Il Caravaggio International Airport
| Orio al Serio International Airport Aeroporto di Bergamo-Orio al Serio | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: BGY – ICAO: LIME | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | SACBO | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bergamo and Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Orio al Serio | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 782 ft / 238 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°40′08″N 009°42′01″E / 45.66889°N 9.70028°ECoordinates: 45°40′08″N 009°42′01″E / 45.66889°N 9.70028°E | ||||||||||||||
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Source: List of the busiest airports in Europe, Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] Statistics from Assaeroporti[2] | |||||||||||||||
Orio al Serio International Airport[3] (IATA: BGY, ICAO: LIME), also known as Il Caravaggio International Airport, is an international airport located in the municipal territory of Orio al Serio, 2 nautical miles (3.7 kilometres; 2.3 miles) southeast of Bergamo in Italy. The airport is 45 km (28 mi) north-east of Milan, which it serves together with Malpensa Airport and Linate Airport, the city's two primary airports. The airport served 10,404,625 passengers in 2015 and is the third busiest in Italy.[2]
Despite being called Milan/Bergamo Airport or similar by some low-cost airlines, neither "Milan" nor "Bergamo" are part of the airports official naming.[3]
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.[4] It is named "Il Caravaggio" after the Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, who lived as a child at Caravaggio in the Province of Bergamo.[5]
Services
Ground handling services are provided by SACBO and Airport Global Services. Security services were formerly provided by SACBO with the supervision of the Polizia di Frontiera (Border Police), Guardia di Finanza (Italian Customs Police) and Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile (Italy's Civil Aviation Authority). Due to labour disputes and costs the security services have been outsourced to a private security firm (Fidelitas).
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| DHL Aviation | Belgrade, Bologna, Bucharest, Budapest, Cologne/Bonn, Geneva, Ljubljana |
| DHL Aviation operated by European Air Transport Leipzig | Athens, Brussels, Budapest, Châlons Vatry, East Midlands, Leipzig/Halle, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Treviso |
| DHL Aviation operated by Swiftair | Ancona, Vitoria, East Midlands |
| UPS Airlines operated by Star Air (Maersk) | Bologna, Cologne/Bonn, Pescara |
Statistics
Traffic
| 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%) |
Busiest routes
| 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 |
| Rank | City | Passengers 2014 | Passengers 2013 | Passengers 2012 | Airline |
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| 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 |
| Rank | City | Passengers 2014 | Passengers 2013 | Passengers 2012 | Airline |
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| 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
On 5 August 2016, 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 the highway, 300 m from the runway end. No one was injured, but some cars were destroyed and the plane sustained substantial damages.[13]
Ground transportation
Car
The A4 is one of the main road networks that links the Airport and you will have to pay a toll to enter the Airport from this road. Please note that the road signs for the Airport use the name "Milano Bergamo Airport" and not its official name. Public taxis are available in the arrivals section and operate from the airport. There are quite a few car rental companies that can provide car hire service from the airport.
Bus
There are several public transportation links to and from downtown Milan, including express coaches.[14] There are further connections to/from Bergamo city center, Arezzo, Bologna, Brescia, Monza, Turin, Malpensa Airport, and Milan Trade Exhibition Center, Parma, Torino, Verona.
Railway
The nearest railway station is Bergamo railway station which is 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 can take you to the Airport in about 10mins from the train station.[15]
See also
References
- ↑ EAD Basic
- 1 2 Associazione Italiana Gestori Aeroportuali
- 1 2 http://www.orioaeroporto.it/en/
- ↑ S.A.C.B.O. S.p.A. - Società per l'Aeroporto Civile di Bergamo – Orio al Serio
- ↑ "Bergamo airport now dedicated to Caravaggio". Best of Bergamo. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ https://open.maxitours.be/Default.aspx
- ↑ "New Edinburgh-Milan Bergamo Route Launched For Summer 2017". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/270183/ryanair-launches-naples-base-in-s17/
- ↑ http://corporate.ryanair.com/news/news/16920-ryanair-lanseaza-tarifele-reduse-din-oradea-2-rute-noi-catre-barcelona-girona-si-milano-bergamo-60-000-clienti-p-a/?market=ro
- ↑ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268479/ryanair-plans-new-italian-routes-in-s17/
- ↑ http://www.orioaeroporto.it/it/orario-voli-charter-stagionale/
- 1 2 3 "ENAC: Italy's Traffic Statistics 2011" (PDF). 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ↑ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20160805-0
- ↑ "Bus SACBO". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ "Train SACBO". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
External links
Media related to Orio al Serio International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Accident history for BGY at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for LIME at NOAA/NWS