Popular Airport | Thessaloniki - Makedonia Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 30 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 762 Km |
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Transportation to Airport from Catania City Center
Fontanarossa Airport
There are various transportation options you can prefer to travel between the city center and Fontanarossa Airport. You can easily get to the airport from the city center by choosing from the taxi, bus or car rental options.
Taxi
You can get to Fontanarossa Airport fast and easily by a taxi you can call or take from anywhere in Catania city. Taking a taxi could be an extremely easy option for you to reach Fontanarossa Airport, which is only 4 kilometers away from the city center.
Bus
You can go to Fontanarossa Airport easily and economically by the buses you can get from all parts of the city. Buses, which are more affordable than taking a taxi, are available on many different lines. Depending on where you are, the buses will take you to Fontanarossa Airport easily.
Rent a car
One of the cozy alternatives you can prefer to get to Fontanarossa Airport is the car rental option. You can easily catch your flight thanks to the cars you can rent from the offices of the car rental companies in the city center. Please keep in mind that you can rent a car with or without a driver. Among the car rental companies you can choose from are AP Transfers, Forzese, Hertz, Holiday, Hollywood, Italy and Locauto.
Airport Information
Fontanarossa Airport, the busiest airport in Catania located in Italy's Sicily Autonomous Region, serves internationally and is an important airport that is only 4 kilometers away. Fontanarossa Airport, which is the sixth busiest airport in Italy, hosts a large number of passengers each year and plays a major role in Italy's air transportation.
You can take advantage of numerous services offered to you in the terminal buildings of Fontanarossa Airport. You can enjoy your time in stylish and cozy lounges, complete your money transactions at bank offices, or get emergency medical help when needed.
In addition to these, you can also do shopping or have something to eat or drink at the terminal buildings where many services such as car rental offices, lost property office, and postal services are offered for your convenience.
Among the shopping stores at Fontanarossa Airport are D&D, Aldeasa Italia Srl, Rapisarda, Sicilia Arte, Aeronautica Militare, Camomilla Italia and Occhialeria Angiolucci.
Culto, Sicilia’s, Sfizio, I dolci di Nonna Vincenza, Autogrill Restaurant and Bricca-Puro Gusto are among the places where you can meet your eating and drinking needs at the airport's food court.
Transportation to Thessaloniki City Center from Airport
Thessaloniki - Makedonia Airport
Thessaloniki, which has the most crowded population after the capital Athens in Greece, bears the traces of hosting three great civilizations throughout the history. It is possible to come across the traces the Roman Era on a street and see the magnificent Byzantine churches on another street as well as you can come across the historical artifacts of the Ottoman period in the city.
The city, which has become one of the most important attraction centers of the world today with the historical heritage, attracts people with its nightlife as well. The airport of the city was named as Macedonia Airport since the city is known as "Macedonia of Greece". Located in the southern part of the city, this international airport is only 14 kilometers away from the city center. In addition, compared to other airports, Thessaloniki Airport is preferred by many passengers since affordable flight tickets are available for transportation to Europe from the airport. Thessaloniki offers very limited alternatives in terms of public transportation options. You can reach nearly 80 points in the city only by bus.
In addition to the regular bus services, a bus allocated to tourists offers one-hour free sightseeing. Apart from the bus option, another transportation option in the city is to take a taxi. Other than the buses that depart in front of the terminal buildings of the airport, you can go on your journey by taking a taxi or renting a car from the offices in the terminal building.
Taxi
You can prefer to take a taxi if you don’t want to lose time and enjoy a comfortable journey in Thessaloniki that has limited transportation options. You can reach the city center after a taxi journey that takes about half an hour. It is also possible to book a taxi in advance through the website of Yattaxi, which is the contracted taxi company that provides taxi services at the airport.
Bus
Macedonia (Thessaloniki) Airport provides 24-hour uninterrupted bus services every day for the passengers it hosts at the airport. The buses 78, 78A and 78N, which you can take to reach the city center, run at different departure times. The bus number 78A departs once a day at 5 a.m.
The bus number 78 departs every 45 minutes between 5 am and 10 pm. The bus number 78N provides transportation to the city center between 22:30 and 04:30 from the night until the morning. Your journey by these bus lines that allow you to get to the city center and the railway station directly takes about 45 minutes.
Rent a car
The car rental option, which is not preferred so frequently compared to other options for transportation from Macedonia (Thessaloniki) Airport to the city center, is provided inside the terminal buildings. The car rental companies providing this service are Sixt, Europcar, Hertz, Cardelmar and Figame.
