The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 15 minutes and covered a distance of 3 nautical miles. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, then departed from runway 35R at LIMC Milan Malpensa International Airport. The takeoff distance was 1,567 meters, which accounted for 53% of the runway. The liftoff speed was 150 knots.

The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 13 knots from a direction of 260 degrees. There was a crosswind of 13 knots and a headwind of 0 knots. The aircraft began its enroute climb 1 mile southwest of Casorate Sempione, in the Lombardia region of Italy. The climb took 21 minutes and covered a distance of 109 nautical miles, during which the aircraft ascended from an altitude of 535 meters above sea level to 11,088 meters above sea level, an increase of 10,553 meters.

Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 4 miles northwest of Fontan, in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region of France. This phase lasted for 32 minutes and covered a distance of 226 nautical miles. The enroute descent began 40 miles southeast of Llafranc, in the Catalunya region of Spain. The descent took 25 minutes and covered a distance of 117 nautical miles, during which the aircraft descended from an altitude of 11,081 meters above sea level to 405 meters above sea level, a decrease of 10,676.2 meters.

The final approach to runway 24L at LEPA Palma de Mallorca Airport was made from the northeast, heading 239.0 degrees at an altitude of 394.2 meters above ground level and a distance of 4 nautical miles from the runway. The landing was made on runway 24L, which had a length of 2,587 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was slightly above the target speed at 154 knots. The touchdown distance was good at 232 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 150 knots. The touchdown rate was very heavy at -4.3 meters per second. The runway touchdown alignment was very good.

The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and a wind speed of 10 knots from a direction of 230 degrees. There was a crosswind of 1 knot and a headwind of 10 knots. The total landing distance was 1,513 meters, which accounted for 58% of the runway. The runway rollout alignment was very good. The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 4 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 462 nautical miles, and the flight duration was 99 minutes. The aircraft used 4,161 kilograms of fuel during the flight.