Milano Minate Airport Autogrill

The public transportation (Metro) system that takes people to the Linate airport is excellent. This review is not a reflection on that! This is an indictment of the Air France staff at Milano Linate airport and the Linate airport staff, as well. We arrived at the airport more than two hours before our flight (and I mean we were in line for the Air France counter agents with more than two hours to spare, not that we were just arriving at the airport then). Air France had two agents working the Priority desks and ONE just one agent helping the 100+ passengers in line. There were never more than 5 10 Priority passengers in that line at any time. Honestly, if the agents worked at the speed of agents at ANY OTHER AIRPORT ON EARTH, they could have processed the Priority passengers and then helped the rabble in the regular line. But they are S L O W. If I could emphasize that more, I would. It was Godawful. My family and I were okay because we arrived so early, but a lot of passengers were freaking out that they might miss their flight. Eventually a second desk agent sauntered in (with no alacrity whatsoever) to open a second counter for regular passengers. Much, much, much later, a third agent appeared. The minutes ticked down, the line moved slowly, the Priority agents didn't pitch in, and it was chaos. The line of regular passengers grew ever longer. A manager of sorts showed up and appeared to direct passengers to desks that s l o w l y checked in passengers. We overhead her chiding passengers that they should have arrived earlier, which was outrageous since many passengers DID arrive in a timely manner. Their feckless staff was responsible for the problems. After more than an hour in line, we got our boarding passes and flew through the security lines. At the gate, we queued up in line when our zone was called. It was again a very long line. Then a ridiculous little man wearing a security uniform inexplicably told passengers that they didn't have to stand in the line. They could just cut the line and crowd the desk where agents were scanning boarding passes. Again, chaos ensued. What was accomplished? Nothing. He just made a lot of people in line really mad. And here's a final complaint against Air France. Somehow their crew managed to break every darned zipper on our bags. Is a little care really so difficult to manage?

Nice little international airport in Milan, Italy. Instead of flying out of MXP which is further away, decided to fly out of LIN. Pretty easy to navigate through the airport. Security at 5:30 am on a Sunday morning was fast, just one person in front of me. Checking in my luggage was quick, and I was able to get on an earlier flight to Rome instead of the 8 am flight, was asked if I wanted to take the 6:30 am. Plenty of open shops and breakfast options. Nice to know if the men's restroom is full before walking in. Just wish the smoking area was much further away from the entrance to the airport.

Small airport with easy access to shuttle and taxis outside. The baggage claim was easy to find. Bathrooms were clean and decent. I had no issue at this airport. Local small airports are the better option when flying within the EU.

Excellent airport right near the city of Milan. Choose this airport over Malpensa. It's closer so taxi fares are less. Much smaller and ease of use for passengers.

If you need to travel internationally out of Milan, Linate is great. A lot of the facilities are clean and new (like the bathroom for example), it's relatively small and easy to navigate, and of course easy to get to from the city. My favorite part about leaving Italy is the fact that security is so efficient and not cumbersome at all. We can leave liquids and electronics in our bags without issue?? Leaving Italy is certainly easier than living in Italy!