Orio al Serio International Airport,[2] also styled as Milan Bergamo Airport for commercial purposes,[3][4] (IATA: BGY, ICAO: LIME) is the third-busiest international airport in Italy.[1] The airport is also officially called Il Caravaggio International Airport after the Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who originally hailed from the nearby town of Caravaggio.[5]

Il Caravaggio International Airport

Aeroporto Internazionale Il Caravaggio
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSACBO
ServesBergamo, Metropolitan City of Milan
LocationOrio al Serio, Lombardy, Italy
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL782 ft / 238 m
Coordinates45°40′08″N 009°42′01″E / 45.66889°N 9.70028°E / 45.66889; 9.70028
Websitewww.milanbergamoairport.it
Map
BGY is located in Bergamo
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Location of airport on map of Bergamo
BGY is located in Lombardy
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BGY is located in Italy
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,937 9,630 Asphalt
12/30 778 2,552 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers13,155,806
Passenger change 21-22Increase 103.4%
Movements88,846
Movements change 21-22Increase 71.3%
Cargo (tons)20,826.7
Cargo change 21-22Decrease -20.0%
Source: List of the busiest airports in Europe, Italian AIP, Assaeroporti[1]

The airport is located in Orio al Serio, 3.7 km (2.3 mi) southeast of Bergamo and 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Milan. The airport is part of the airport network of the Milan metropolitan area, alongside Malpensa Airport and Linate Airport. The airport served almost 13 million passengers in 2018 and is one of Ryanair's three main operating bases, along with Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport.[6]

Overview edit

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.[7] The airport has one passenger terminal and two jet-bridge gates.[citation needed]

In March 2021, DHL Aviation announced plans to relocate their hub from Bergamo to Milan Malpensa Airport where DHL opened new logistics facilities.[8] In early 2022, DHL confirmed the end of all operations at Bergamo.[9]

Airlines and destinations edit

Passenger edit

The following airlines operate scheduled and charter services in Bergamo:[10]

AirlinesDestinations
AeroItalia Bacău (begins 31 March 2024),[11] Perugia (begins 25 March 2024), Rome–Fiumicino
Seasonal: Catania, Comiso, Heraklion, Karpathos, Lampedusa, Mykonos, Olbia, Zakynthos
Air Arabia Alexandria, Cairo, Casablanca, Sharjah
Air Nostrum Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca[12]
AlbaStar Seasonal: Fuerteventura, Lourdes, Sal
Seasonal charter: Marsa Alam, Sharm El Sheikh
AlMasria Universal Airlines Seasonal: Cairo
AnadoluJet Seasonal: Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Cabo Verde Airlines Sal[13]
Dan Air Bacău (begins 1 April 2024)[14]
easyJet Amsterdam, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Olbia
Eurowings Düsseldorf
flydubai Dubai–International
Georgian Airways Seasonal: Tbilisi
HiSky Chișinău
Lumiwings Foggia (begins 2 April 2024)[15]
Neos Seasonal: Catania, Heraklion, Karpathos, Kos, Marsa Alam, Menorca, Rhodes, Sharm El Sheikh
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Bergen, Copenhagen (begins 31 March 2024),[16] Helsinki (begins 2 June 2024),[17] Oslo, Stavanger (begins 21 June 2024),[18] Tromsø
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Ryanair Agadir, Alghero, Alicante, Amman–Queen Alia (ends 30 March 2024), Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Beauvais, Belfast–International, Berlin, Billund, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Brindisi, Bristol, Brno, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Cagliari, Catania, Charleroi, Cluj-Napoca, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Crotone, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Faro, Fès, Fuerteventura, Gdańsk, Gothenburg, Gran Canaria, Hahn, Hamburg, Helsinki, Iași, Katowice, Kaunas,[19] Kraków, Lamezia Terme, Lanzarote, Lappeenranta, Lisbon, Liverpool, London–Stansted, Lourdes, Lublin, Luxembourg, Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Manchester, Marrakesh, Marseille, Naples, Newcastle upon Tyne, Olbia (begins 2 April 2024),[20] Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Pescara, Porto, Poznan, Prague, Riga, Sandefjord, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Sarajevo (begins 31 March 2024),[21] Seville, Sofia, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tallinn, Tangier, Tel Aviv,[22] Tenerife–South, Thessaloniki, Tirana,[23] Toulouse, Trapani, Valencia, Vienna, Vilnius, Vitoria, Warsaw–Modlin, Wrocław, Zagreb, Zaragoza
Seasonal: Beni Mallal (begins 1 June 2024),[24] Biarritz (begins 3 June 2024),[25] Castellón (begins 31 March 2024),[26] Chania, Corfu, Cork, Dubrovnik (begins 2 April 2024),[27] Heraklion, Ibiza, Kalamata, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden,[28] Kefalonia, Knock, Kos, Łódź, Preveza, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Santorini, Skiathos (begins 1 April 2024),[29] Weeze, Zadar, Zakynthos
Southwind Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya[30]
SpiceJet Seasonal: Amritsar
Transavia Seasonal: Rotterdam/The Hague
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Casablanca
Volotea Asturias
Seasonal: Lampedusa, Lyon, Nantes, Olbia, Pantelleria
Vueling Paris–Orly
Wizz Air Belgrade, Bucharest–Otopeni, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iași, Sofia, Tel Aviv (resumes 31 March 2024),[31] Timișoara, Tirana, Warsaw–Chopin

