Sicily is an administrative region of Italy with a population of about 5 million people. It includes both the island of Sicily and the surrounding islands. You can get to the island in two ways - by sea or by air.
The main airports of Sicily are the airport of Palermo and Catania. Palermo Airport is the island's main air terminal, named after two famous fighters with the Sicilian mafia Falcone and Borsellino. It is located half an hour's drive from the city center. Flights from the airport of Palermo are made mainly by low cost airlines - EasyJet, Ryanair, Air Berlin and others. The flight schedule is available on the official website of the Falcone e Borsellino airport
Sicily's second largest airport is Catania Fontanarossa Airport, 5 km from Catania and named after Vincenzo Bellini, an Italian composer. Every year Catania Airport serves about 5 million people, in 2007 a new terminal was opened here. The flight schedule is available on the official website of Catania Airport
There are three smaller airports on the islands, also part of the Sicily region and adjacent to the island itself, the largest of which is Vincenzo Florio Airport in Trapani. This is the third airport in Sicily by the number of traffic, annually through it passes more than 400 thousand passengers. The smallest airports are Pantelleria and Lampedzu airports. They are serviced by the largest air carrier of Italy, Alitalia and small private airlines, carrying out flights between Italian cities
How to get there
Between Palermo and its airport - 35 km. You can rent a car or use the services of private carriers. There is also a Trinacria Express train and a shuttle bus that leaves every half an hour
From Catania airport to the city - only 4, 5 km, and there is also a shuttle bus service between the terminal and the railway station of Catania
Services
B Both airports have restaurants and cafeterias, bank branches, tourist offices, baggage and mail service points, duty free shops, medical centers, waiting rooms and VIP halls.
Palermo Airport Information Center: +39 091 702 0111. Catania Airport Information: +39 095 340 505.