Just 5 km from the city of Bergamo is the Milan-Bergamo Airport.
Named after the great painter Michelangelo Merisi, known as Il Caravaggio, it is the third largest airport in Italy with more than 12 million passengers a year.
130 destinations in 35 connected countries, is the airport in the heart of northern Italy: this strategic and privileged location makes it perfect for visiting Bergamo, Milan, Lombardy and all regions of northern Italy.
It was established in 1937 for military purposes and became a civilian airport in 1971, a few months after the establishment of SACBO Società per l’Aeroporto Civile di Bergamo – Orio al Serio, thus becoming the third airport in Lombardy.
At first, the routes covered are domestic scheduled flights, to which cargo movements are added.
It was between the late 1990s and early 2000s that the explosion of the Orio al Serio airport took place: in 1999 it exceeded one million annual passengers for the first time.
It has been low-cost flights that have been the airport’s good fortune: like an upward-firing arrow that seems to know no descent, the airport is beginning steady and decidedly conspicuous growth.
The airport is mainly used by low-cost airlines, for which it ranks first in Italy in terms of passenger numbers, and according to research by Skytrax, a specialized British research company, it is among the top 10 low-cost airports in the world.
Connected every 20 minutes with the city of Bergamo, it is 50km from Milan, and various bus companies provide shuttle service to and from the Lombard capital – not to mention the main cities of Northern Italy – every day.
There is a shopping area designed to meet all passenger needs: to make your trip and stopover at Il Caravaggio Airport unique, there is an entire gallery of stores where you can buy clothing, accessories, books and newspapers, food and wine products, gifts and souvenirs.
Before you leave, treat yourself to a coffee break, snack or quick lunch at the more than 20 eateries present.