Milan MXP passes 30 million passengers; welcomes 1st JetBlue flight

Three commercial airports serve the Greater Milan area, which has seven to eight million people. Milan MXP is busiest of these airports, and it ranks second in Italy after Rome FCO.

In 2025, MXP welcomed 31.4 million passengers, which was the first time it had exceeded the 30 million milestone. Compared to decade ago, nearly 13 million additional passengers were handled.

MXP has benefited from the arrival or return of numerous airlines recently. For example, Air Corsica, All Nippon Airways, Thai Airways, and Transavia France all joined its portfolio in 2024. In 2025: Be0nd, Flynas, Medsky and Vietnam Airlines.

In 2026, Aeroitalia, Animawings, JetBlue and Norwegian will fly to MXP. The most notable development is JetBlue, whose debut from Boston on 12 May 2026 marked the airline’s introduction to Italy.

easyJet has 40% of MXP’s summer capacity

According to Cirium schedule data, MXP has 12.3 million one-way seats in S26. Available capacity has risen by 3% year-over-year. Long-haul capacity has grown by 9%, which is six percentage points higher than for short-haul markets.

With 2.9 million departing seats, easyJet remains the leading operator. It is the carrier’s second most-served airport across its network, after London LGW. When all (U)LCCs are combined, they have 60% of MXP’s capacity.

easyJet has 65 routes in S26. Compared to a year ago, it no longer serves Larnaca, Salerno, Tromso (now fully in the winter) or Zadar. However, five routes have joined its map: Berlin, Luxor, Sal, Seville and Strasbourg.

Barcelona is the top destination

Cirium information shows that MXP has non-stop passenger flights to around 200 destinations in S26. They involve nearly 80 countries. The most capacity is domestic (1.9 million one-way seats), followed by Spain (1.8 million), the UK (727,000), the US (614,000) and Germany (593,000).

Some 72% of MXP’s seats are within Europe, followed by Asia (8%), the Middle East (7%), Africa (7%), and North America (7%), with Latin America making up the difference. Capacity to Asia has grown the most in the past year (+13%); it is now at a record level. It has doubled compared to S19.

With 476,000 one-way seats, Barcelona is MXP’s leading market. It has 73-weekly one-way flights in mid-July, which are provided by Vueling (43), Ryanair (13), easyJet (10) and Wizz Air (7). Unlike in S25, Dubai, Istanbul IST and Naples are now in the top 10 list, which have pushed out Athens, Lisbon and London LGW.