Travelling informations

VISA requirements

Please, refer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for VISA requirements
 

Getting to Catania, Sicily, Italy

Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (IATA: CTA, ICAO: LICC), also known as Vincenzo Bellini Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale Vincenzo Bellini di Catania-Fontanarossa), is an international airport 2.3 NM (4.3 km; 2.6 mi) southwest[1] of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily. It is named after the opera composer Vincenzo Bellini, who was born in Catania.

 

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled passenger flights at Lisbon Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean AirlinesSeasonal: Athens
AeroItaliaRome–Fiumicino
Seasonal: Bergamo
Aer LingusSeasonal: Dublin[9]
Air ArabiaCasablanca
airBalticSeasonal: Riga
Air CairoSeasonal: Cairo, Luxor, Sharm El Sheikh
Air FranceSeasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air SerbiaSeasonal: Belgrade
Austrian AirlinesSeasonal: Vienna
British AirwaysSeasonal: London–Gatwick
Dan AirBacău[10]
DATLampedusa, Pantelleria
easyJetBasel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Geneva, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Bristol, Edinburgh, Lyon, Manchester, Nantes, Nice, Zürich
Edelweiss AirSeasonal: Zürich
El AlSeasonal: Tel Aviv
EurowingsDüsseldorf, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Hamburg, Hannover
flydubaiDubai–International
GoTo FlyForlì
IberiaSeasonal: Madrid
Israir AirlinesSeasonal: Tel Aviv[11]
ITA AirwaysMilan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino
Jet2.comSeasonal: Birmingham, Edinburgh (begins 7 May 2025),[12][13] Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester
KLMAmsterdam
KM Malta AirlinesMalta[14]
LufthansaFrankfurt, Munich
LuxairSeasonal: Luxembourg
NeosSeasonal: Bergamo, Heraklion, Milan–Malpensa, Rhodes, Sharm El Sheikh, Verona
Norwegian Air ShuttleSeasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
RyanairAncona, Bari, Beauvais,[15] Bergamo, Berlin, Bologna, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Cagliari, Charleroi, Eindhoven, Genoa, Hahn, Katowice, Kraków, London–Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Perugia, Pescara, Pisa, Prague,[15] Rome–Fiumicino, Seville, Sofia, Tirana,[16] Trieste, Turin, Venice, Verona, Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin
Seasonal: Alghero, Athens, Heraklion,[17] London–Luton, Marseille, Rhodes[18]
Scandinavian AirlinesSeasonal: Oslo
SkyAlpsSeasonal: Bolzano
SmartwingsSeasonal: Bratislava, Prague, Warsaw–Chopin
Swiss International Air LinesSeasonal: Geneva
Sun d’OrSeasonal: Tel Aviv
TransaviaSeasonal: Amsterdam, Paris–Orly
TUI fly BelgiumSeasonal: Brussels
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul
VoloteaAncona, Verona
Seasonal: Florence, Lourdes, Nantes, Olbia, Salerno (begins 2 September 2024),[19] Toulouse
VuelingBarcelona, Florence
Wizz AirBologna, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Charleroi,[20] Hamburg,[20] Iași, Katowice, Kraków,[21] Memmingen, Milan–Linate, Prague, Sofia, Tirana, Turin,[22] Venice, Verona,[23] Warsaw–Chopin
Seasonal: Abu Dhabi,[21] Cluj-Napoca,[24] London–Gatwick

Ground transportation

Train

A new train station, Catania-Aeroporto Fontanarossa served by regional train lines such as the Messina-Syracuse railway, the Catania-Palermo railway, as well as the Catania-Caltagirone railway. Catania-Aeroporto Fontanarossa rail station is part of Catania’s suburban railway line. The station is situated between Bicocca and Catania-Acquicella stations.[25] A typical journey to and from Catania Central Station will take less than 10 minutes, and approximately one hour to and from Syracuse or Taormina train stations.[26]

Car

The airport is located close to the A19 motorway, which links Catania with Palermo and central Sicily, while the European route E45 runs to Syracuse in the south.

Bus

A shuttle bus service provides transport into Catania city centre and the Central Train Station, while scheduled bus services to other parts of the island[27] are also available direct from the airport. The main bus station is opposite the railway station and 10 minutes walk from the city centre.