Despite the presence of three air harbors in the vicinity of the city of Milan, Malpensa Airport receives the vast majority of flights to the Italian capital of fashion. In terms of its workload, it is second only to one air gate on the territory of the state - the Roman airport named after Leonardo da Vinci.
Location
Malpensa airport on the map of Milan is easy to find, since the air harbor is located at a distance of about fifty kilometers northwest of the city. The place on which the building was built deserves separate words. The fact is that immediately upon exiting from it to the street, a unique panorama of the Alps opens before visitors. It is able to make an unforgettable impression even on those people who come here not for the first time.
General Description
As noted above, among all the air harbors that it has at its disposalMilan, Malpensa Airport is the largest. The average annual volume of passenger traffic here is about 24 million people, and cargo - about 410 thousand tons. In the second indicator, it surpasses all other Italian air gates. The airport includes two terminals. The main building has three levels. On the first of them there is an arrivals area, on the second - an international and domestic zone with numerous cafes and shops, on the third - check-in counters, lounges and waiting rooms. The airport has two runways, each 3915 meters long and 60 meters wide. Each of them has a high-quality asph alt surface that allows you to receive all types of aircraft. The map of Malpensa Airport (Milan) is shown below.
Terminals
Both terminals that make up this air harbor are used for both passenger and cargo air transportation. The first one is called "T1". It serves regular flights. As for the second - "T2", it is used exclusively by the low-cost air carrier - the EasyJet company. In turn, the first terminal has two zones - 1A (for airliners that circulate between the Schengen countries and in domestic traffic) and 1B (for transcontinental flights and flights outside the Schengen zone).
Check-in and baggage transportation
Now a few words about the rules that everyone who travels through Milan Malpensa Airport needs to know. scoreboarddepartures and arrivals, located in the terminals, provide all the necessary information about the flight. For international routes, it is recommended to arrive no later than two hours. As for domestic flights, passengers who follow such a message must arrive one and a half hours before the time indicated on the ticket. All baggage and hand luggage must be presented to the carrier's staff at check-in for inspection. The total weight of the transported items must not exceed the norm established by the airline. Otherwise, you must pre-book it. If this is not done, the decision on such transportation is made based on technical capabilities.
Services
In order to pass the time while waiting for a flight, the Milan air harbor offers its guests a range of services. First of all, this applies to shops and various food outlets. It should be noted that some of them are available only to passengers, while others are available to all visitors to Malpensa. An interesting feature of the airport is paid Wi-Fi, the cost of using which is five euros per hour. Payment for this service can be made in advance through the online store or at special information points.
For everyone, there is an opportunity to use the wardrobe and luggage storage. The daily cost of placing things here is 4 euros. Among other things, in the building you can find a post office, currency exchange offices, banks, a church, a pharmacy and many kiosks whereall kinds of tours. As for passengers traveling with children, there are mother and child rooms for them, as well as the so-called “Baby Pit Stops”, equipped with comfortable chairs. The tax refund service for purchases made by non-residents of the country (“Tax Free”) is located in each of the terminals.
Transportation
Despite the fact that the air harbor is very far from the city of Milan, Malpensa Airport has very convenient transport links with it. In this regard, even those tourists who came here for the first time will not have problems with getting to the center. Since airliners take off and land here around the clock, public transport runs the same way.
Directly near the terminal "T1" there is a railway station, from which trains called "Malpensa Express" depart at intervals of forty minutes (it increases at night). Their final destination is the Cadorna station, which is located in the very center of Milan. Travel time is about half an hour, and its cost is 10 euros.
The network of bus routes is also quite developed, which are not limited to one direction Milan - "Malpensa". How to get to other major Italian cities and popular tourist destinations (Turin, Verona, Genoa, Bergamo and others) will be prompted by information boards. If you look at them, you can see that there are more than twenty different routes here. The fare is withinfrom 13 to 20 euros.
There are several car parks at the airport where you can order a taxi. Pleasure is not cheap. In particular, in order to get to the center of Milan, you will have to pay about 90 euros. As practice shows, it is much more profitable to order a transfer, which is the most convenient (from a financial point of view) travel option when traveling with a large company or family.
Hotel
For those who travel in transit through Milan, Malpensa Airport can offer the services of a hotel located on its territory. Its fund consists of 433 rooms of various comfort levels. In addition, there is a VIP lounge, a business center, a solarium, massage rooms and several conference rooms equipped with modern technology and equipment.
