Despite the presence of three air harbors in the vicinity of the city of Milan, Malpensa Airport accepts the predominant majority of flights to the Italian fashion capital. In terms of its congestion, it is second only to one air gate on the territory of the state - the Roman terminal named after Leonardo da Vinci.
Location
Malpensa Airport on the map of Milan is not difficult to find, since the air harbor is located at a distance of about fifty kilometers north-west from the city. The place on which the building is built deserves separate words. The fact is that immediately upon leaving the street, a unique panorama of the Alps opens in front of visitors. She 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 Milan has at its disposal, Malpensa Airport is the largest. The average annual volume of passenger traffic here is approximately 24 million people, and freight traffic is about 410 thousand tons. In the second indicator, he surpasses all other Italian air gates. The airport includes two terminals. The main building has three levels. The first of them has an arrival zone, the second has an international and domestic area with numerous cafes and shops, and the third has a reception desk, lounges and waiting rooms. The airport has two runways, each of which is 3915 meters long and 60 meters wide. Each of them has a high-quality asphalt pavement, allowing you to accept all types of aircraft. The layout of the Malpensa Airport (Milan) is shown below.
Terminals
Both terminals that make up this air harbor are used for both passenger and air cargo. The first one is called "T1". It provides regular flight service. As for the second - “T2”, it is used exclusively by a low-cost carrier - the company “EasyJet”. In turn, the first terminal has two zones - 1A (for airliners that travel between Schengen countries and in domestic traffic) and 1B (for transcontinental flights and flights outside the Schengen zone).
Check-in and baggage
Now a few words about the rules that everyone who travels through Milan Malpensa Airport needs to know. Departure and arrival displays 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, the passengers who follow this message must arrive one and a half hours before the time indicated on the ticket. All baggage and cabin baggage should be presented for inspection by the carrier’s personnel at check-in. 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 on the basis of technical capabilities.
Services
In order to pass the time while waiting for the flight, Milan Air Harbor offers its guests a range of services. First of all, it concerns 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 the Malpensa. An interesting feature of the airport is paid Wi-Fi, the cost of using which is five euros per hour. This service can be paid in advance through the online store or at special information points.
For everyone, the opportunity to use the wardrobe and left-luggage offices is provided. 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 where all kinds of sightseeing tours are implemented. As for passengers traveling with children, mother and child rooms are provided for them, as well as the so-called Baby Pit Stops, equipped with comfortable chairs. The tax refund service for purchases made to non-residents of the country (“Tax Free”) is located in each of the terminals.
Transport
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 here take off and land around the clock, public transport runs in the same way.
Directly near the T1 terminal there is a railway station, from which trains called the Malpensa Express depart from the station with an interval of forty minutes (it increases at night). The final destination of their destination is the Cadorna station, which is located in the very center of Milan. The travel time is about half an hour, and its cost is 10 euros.
A fairly developed is the network of bus routes, which are not limited to only one direction Milan - "Malpensa". How to get to other major Italian cities and popular tourist places (Turin, Verona, Genoa, Bergamo and others), prompt information boards. If you look at them, you can see that there are more than twenty different routes. The fare ranges from 13 to 20 euros.
There are several car parks at the airport where you can order a taxi. Pleasure is not cheap. In particular, for getting to the center of Milan, you will have to pay about 90 euros. As practice shows, it is much more profitable to book a transfer, which is the most convenient (from a financial point of view) travel option if traveling by a large company or family.
Hotel
For those traveling in transit through Milan, the Malpensa Airport may offer to use the hotel services located on its territory. Her foundation consists of 433 rooms of various levels of comfort. In addition, there is a VIP lounge for relaxation, a business center, a solarium, massage rooms and several conference rooms equipped with modern technology and equipment.