"MILAN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Malpensa has rejected Ryanair's offer to operate out of the international airport, describing as "unacceptable" a plan made by the airline at time when the future role of Italy's northern hub has come under doubt.
Ryanair (RYA.I: Quote, Profile, Research), Europe's largest discount airline, had presented a plan in September after Alitalia's latest reorganisation envisioned halving the number of flights out of the airport near Milan, Italy's financial and fashion capital."
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One wonders though, what proposals did FR make to the operators of MXP? The truth is that a low-cost operator like FR which haggles for reduced landing and handling fees would not be attractive to an airport like MXP which is by and large a major international hub. AZ would certainly have paid higher charges for using it.
MXP would certainly hold out for a bigger operator accepting higher charges or else perhaps if FR accepted higher fees it may still build a base from there.
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