Cargo edit

AirlinesDestinations
UPS Airlines[32] Cologne/Bonn

Statistics edit

 
Apron view
 
Aerial view
 
Departures area

Traffic edit

Annual passenger traffic at BGY airport. See Wikidata query.
Orio al Serio Airport – traffic information[33]
Year Passengers Movements Cargo tons
2005 4,356,143 51,635 136,339
2006 5,244,794 (+20.4%) 56,358 (+9.1%) 140,630 (+3.1%)
2007 5,741,734 (+9.5%) 61,364 (+8.9%) 134,449 (−4.4%)
2008 6,482,590 (+12.9%) 64,390 (+4.9%) 122,398 (−9.0%)
2009 7,160,008 (+10.4%) 65,314 (+1.4%) 100,354 (−18.0%)
2010 7,661,061 (+7.2%) 67,167 (+6.3%) 106,050 (+6.5%)
2011 8,419,948 (+9.7%) 71,514 (+5.7%) 112,556 (+5.3%)
2012 8,801,392 (+5.5%) 72,420 (+4.3%) 116,730 (+4.0%)
2013 8,882,611 (+0.9%) 69,974 (−3.4%) 115,950 (−0.7%)
2014 8,696,085 (−2.1%) 66,390 (−5.1%) 122,488 (+5.6%)
2015 10,404,625 (+18.6%) 76,078 (+12.4%) 121,045 (−1.8%)
2016 11,159,631 (+7.3%) 79,953 (+5.1%) 117,765 (−2.7%)
2017 12,336,137 (+10.5%) 86,113 (+7.7%) 125,948 (+6.9%)
2018 12,938,572 (+4.9%) 89,533 (+4.0%) 123,032 (−2.3%)
2019 13,857,257 (+7.1%) 95,377 (+6.5%) 118,964 (−3.3%)
2020 3,833,063 (−72.3%) 38,668 (−59.5%) 51,543 (−56.7%)
2021 6,467,296 (+68.7%) 51,879 (+34.2%) 26,044 (−49.5%)
2022 13 155 806 (+130,4%) 88 846 (+71,3%) 20 827 (-20%)
2023 15,974,386 (+21.4%) 101,696 (+14.5%)

