Milan Malpensa is the second busiest airport in Italy. Until 2008, Malpensa Airport has been a major hub for Alitalia. Nowadays it’s a hub for easyJet. It was the 21st busiest airport in Europe in terms of passengers, handling 18,5 million passengers in 2012.
The first industrial airport was opened in 1909 by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni to test their aircraft prototypes. This airport was then opened for civil operation in 1948 during the war reconstruction period.
Source: Wikipedia