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TRAVEL INFORMATION

Three airports link Milan with the rest arrange hire on arrival. There are excellent
of the world. Linate airport is only a few train links between Milan and other cities
kilometres from the city centre and connects in Italy. The city is also well connected to
the capital of Lombardy with the main the rest of Europe, with fast, easy routes
Italian and European cities. Malpensa is to France and Switzerland, and to Austria
an intercontinental airport about 50 km and Germany via Verona. Visitors arriving by
(30 miles) from Milan, while Orio al Serio, car will use the excellent road and motorway
which handles many European budget networks. Exits from the ring road around
flights, is located 45 km (27 miles) away, near Milan are clearly marked. However, these
Bergamo. There are car rental offices at all roads are often congested with traffic,
the airports, though it is usually cheaper particularly at rush hour, so journey times
to book a fly-drive deal ahead rather than can be slow.

30 minutes between 5:30am
and 11:45pm, connecting
Linate and Milan’s central
station. Tickets cost €5 and
can be bought on board.

Malpensa Airport
Located 50 km (30 miles)
from the city, Malpensa is the
largest of the Milan airports,
with two terminals.
The Malpensa Express rail
service links Terminal 1 with
Stazione Nord in Piazza Cadorna,
Linate Airport, located within easy reach of the city centre Stazione Centrale and Stazione
Garibaldi. Journey times vary
Arriving by Air Linate Airport from 29 to 43 minutes, with
Visitors from outside Italy Linate handles a small number trains leaving the airport every
arriving in Milan by air are of European flights with airlines 30 minutes between 5:26am
likely to fly into either such as Alitalia, Air France, and 0:29am. The last coach to
Malpensa or Orio al Serio British Airways, BMI, Lufthansa Cadorna is at 1:30am. Trains
airports (the latter is often and KLM, and domestic flights from Milan depart from 4:28am
referred to as Bergamo airport). with carriers such as Meridiana. to 0:28am. A one-way ticket
Linate airport handles more The airport has left luggage costs €12 (€6 children); the only
domestic than international facilities, car rental offices returns available are day returns.
flights. Frequent flights including Avis and Hertz (see Two coach lines also offer
between London and Milan pp220–21), and plenty of car a good airport service. The
are operated by Alitalia, parking space.
British Airways and easyJet. Getting from Linate to the
The majority of low-cost centre of Milan is easy. Taxis
airlines, such as Ryanair, fly take around 20 minutes (longer
to Orio al Serio in Bergamo. in rush hour) and cost about
British Airways and €15–€25. A taxi stand is situated
Lufthansa offer a good right in front of the airport exit.
choice of direct flights from ATM bus No.73 runs every 10
the United States, linking minutes from 5:35am to 0:35am
Milan with Boston, New York, daily, linking the airport with
Chicago, Miami and Los the city centre, going as far as
Angeles. Alitalia also has good Piazza San Babila. There are two
connections from Toronto, services – a regular service and
Vancouver and Sydney; a non-stop one. Tickets (€1.50)
however, many of its flights are sold at the vending machine
from the US go via Rome, near the bus stop. They can also
necessitating a connection be bought on the non-stop bus. Interior of Malpensa airport, the largest
to Milan. The Starfly bus runs every in Milan

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