Busiest routes edit

Busiest domestic routes from Bergamo (from 2012)[34]
Rank City Passengers 2014 Passengers 2013 Passengers 2012 (o.w.) Airline
1 Bari, Apulia 395,912 398,801 185,188 Ryanair
2 Cagliari, Sardinia 351,967 378,223 189,440 Ryanair
3 Lamezia Terme, Calabria 337,278 344,402 175,985 Ryanair
4 Brindisi, Apulia 321,557 320,075 160,847 Ryanair
5 Catania, Sicily 316,688 197,628 n.a. Ryanair
6 Palermo, Sicily 316,099 310,468 151,766 Ryanair
7 Trapani, Sicily 221,158 225,746 111,730 Ryanair
8 Alghero, Sardinia 171,972 169,041 85,680 Ryanair
9 Pescara, Abruzzo 149,862 151,389 78,868 Ryanair
Busiest European routes from Bergamo (from 2012)[34]
Rank City Passengers 2014 Passengers 2013 Passengers 2012 Airline
1 London–Stansted, United Kingdom 433,762 372,387 346,870 Ryanair
2 Charleroi, Belgium 276,701 298,445 293,707 Ryanair
3 Barcelona, Spain 249,108 223,236 299,985 Ryanair
4 Beauvais, France 216,251 218,509 219,474 Ryanair
5 Valencia, Spain 206,733 196,978 186,484 Ryanair
6 Madrid, Spain 170,258 125,762 201,613 Ryanair
7 Dublin, Ireland 148,368 132,571 123,659 Ryanair
8 Bucharest, Romania 144,255 152,895 159,272 Blue Air, Wizz Air
9 Manchester, United Kingdom 118,321 114,136 102,345 Ryanair
10 Berlin–Schönefeld, Germany 116,148 83,651 89,554 Ryanair
11 Vilnius, Lithuania 113,560 99,493 95,044 Ryanair, Wizz Air
12 Sevilla, Spain 112,252 110,611 112,710 Ryanair
13 Stockholm–Skavsta, Sweden 110,575 112,713 112,259 Ryanair
14 Kraków, Poland 109,426 110,264 104,214 Ryanair
15 Eindhoven, Netherlands 109,320 109,824 107,090 Ryanair
16 Ibiza, Spain 105,693 95,678 97,635 AlbaStar, Ryanair
17 Sofia, Bulgaria 98,201 102,546 94,794 Wizz Air
18 Luqa, Malta 92,244 78,863 Ryanair
19 Budapest, Hungary 91,377 102,955 185,536 Ryanair
20 Porto, Portugal 90,419 93,279 n.a. Ryanair
Busiest non-EU routes from Bergamo (from 2012)[34]
Rank City Passengers 2014 Passengers 2013 Passengers 2012 Airline
1 Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Turkey 107,222 120,750 106,643 Pegasus Airlines
2 Marsa Alam, Egypt 75,919 57,838 64,772 Neos, Meridiana, Small Planet, Trawel Fly
3 Casablanca, Morocco 72,808 79,882 63,737 Air Arabia Maroc
4 Kyiv, Ukraine 63,817 84,543 n.a. Wizz Air
5 Tirana, Albania 52,276 63,730 n.a. Belle Air

Accidents and incidents edit

  • On 30 October 2005, Trade Air Flight 729 crashed near Bergamo, Italy, shortly after taking off in poor weather. The flight was a night-time cargo flight from Bergamo to Zagreb operated by a Let L-410 Turbolet with the registration 9A-BTA. All three people on board, two pilots and a passenger, were killed.[35]
  • On 5 August 2016, during the night, Boeing 737-476 (SF) registered HA-FAX, operated by ASL Airlines Hungary, 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.[36]

Ground transportation edit

Car edit

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

Bus edit

There are several public transportation links to and from downtown Milan, including express coaches.[37] There are further connections to/from Bergamo city center, Arezzo, Bologna, Brescia, Monza, Turin, Malpensa Airport, and Milan Trade Exhibition Center, Parma, Torino, and Verona.

Railway edit

While a railway station is currently being built at Bergamo airport, scheduled to open in 2026,[38] the current nearest railway station is Bergamo railway station, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) 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.[39]

See also edit

References edit

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  3. ^ "Prima volta del Boeing 787 800 Dreamliner all'Aeroporto di Milano Bergamo". Milan Bergamo Airport SACBO S.p.A. (in Italian). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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  30. ^ "SOUTHWIND AIRLINES NS23 NETWORK OVERVIEW – 21MAY23". 22 May 2023.
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External links edit

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