clubs operate. From Linate airport there are not only convenient bus connections to the centre, also other interesting cities in the region such as Brescia and Verona are easily connected through a bus with Linate.

The main Belgian tour operators, in cooperation with Brussels Airlines offer city trip possibilities to Milan.

Brussels Airliones press release, Brussels / Milan, 24th of August 2009