The international airports of Catania Fontanarossa (CTA) and Palermo Falcone - Borsellino (PMO) have direct connections to many destinations in Europe, United Kingdom and United States.
Both airports are well connected with the major international airports in Italy: as a result, international flights which do not have Catania and Palermo as their final destination, are connected by various domestic flights.
The tables below show details of direct flights connection to Catania and Palermo:
DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO CATANIA
| Directions | Duration | Frequency |
| Berlin | 1 hour 50 minutes | 2 days a week |
| Brussels | 2 hours | 2 days a week |
| Cologne | 1 hour 50 minutes | 2 days a week |
| Frankfurt | 1 hour 40 minutes | 2 days a week |
| Geneve | 1 hour 22 minutes | 2 days a week |
| London Gatwick | 2 hour 10 minutes | 4 days a week |
| Munich | 1 hour 22 minutes | 4 days a week |
| Moscow | 3 hours | 4 days a week |
| Paris | 1 hour 50 minutes | 6 days a week |
| Prague | 1 hour 34 minutes | 2 days a week |
DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO PALERMO
| Directions | Duration | Frequency |
| Barcelona | 1 hour 9 minutes | 7 days a week |
| Cologne | 1 hour 40 minutes | 4 days a week |
| London | 2 hours 3 minutes | 4 days a week |
| Madrid | 1 hour 40 minutes | 7 days a week |
| Munich | 1 hour 16 minutes | 3 days a week |
| Moscow | 3 hour 10 minutes | 1 day a week |
| New York (JFK) | 8 hours 6 minutes | 3 days a week |
| Paris | 1 hour 40 minutes | 5 days a week |
| St. Petersburg | 3 hours 3 minutes | 1 day a week |
| Stuttgart | 1 hour 23 minutes | 5 days a week |
| Tunis | 41 minutes | 5 days a week |
| Zurich | 1hour 14 minutes | 3 days a week |