One of the most important cities in Italy is Milan, the city with the largest population after Rome, and the true economic and industrial capital of the country. It receives many visitors from all over the world, although when it comes to tourism, Rome continues to win.
However, Milan is a city that you should include in your visit to Italy and if so, you will surely arrive via one of its three airports. That's right, there are three Milan airports and today we are going to talk about them.
Milan Malpensa Airport
this airport is located in the suburb of Ferno, about 52 kilometers northwest of Milány is the largest of Milan's three airports. It is estimated that per year they pass through here between 20 and 25 million passengers and behind Fiumicino airport it is the busiest in the country.
The history of the airport goes back to the beginning of the 1943th century, but it was the Nazis who in XNUMX built the first concrete runway. After the end of the war, investment was made in its development to begin to operate commercially in 1948. Since then it has had several renovations and modernizations and even became the Alitalia hub, which had always been Rome.
What is Malpensa Airport like today? It has two terminals that connect with buses and trains. Terminal 1 opened in 1998 and is the largest and newest in the complex. It is divided into three sections and is the busiest. Terminal 1 is used for commercial traffic and Terminal 2 for charter flights and low-cost airlines, such as the English EasyJet.
How do you go from Malpensa Airport to Milan city proper? You can use the system public transport and which means will depend on the amount and weight of your suitcases. For example, if you travel with weight you can take any regional train operated by Trenord, which have service every half hour between Malpensa and Milano Centrale. Tickets are cheap, around 13 euros, and you can buy them on the Trenitalia website.
As well there are trains that run every half hour but link the airport with Milano Cadorna, a smaller train station which is in the center of the city. From any of these two railway stations you can take a tram or taxi or the metro or the bus to go to your final destination.
Can you take a bus between the airport and the center? Yes, if you travel light you can use the public or private buses or those of direct service shuttle style. The IATA code for Malpensa Airport is MXP.
Milan-Bergamo Airport
As its name indicates, this Milan airport is actually on the outskirts of Bergamo, four kilometers southeast, and about 50 kilometers east of Milan. A taxi ride can take between 45 and 90 minutes and it is not cheap. It is also known as Il Caravaggio International Airport or Orio al Serio Airport.
The airport It was inaugurated on March 20, 1972 and it is one of the most important in the north of the country. Although it works with low cost flights It unites many points in Europe but also in North Africa and the Middle East.
This airport transports around 5 or 6 million people and It is the second airport of Milan. It is home to the low-cost airline Ryanair, so many such flights arrive from all over Europe.
this airport has a single terminal and it is quite simple, operating 24 hours. It also does not have a direct and fast access to the center of Milan like the one that the train would give. Here there are only buses, five lines that work with tickets of less than 10 euros. Also, if you arrive to ski or with the intention of going to the Dolomites you can use a bus line that goes to these destinations.
Inside the airport there are restaurants, cafeterias, fast food outlets, bakeries and cafeterias. Also shops and luggage storage, pharmacy, travel agency and a chapel. The truth is that it is a good gateway to Milan if you travel cheap or go to Lake Como, the Italian Alps, or the Ticino region. If you want to come and go by train, it is not possible.
Milan Linate Airport
this airport is just outside the center of Milan, in the hamlet of Linate, just seven kilometers, and that is why it is called that way although its real name is Enrico Forlanini Airport, in honor of the inventor and pioneer of Italian aeronautics.
It was built in the '30s from the last century and completely rebuilt twice: once in the '50s and once in the '80s. Because it's really very close, It is the closest of the three Milan airports, it is used mostly for domestic flights and short international flights. This place is actually the first airport in Europe where luggage is completely checked with TAC technology instead of X-rays, that is, control is much more effective.
It must also be said that the biometric recognition technology through Facial Boarding en route to and from Rome Fiumicino. In other words, at the security posts we only have to show our faces to the machine without removing the documents.
Milan is an industrial city so businessmen and women are its frequent passengers. The single terminal from this airport It does not have access by train to the cityd, although it is under construction. Meanwhile the passengers take the bus between Linate and Piazza Duomo, traveling an hour. there is also the Linate shuttle service that connects Milan Centrale with the airport in just half an hour, in a short 25-minute trip.
Finally, you can download an app to move around the Milan Malpensa and Milan Linate airports: it is the Milan Airports app Developed by the SEA airport authority. We hope this information has been very useful to you. Have a good trip!