Travel: Flights to Milan Linate

Malpensa airport

The main international airport is Malpensa (Milan Malpensa, code MXP). It's a two runway airport, well connected to the center of the city by public transportation.

• SEA Aeroporti di Milano - official site of SEA, the firm operating Malpensa and Linate airports.

• Malpensa Express trains leave every 30 minutes from the Airport and arrive at Stazione Cadorna after 40 minutes. It should be a fast link, but due to line congestion it has become like any ordinary commuter train, very crowded at rush hours, particularly going to Malpensa. Ticket: single trip 11 euro (13.50 if bought on train), round trip (single day) 14 euro (17 if bought on train). Ticket must be validated in the station before boarding.

To save a little bit of money, at the expense of a change, buying two separate tickets and waiting some time at the connecting point, you may use the special train between Malpensa Airport and Saronno and a regular service between Saronno and Milan (total cost for a single trip bought at ticket office 8.10 eur). An even cheaper way, but with a much more difficult connection, is changing in Busto Arsizio FN (total cost for a single trip bought at ticket office 5.95 eur).

• Buses leave every 20 minutes for Centrale Station and Linate airport, costing about 5 euros. Travel can take from 30 minutes (weekends) to 1 hour or more (during weekday mornings)

• Using a taxi to get from Malpensa to the city centre is expensive: 60-75 euros.

• You can reach Milan by Trenitalia trains departing from Gallarate. A bus service is available from the Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 of Malpensa to Gallarate Railway Station.

Linate airport

Some European or national flights arrive at Linate Airport (LIN). This small, one-runway airport is closer to the city centre than Malpensa, but less well connected by public transport.

• There is a public transport bus stop for the 73 line outside the terminal building. This goes to San Babila Square, in the city centre, which is served by metro line MM1. The bus runs every ten minutes and costs €1. This bus service is managed by ATM , the public transport society of Milan. You can buy the ticket from the newsagent or the ATM vending machines. With the same ticket, you can transfer to one or more buses, trams or subways in a 75 minute period. You can also directly use a comprehensive ticket to many places in the suburbs. For more detail see #Get around. You can obtain information and a timetable from the ATM web site. The "Direction SAN BABILA M1" lists the stops from outside Milan (from Segrate San Felicino) passing through Linate Airport and going to the city center of Milan (end of line in San Babila Square). The "Direction S.FELICINO" lists the stops from the city center (San Babila Square) to the town of Segrate San Felicino passing through Linate Airport. Buses leave approximately every 10-20 minutes.

• A bus service, operated by Malpensa Shuttle connects Malpensa airport to Linate airport (timetables, fares and ticket booking on website). The trip takes 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on traffic conditions.

• Taxis from Linate to the city centre cost 12-18 euros.

Orio al Serio airport

Some budget airlines fly into Orio al Serio Airport (BGY), about 45km north-east of Milan near the city of Bergamo. Ryanair refers to this as Milan Bergamo Airport. Public transport into Milan is slightly less convenient than Malpensa or Linate:

• Orio al Serio Airport - official site of Milan Bergamo airport.

• Trains to Milan leave from Bergamo station, which you can get to by shuttle bus or taxi, but is quite far from the airport. Buses to Bergamo are run by ZANI and take 10 minutes, at a cost of around €1.50. Trains from Bergamo to Milan run every 30-60 minutes and take around 1 hour. Adult one way fare approx €4.

• Bus
• The bus leaves for Milan from immediately outside the arrivals section of the airport, and from v. Ferrante Aporti on the east side of Central Station in Milan for all the companies below.
• Autostradale run a direct bus from Orio Airport to Milano Centrale station, which is probably the best choice. Departure times may vary but buses generally run every half hour during the day, less often at night, and take about 1 hour or more. Beware cutting things too fine, however, because the highway ti Milan is very crowded during weekdays. Adult one way fare €6.70. Tickets are sold in Orio Al Serio Airport in Bergamo and at the Central Train Station in Milan. Be at the Milan Bus stop at least 15 minutes before nominal departure time or you may get left behind.

• Zani Viaggi also run a bus service from Bergamo Airport to Milano Centrale station with a stop at the Cascina Gobba MM3 station on the North Eastern outskirts of Milan. Adult fare €6.70 one way, tickets sold at an office in the airport or online.

• Terravision has a bus service from from Orio Airport to Milan.

• Taxis will set you back maybe €100 from Orio to Milan.