Catchment area
Milan area’s catchment area includes first of all the Lombardy Region, where Malpensa and Linate airports are located, representing their user base. Lombardy, which has an area of 23,861 km2, recorded in 2011:
- GDP of 337.2 billion Euro (21.3% of the national GDP), thus reaching 2nd place among the European airport catchment areas, below Paris-Ile de France (GDP of 608.6 billion) and above London (or rather “Inner London” with a GDP of 276.3 billion)(1), Madrid (GNP 188.4 billion) and Frankfurt (GDP of 160.3 billion);
- population of over 9.7 million inhabitants;
- company density of more than 34.4 per km2 (2).
In confirmation of the favourable geographic location of Milan airports in terms of user base, notice that the catchment area of these airports is characterised by a strong presence of advanced industrial activities and services, served by logistic infrastructures that favour the development of economic activities, in particular for ports and airports, as illustrated in the following table.
Socioeconomic indicators of SEA Group's catchment area
| Natural catchment area (*) | % on Italy total | |
|---|---|---|
| Surface area (km2) | 49,324 | 16.4 |
| Population | 14,310,655 | 24.1 |
| No. of active companies | 1,234,205 | 23.8 |
| GDP (millions of Euro) | 471,601 | 29.8 |
| Employed | 6,233,787 | 27.8 |
| Exports (millions of Euro) | 144,262 | 38.4 |
| Imports (millions of Euro) | 155,363 | 38.8 |
(*)The catchment area of the Milan airports includes the provinces of: Sondrio, Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Como, Varese, Lecco, Lodi, Milan, Pavia, Piacenza, Monza Brianza, Parma, Novara, Biella, Verbania, Vercelli, Turin, Asti, Alessandria and Aosta.
(1) Source: Eurostat - News Release February 2014 (Regional GDP 2011).
(2) Source: Istat - Data 2012