High-end tourism, fashion and sport all make Milan a magnet for executive travel, and the city's service providers are preparing their facilities to accommodate even more in the coming years. Milan saw 26,000 bizav movements in 2016, making it making it the largest executive destination in Italy and fifth in Europe, according to officials from Milano Prime, operator of facilities at the city’s two executive airports, and a 15 percent rise on the 22,600 general aviation flights seen by Milan as a whole in 2015. The size of the aircraft operating to the airport, another way the company measures sucess, has also been increasing steadily. Aircraft sizes are understood to range from light twinjets to the large private jets operated by Middle East owners such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340 and A330.

Milano Linate Prime, Italy’s busiest general aviation airport, had more than 21,000 general aviation movements last year and manages a 70,000-sq-m (753,473-sq-ft) apron and 10 hangars of approximately 24,000 sq m (258,333 sq ft) in total size. It also offers refueling through a fuel farm providing both jet-A1 and avgas 100LL. Last year, before the opening of a dedicated GA terminal, Milan Malpensa saw approximately 5,000 general aviation movements. Situated only seven kilometers from the centre of northern Italy’s most fashionable city, Linate is more popular with bizjet operators than Malpensa, which is 27 kilometers out of town.

“At the moment, we are focused on Milan because it is the most important area in Italy. It has about 26,000 movements a year and is by far the biggest general aviation location in Italy,” Chiara Dorigotti, Milano Prime general manager, told AIN. “We see Milan as one destination, similar to London, with two important airports. Milan Linate and Milan Malpensa cover two different areas, one closer to downtown, the other to destinations in Northern Lombardy [such as Lake Como or the mountains] and Switzerland,” she said.

Milan Linate's main runway is 2,440 meters (8,005 feet) long , while a secondary runway is 620 meters (2,034 feet). A main apron area is 363,000 sq m (3,907,299 sq ft), and the general aviation apron is 70,000 sq m (753,473 sq ft).

Milano Prime (Booth N3434) is owned by SEA Prime, the landlord and business aviation services provider at Milan Linate. SEA SpA manages all operations, including commercial aviation, at Milan’s two airports and owns a 98.3 percent stake in SEA Prime.

A first hangar at Milano Linate Prime opened in March 2017, and another one is expected to be inaugurated in 2019. A new FBO at Malpensa is under construction, due to open next year.

“In Milan Malpensa, there is no dedicated FBO and hangar space. Building [them] and offering services like the already operational 5,000-sq-m hangar, will address untapped demand, allowing the market to develop its full potential,” Dorigotti said. “The vision is how to provide the best services and infrastructure at Milano Prime, both in Linate and in Malpensa, where we have done restyling of the existing general aviation terminal. We are planning to invest more than €20 million in the next five years, both in Milano Linate Prime for new hangars and for the new FBO in Milano Malpensa Prime, which is due to open in 2018.