SEA Prime Reports 5% Rise in Milan Business Aviation Movements in First Nine Months of 2026

Milano Prime, the business aviation brand of SEA Prime, said it handled more than 28,900 movements at Milan's Linate and Malpensa airports in the first nine months of 2026, a 5% increase on the same period of 2025. SEA Prime is part of the SEA Group and manages business aviation infrastructure at both airports.

At Malpensa Prime, movements rose 6.4% year-on-year in August, with flights to and from the United States up 86% and passengers carried on those flights up 133%. Movement growth continued in October at 5.9%.

SEA Prime's Fast Track service for VVIP passengers on commercial flights recorded 13% growth in passages over the nine months. During the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, Milano Prime managed peaks of more than 130 daily movements, and it is preparing for traffic around Formula 1 Live Milan in February 2027.

Chiara Dorigotti, CEO of SEA Prime, called the increase in connections with North America a particularly positive signal that reinforces Milan's role as a strategic hub for European business aviation. She said the next challenge is developing further infrastructure dedicated to business aviation, for which the company registers strong demand and interest. The expansion of the Milano Linate Prime terminal, inaugurated in March 2026, is now fully operational with new lounge space, and new lounges run by specialist operators are due to open in the coming months.

Event-driven peaks and long-haul inbound demand are the kind of traffic that stresses ground infrastructure before it stresses airspace. A hub that handles more than 130 movements in a day around a single sporting event is working near the limit of what its apron, handling staff and terminal space can absorb, which is why SEA Prime frames infrastructure as the next challenge rather than demand.

The jump in US-linked movements and passengers at Malpensa also shows how a small base can move quickly. Transatlantic business flights carry more passengers per movement than short intra-European hops, so a sharp rise in US traffic changes the load on lounges, customs and handling even when total movement growth stays in single digits.

The next dated test is Formula 1 Live Milan in February 2027, which will show whether the expanded Linate Prime terminal and the specialist-run lounges due to open in the coming months can absorb event peaks comparable to the Italian Grand Prix.