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Reaching Sicily

By plane

Sicily is served by both low-cost and regular airlines from overseas, along with the odd charter flight in summer. Alternatively travellers can fly in to other main Italian destinations such as Rome and reach Sicily by a connecting domestic flight. The island’s two useful airports are listed below with their websites, which give the companies that use them.

Palermo’s Falcone-Borsellino airport at Punta Raisi (www.gesap.it) takes flights operated by Ryan Air (www.ryanair.com) from the UK. A 40min trip by train will see passengers in the city centre, otherwise it’s 50min by bus. Several long-distance coach lines, such as those going to Trapani and Agrigento, also stop at the airport.

Catania’s Fontanarossa airport (www.aeroporto.catania.it) takes British Airways’ flights (www.britishairways.com) and Air Malta (www.airmalta.com). Located a mere 6km to the city’s south, it has frequent shuttle buses to and from the centre and the main railway station. Coaches to more distant destinations (eg Siracusa) also call in.