Milan Linate Airport (LIN)

Description: Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) is the city airport of Milan, Italy. Due to its vicinity to Milan, it is mainly ... more

Milan Linate Airport (LIN) ... used for domestic and short-haul international flights, with over 9 million passengers in 2005. This name comes from the small village where it is located. Its real name is "Airport Enrico Forlanini", from the Italian inventor and aereonautical pioneer born in Milan. Linate airport buildings are located in the Segrate Municipality, and the field is located for a large part in the Peschiera Borromeo Municipality. It was built in the 1930s (and completely rebuilt in the 1950s and in the 1980s), when the Taliedo Airport (located 1 km southern inside Milan borders, and one of the world first aerodrome and then airport) became too small for the commercial traffic.

Newest Review: ... Linate Airport is a very organised airport, it has an unclear future but is at the moment able to cope with the flights. SEA might put landing fees up and so ticket prices up in the near future because it is considered that city airports should be more expensive, so it is not impossible that low cost airlines ... more

... will stop landing here. In the next 5 years we will see what decision will be taken for Linate. ...more

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Milan Linate Airport (LIN): The full guide to Milano Linate Airport. (783 words)
by - written on 27/11/02 (Very useful, 1790 readings)
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Milano Linate Airport is owned and operated by SEA-Aeroporti di Milano (like Malpensa): www.sea-aeroportimilano.it It has recently been part of a big debate whether all flights should have been brought to Malpensa or not. Alitalia claims that without taking more flights off Linate it cannot create its own Malpensa hub, but at the same time the remaining European competitors claim that by shutting down or taking many flights off Linate, they'd lose a lot of market as well. The debate is still open because after the SAS accident, ENAC (Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile), Italy's Civil Aviation Authority said that the terminal is in a dangerous position and ... Read the complete review

How to cheaply get from airport to city. (136 words)
by - written on 30/06/00
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Linate is six miles (10 km) south of the centre of Milan. There is a tourist information office in the central rail station. Taxi fare to the centre will be about 24,000 to 28,000 lira. Travel time will be 20 minutes, but up to 40 minutes during the morning peak travel hours. BUS SEAV buses leave for the Stazione Centrale every 20 to 30 minutes, from 6 A.M. to 11 P.M., but may be available at other times to meet arriving flights. The fare is about 3,000 lira. There are taxis at the central station that you can take to your destination. City bus n.73 runs from the airport to downtown (Piazza San Babila, Underground Station), leaving every 10 ... Read the complete review

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