Milan-Malpensa Airport currently uses 2 terminals that are completely separate from each other and located in different parts of the airport (about 3 km apart).

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Terminal 1 is much larger, spacious and uncluttered and is used by all airlines except easyJet.

After security check, it is divided into three sections: two sections with gates marked with the letter "A" are for departures to Schengen area countries, the "B" gates lie after passport control and handle flights to non-Schengen countries.

Terminal 2 is a small terminal and is used exclusively by easyJet.

A map of the terminal is available at milanomalpensa-airport.com/airport-map .

Transfer between flights

Transfer is not difficult, not least because it is always almost within a single terminal, as long as it is a guaranteed connection on a single ticket. There are no separate buildings to which you have to take automatic trains or buses, the transfer always takes place within a single building.

As long as you have a connection purchased on one ticket, any transfer time is sufficient.

Malpensa Airport is one of the very clear and well-organised airports and one of the most convenient of the major European airports for transfers.

Transfer within Terminal 1

There is no need to leave the transit area when transferring at Terminal 1 if you are connecting on one ticket or travelling with hand luggage only.

Schengen <-> Schengen

If you are connecting purely within the Schengen area, you do not go through any checks.

You get off the plane straight into the departure gate area and can either head for the gate and baggage claim or simply find your connecting flight on the departure board and move to the appropriate departure gate.

• Average transfer time - 5 to 15 minutes
• security check - no
• passport control - no
• baggage on transfer - will be automatically transferred

Non-Schengen -> Schengen

If you are transferring from a non-Schengen flight to a Schengen flight, you will go through both security and passport control.

You exit the aircraft into a special corridor for arriving passengers only, from where you can either go directly to the gate or follow the "Transfer" signs to a special security check for transfer passengers only, followed by passport control.

• Average transfer time - 20 to 40 minutes
• security check - yes
• Passport control - yes
• baggage on transfer - will be automatically transferred

Schengen -> Non-Schengen

Upon arrival, you will disembark the aircraft at the departure gates of Schengen flights, but you do not have to leave the transit area directly, but follow the "Transfer" signs to passport control.

• Average transfer time - 15 to 30 minutes
• security check - no
• passport control - yes
• baggage on transfer - will be automatically transferred

Non-Schengen <-> Non-Schengen

Exit the aircraft into a special corridor for arriving passengers only, from where you can either go directly to the gate or follow the "Transfer" signs to a special security checkpoint for transfer passengers only.

This is followed by either passport control for passengers continuing their flight within the Schengen area or straight to the departure gate area for flights departing from outside the Schengen area.

• Average transfer time - 15 to 30 minutes
• security check - yes
• passport control - no
• baggage on transfer - will be automatically transferred

Transfer within Terminal 2

On the other hand, it is not possible to transfer through the transit zone at Terminal 2. You must always go outside and go through security again before the departure lounge for all flight combinations.

Transfer between terminals

The two terminals are connected by a free shuttle bus that runs once every 15 minutes during the day, with a 35-minute interval at night between 1:30 and 4:00. The bus only runs in the public section. It is not possible to transfer between the terminals via the pure transit zone.

Bus stops are located at the following locations:

• Terminal 1 for the direction to Terminal 2 - take the escalator or elevator down from the arrivals hall to the basement, walk through the corridor through the train station, distance from the terminal about 8 minutes on foot (see map)
• Terminal 2 for the direction to Terminal 1 - exit the arrivals hall on the covered walkway and continue approx. 85 metres towards the railway station, before which turn right approx. 10 metres according to the signs
  • Directly in front of Terminal 2 there is a shuttle bus stop for the direction to car park P6 and not for the direction to Terminal 1