Milan has three airports: Milan Malpensa, Milan Linate and Bergamo Airport. Linate is closest to the city, but Malpensa is the more international airport and most scheduled flights land here.
Both airports are well connected and you can easily reach the city by bus or taxi. A one-way bus ride costs €4 and a taxi ride €25 - €30.
Flights from Sweden
For those who want to fly to Milan from Sweden, there are direct flights to Milan Mapensa Airport from Arlanda where Easy Jet, Norwegian and SAS fly non-stop to the city.
SAS also has a direct flight from Arlanda to Milan Linate airport and offers favorable ticket prices, you can get a seat to Milan for 1500 - 2000 SEK. Slightly different depending on the season.
The flight time is about 2 hours and 45 minutes.
During summer 2018, Alitalia will operate an Airbus A319/320 from Arlanda to Linate every Saturday from May 12 to September 1.
Stopover flights to Italy
There are also other options; both Dutch KLM and Swiss Air also fly to Milan. You fly from Arlanda and stopover in Amsterdam with KLM. The flight time is about 4 hours. Swiss Air also flies regularly to Milan with a stopover in Zurich.
However, the waiting time here for connecting flights to Milan can be a few hours. So SAS is your best option. So flying to Milan is easy. This exciting city is just a few hours' flying time away!
Find cheap flights to Italy online
There are a few good online search services for booking your flight to Milan. On Travelstart you can see which airlines fly to Milan and you can compare their prices.
You can also easily book your flight here online. The same goes for the Flight Shop where you can look for the cheapest possible flights to Milan and book your trip. You get hits on airlines like SAS, Lufthansa, KLM and Swiss.
If you're looking for the cheapest flight tickets, it's worth comparing the departures from Arlanda with those from Stockholm Skavsta Airport and Landvetter.
One website that offers price comparisons is Flygresor.se, which gives examples of different packages or last-minute travel.
There are usually good discounts to be found in weekend travel packages to Milan, if the traveler buys their flight tickets together with hotel accommodation.
Flights from the Nordic countries to Milan
Within the Nordic region, there are regular direct flights from Copenhagen to Milan Mapensa with Easy Jet, Ryanair and SAS. In addition, travelers can fly directly from Helsinki to Milan Mapensa with Finnair.
From Oslo, Norwegian flies directly to Milan Malpensa. The direct flight from Stocholm Arlanda to Milan usually takes 2 hours and 35 minutes. Between Landvetter and Bergamo Milan Airport the passenger can fly for 2 hours and 25 minutes and between Copenhagen and Milan 2 hours and 5 minutes.
From Oslo the flight time is estimated at 2 hours and 40 minutes and between Helsinki and Milan the direct flight takes about 3 hours.
359 541 passengers flew between Copenhagen and Milan Mapensa in 2016, which was the 8th largest number of passengers from the airport to an EU destination. In the same year, 169 163 passengers traveled between Helsinki and Milan Mapensa, the 20th largest number of passengers in the EU.
How many people travel to Milan
The number of passengers to Oslo amounted to 88 428. None of the Swedish airports were among the 43 largest - with more than 50 000 passengers - in terms of air traffic to and from Milan Mapensa in 2016.
The largest number of passengers flew back and forth to two Spanish destinations; Barcelona, which had 686 128 passengers that year, and Madrid, with 601 979 passengers.
The total number of passengers from Sweden flying to and from Malpensa amounted to 10,207 in 2016, a decrease of 18.88% from 2015. This compares to 359 541 Danes and 171 505 Finns during the same period.
There were significantly more passengers traveling between Stockholm Arlanda and Milan Linate in 2016. A total of 87,981 travelers flew with SAS that year, making it the 15th highest number of passengers between these two destinations among European countries.
In addition to these direct flights from the Nordic countries, the traveler can change flights in Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, Paris, Riga, Vienna and other European cities and then proceed to one of Milan's airports. This is not a large number of passengers if you look at the world's largest airports in terms of passengers.
It is important to bring a valid passport or national ID card.
When planning to fly to Milan, it is important that you have a valid passport or national ID card, which are valid travel documents. This does not apply to regular ID cards and driving licenses.
Pre-travel vaccination is not necessary as Italy is considered a safe destination.
However, tourists should watch out for pickpockets and keep an eye on their valuables. You should also take the European Insurance Card issued by the Social Security Agency and get a good travel insurance policy or home insurance with travel protection, just in case.
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