Milan Bergamo Airport, Italy. 25/11/23. Flying from Athens Airport, Greece.
Orio al Serio International Airport, also styled as Milan Bergamo Airport for commercial purposes, (IATA: BGY, ICAO: LIME) is the third-busiest international airport in Italy. The airport is also officially called Il Caravaggio International Airport after the Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who originally hailed form the nearby town of Caravaggio.
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 used extensively by Ryanair.
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. The airport has one passenger terminal and two jet-bridge gates.
In March 2021, DHL Aviation announced plans to relocate their hub from Bergamo to Milan Malpensa Airport where DHL opened new logistics facilities. In early 2022, DHL confirmed the end of all operations at Bergamo.