Catania International Airport (Fontanarossa)
Catania International Airport “Fontanarossa” is the principal airport in Sicily and in southern Italy. It is easily reached from the A18 and A19 motorways, and there are taxi and bus connections with the whole island. It offers a number of car rental companies and has ample secure car parks, some of which are covered, ideal for long stays.
This airport is the best choice if you want to stay in eastern, north-eastern or central Sicily, and visit the cities of Catania, Syracuse, Messina and Caltanissetta. Since the airport lies at the foot of Mount Etna, it is sometimes subject to temporary closures or operational limitations if the volcano is erupting.
Catania airport offers weekly connections with the main Italian cities: daily to/from Rome Fiumicino, especially with Alitalia, Vueling and Rynair; daily to/from Milan Linate with Alitalia and to/from Milan Malpensa with Alitalia, Ryanair and Easyjet; daily to/from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi with Ryanair and Alitalia; daily to/from Pisa with Ryanair; daily to/from Verona with Volotea; to/from Venice from Monday to Friday with Volotea and daily from Turin with Alitalia, Ryanair and Blueair.
Catania is also an international airport, offering several daily flights to the main European capitals; these routes are operated by the major airlines, including Ryanair, Easyjet, Air Berlin, Germanwings and British Airways.
There are frequent connections with London: Easyjet flies every other day from Monday to Sunday to/from Luton airport, while there are daily flights to/from Gatwick with Easyjet, British Airways, Norwegian and Thomson. Moreover, Easyjet flies daily to/from Paris Charles de Gaulle, while Iberia and Vueling operate to/from Paris Orly twice a week (Tuesdays and Saturdays).
There are several options for getting to Catania from Germany: Alitalia and Airberlin fly daily to/from Berlin Tegel, while Easyjet and Ryanair offer cheaper flights to/from Berlin Schönefeld. Düsseldorf and Munich are well connected to Catania by Alitalia, Airberlin and Lufthansa. Furthermore, Germanwings operates on the routes to/from Hamburg (also served by Easyjet), Cologne, Stuttgart and Hannover. Easyjet operates daily flights between Geneva and Catania, while the Austrian cities of Vienna and Graz are served on some routes several days a week. Eventually, Catania airport will offer weekly flights to/from Basel with Easyjet and to/from Zurich with Edelweiss.
customercare@aeroporto.catania.it
+39 095 7239111
For more information visit Catania airport’s website.
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