The Malpensa Airport is located some 50 kms north of Milan, towards Lake Maggiore. It's a former military airport, turned into one of the main Italian hubs at the end of the second millennium.
.:. Malpensa has two terminals, simply called 1 (the bigger) and 2 (the old one). They are connected by a free shuttle bus.
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The Malpensa Express is a special shuttle-train that runs to and from the Cadorna railway station, at the very centre of Milan (
.:. The trip takes about 40 minutes. You purchase your ticket (Euro 13) on the spot before taking the train, or on line.
.:. Since the summer of 2011, some Malpensa Express shuttle-trains reach - instead of the Cadorna station - directly the main Stazione Centrale.
.:. A series of bus services connects Malpensa to the Stazione Centrale as well as to Linate. The best known is the Malpensa Shuttle.
This is a metropolitan airport located in the eastern outskirts, some 10 kms from downtown. Its formal name is "Enrico Forlanini", after an inventor and aeronautical pioneer (Milan, 1848-1930).
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Starting from July 4, 2023, Linate is connected directly to the city centre (
Orio is a smaller international airport near Bergamo, some 50 kms East of Milan. It has become the biggest Italian hub for low cost flights. Its formal name is "Il Caravaggio", after the famous 16th-century painter from the area.
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There are bus services from and to Milan. The average fare is around 10 Euros. A service like this is offered by Orio Shuttle.
.:. You can also take a local bus between the Bergamo airport and the Bergamo railway station: trains between Bergamo and Milan (Euro 6) are frequent.
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