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Airport Transfer Malpensa to City Center Milan

Can anybody recommend a reliable company. We have a lot of luggage and cannot take the train.

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Here are a few different options for getting between Malpensa and the city from Rick's Italy guidebook:

Trains from Malpensa to Milan: The Malpensa Express train is usually the most sensible way to travel (not covered by rail passes, tel. 800-500-005, www.malpensaexpress.it). Trains leave from an underground station at Terminal 2; buy your ticket from a kiosk in the arrivals hall, or from Trenord ticket machines in the baggage claim hall (credit cards accepted). A big electric board on the wall shows the next departure times. There are two lines: Malpensa-Milano Cadorna and Malpensa-Milano Centrale. Validate your ticket in the little machines, and double-check to make sure your train is going to the destination you want.
If you are headed downtown or to most other points in the city, take the Cadorna line, which is quicker, runs more often and later, and drops you at a convenient downtown Metro station (€11, €15 same-day round-trip, credit cards accepted, not covered by rail passes, 2/hour, 30-35 minutes; usually departs airport at :26 and :56 past the hour, generally departs Cadorna at :28 and :58 past the hour, last train from airport leaves 0:26, first train from Cadorna leaves 4:28).
If you are heading to the area around Milano Centrale train station, or connecting by train to other destinations, take the Centrale line (€10, 1-2/hour, 45-50 minutes, usually departs airport at :43 past the hour and Milano Centrale at :25 past the hour, last train from airport leaves 22:43, first train from Milano Centrale leaves 5:25).
If you’re leaving Milan to go to the airport, the same advice applies. Purchase your ticket before you board, either from the green Trenord ticket machines or, at Cadorna Station, from the staffed ticket windows. At Milano Centrale, trains leave from tracks 2 and 3; ticket machines are at the end of track 3, which is hidden behind track 4, and poorly signed. When using the machines, scroll to the bottom for English, then choose “Tickets MXP Aeroport,” then (from Centrale station) “Milano C.le/Garib.-MXP Single”. Finally, stamp your ticket in the Ricarica Qui machines. Cadorna is a little easier to deal with; trains usually depart from track 1.
By Shuttle Bus: I prefer the train, which is speedy, reliable, and reasonably priced. But two bus companies run between Malpensa Airport and Milano Centrale train station, offering virtually identical, competing services. They each charge about €10 for the one-hour trip (buy ticket from driver) and depart from the same places: in front of Terminal 2 (outside exit 4) and from Piazza Luigi di Savoia (on the east side of Milan’s central train station--with your back to the tracks, exit to the left). They also pick up and drop off at Terminal 1, which, if your flight docks there, might be a reason to prefer the bus. Buses leave about every 20 minutes, every day, from very early until just after midnight (Malpensa Shuttle tel. 02-5858-3185, www.malpensashuttle.it; Autostradale tel. 02-3391-0794, www.autostradale.it). They’re almost comically competitive, regularly offering deals such as three rides for the price of two.
By Taxi: Taxis into Milan cost a fixed rate of €90; avoid hustlers in airport halls (catch taxis outside exit 6). Considering how far the city is from the airport and how good the train and bus services are, Milan is the last place I’d take an airport taxi.

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OP doesn't want train/bus.

Taxi will not be cheap but it is the most convenient if you can't handle your luggage on private transportation.