Orio al Serio International Airport, () the third busiest

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in Italy, is in

Orio al Serio Orio al Serio (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southeast of Bergamo. Orio al Serio Airport is located in the territory of the ...

, southeast of

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

and north-east of

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, where it operates alongside

Malpensa Airport Milan Malpensa Airport is the largest international airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria, as well as the Swiss Canton of Ticino. The airport is northwest of Milan, next to the Ticino river dividing Lombardy and Pie ...

and

Linate Airport Milan Linate Airport is the third international airport of Milan, the second-largest city and largest urban area of Italy, behind Malpensa Airport and Orio al Serio Airport. It served 9,233,475 passengers in 2018, being the fifth busiest air ...

, the city's other two primary airports. The airport served almost 13 million passengers in 2018.

Overview

The airport is managed by SACBO, a company partially owned by ''SEA – Aeroporti di Milano'', the operator of Linate and Malpensa airports. SEA, the company that runs the latter two airports, also holds a 31% stake in SACBO. It is also christened "Il Caravaggio" after the Baroque painter

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, who lived as a child at

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

in the

Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. ...

. In March 2021, DHL Aviation announced plans to relocate their hub from Bergamo to

Milan Malpensa Airport Milan Malpensa Airport is the largest international airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria, as well as the Swiss Canton of Ticino. The airport is northwest of Milan, next to the Ticino river dividing Lombardy and Pie ...

where DHL opened new logistics facilities. In early 2022, DHL confirmed the end of all operations at Bergamo.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate scheduled and charter services in Bergamo:

Cargo

Statistics

Traffic

Busiest routes

Accidents and incidents

* On 30 October 2005, Trade Air Flight 729 crashed near

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, shortly after taking off in poor weather. The flight was a night-time cargo flight from Bergamo to

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operated by a

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with the

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9A-BTA. All three people on board, two pilots and a passenger, were killed. * On 5 August 2016, during the night,

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-476 (SF) registered HA-FAX, operated by

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, overshot while landing on runway 28 in Bergamo and came to a stop on a parking lot and on a secondary highway lane that is around the airport, 300 m from the runway end. No one was injured, but some cars were destroyed and the plane sustained substantial damages. The plane was removed from the street the same day. The air traffic remained unvaried without delays.

Ground transportation

Car

The A4 is one of the main road networks that links the airport.

Bus

There are several public transportation links to and from downtown

, including express coaches. There are further connections to/from Bergamo city center,

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, and Milan Trade Exhibition Center,

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, and

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Railway

While a railway station is currently being built at Bergamo airport by 2024, the current nearest railway station is Bergamo railway station, away. There is no official shuttle between the airport and the railway station. A bus service operated by ATB connects to the airport, about 10 minutes from the train station.

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Orio Al Serio Airport Buildings and structures in Bergamo Transport in Bergamo Airports in Lombardy Airports in Milan Airports established in 1937