Orio al Serio Airport Aeroporto di Milano-Orio al Serio
IATA: BGY – ICAO: LIME
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		SACBO (Società Aeroporto Civile Bergamo Orio al Serio)
Serves		Milan
Location		Bergamo, Italy
Elevation AMSL		782 ft / 238 m
Coordinates		45°40′08″N 009°42′01″E / 45.66889°N 9.70028°E / 45.66889; 9.70028 (Orio al Serio Airport)Coordinates: 45°40′08″N 009°42′01″E / 45.66889°N 9.70028°E / 45.66889; 9.70028 (Orio al Serio Airport)
Website		www.sacbo.it
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
10/28	2,934	9,630	Asphalt
12/30	778	2,552	Asphalt
Source: Italian AIP at EUROCONTROL

Orio al Serio Airport (IATA: BGY, ICAO: LIME) is an airport located in Orio al Serio, 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southeast of Bergamo, Italy. It is popular with low-cost airlines offering flights to Milan, 45 km away from the airport. Orio al Serio is operated by SACBO (Società Aeroporto Civile Bergamo Orio al Serio). The airport served 7,160,008 passengers in 2009 and is now the fourth busiest in Italy. The airport, with Linate Airport and Malpensa Airport, forms Milan's airport system.

Airlines and destinations

Cargo airlines

Traffic

Accidents

On 01 July 2002, a Boeing 757-23AF operated by DHL that had taken off from Bergamo was involved in a mid-air collision with a BAL Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M whilst over Lake Constance, near Uberlingen, Germany. All 71 people on board the two aircraft were killed.

Ground handling

Ground handling services are provided by the SACBO and Airport Global Services. However, the first private handler to enter the Orio Al Serio market was ASA Handling which started handling TUIfly but went bankrupt shortly afterwards.

Security 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 (Veritas).

Transport

Reaching the airport by bus: Terravision and Autostradale run a service between the airport and the Central station in Milan city center. ATM runs a bus service between the airport and the railway station.

Reaching the airport by train: There is a direct bus service called "Airport Bus" from Bergamo railway station to the airport provided by the local transport company of Bergamo, the trip costs €1.70 and takes 15 minutes.. From Bergamo railway station there are trains to Milan, Brescia and Lecco.

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