Malpensa MXP
Cheap flights to Milan Malpensa start with knowing when to fly and which of Milan's airports your ticket actually uses. Malpensa, coded MXP, sits outside the city, while Linate and Bergamo/Orio al Serio handle their own share of the region's traffic. From Malpensa the route map runs to Chisinau, Suceava, Krakow, Warsaw, Budapest, London, Paris and Prague, and the carriers serving them differ from one destination to the next. Check the dates that suit you, compare the airlines on each, and book when the fare looks right.
Malpensa at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 31.4 M (2025)
- Elevation
- 768 m
- Opened
- 1909
- Official website
- milanomalpensa-airport.com
- Population of Milan
- 1.4 M (2023)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Malpensa is well outside Milan, so build the transfer into your day rather than treating it as an afterthought. Trains and shuttle buses link the airport with the city's main stations, and a taxi or hire car covers the same ground door to door. Whichever you choose, leave a generous buffer on the way back — traffic on the approach roads can turn a comfortable margin into a sprint. If your flight leaves early, check that the first train or bus gets you there in time, and think about staying near the airport the night before.