We arrived in Milan from Singapore Airlines flight SQ387 ( 12 Hours + 45 Minutes ) at approx 6:45am local time.
The aircraft was a Boeing 777 300 ER which means not a lot to most people but it was larger than the 777 from Christchurch to Singapore which was probably a 777 200.
We had more leg room and there was more space between the isles, the entertainment system was also updated with screens that were about 9” or 10” wide and of very high quality.
We left and aircraft and went through immigration which was basically “here is my passport, they stamp it” and it was all over – nothing to fill in at all.
We picked up our bags and went through the nothing to declare isle (we bought two bottles of Bombay Saphire – $29 Singapore each – which is about $33 NZD) and we were out in the Milan Airport terminal – time 5 minutes
We bought a ticket on the Malpensa shuttle – 7 Euro each, the trip into town took almost an hour to cover the 60km – lots of traffic at 7:45am-8:30am on a Thursday morning.
Once the bus arrived at the Stazionne Central (Central Station) we walked to our hotel which was around the corner - 3 minutes
We checked in to the Hotel Monopole, and were given a room right away and also got a free upgrade to a superior room. When we made the booking back in December we asked for a refurnished room and also that we would be arriving early, and it was very nice for both of these requests to have been accepted.
Not long after we settled in we needed to go out and visit Milan and found that our door could easily be pushed open so we told the reception and we got a new room.
