There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Catania by plane, ferry, train, busferry, shuttle, or bus
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Fly Melbourne Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MEL - CTA
25h 14m€511–911Fly Essendon Fields Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- Fly from Essendon Fields Airport (MEB) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MEB - CTA
30h 51m€343–1,103Fly Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane MEL - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittimaferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
34h 17m€575–1,129Fly Melbourne Airport to Malta International Airport, bus and ferry, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Malta International Airport (MLA)plane MEL - MLA
- Take the busferry from Valletta to Pozzallobusferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Pozzallo Port to Catania Port
32h 1m€614–1,128Fly Melbourne Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MEL - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossatrain
34h 53m€509–1,138Fly Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane MEL - CIY
- Take the bus from Coffa Strada Statale 514 to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stopbus
30h€431–1,236
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Catania is to fly which costs €500 - €950 and takes 25h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Catania is to fly which takes 25h 14m and costs €500 - €950.
The distance between Melbourne and Catania is 15665 km.
It takes approximately 25h 14m to get from Melbourne to Catania, including transfers.
Catania is 10h behind Melbourne. It is currently 4:59 AM in Melbourne and 6:59 PM in Catania.
There are 4561+ hotels available in Catania.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Catania, Italy?
Emirates, Flydubai, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) 5 times a week.
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Singapore Changi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–3,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Dubai, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Abu Dhabi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Doha, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Delhi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,300
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Singapore Changi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–3,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Dubai, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Abu Dhabi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Doha, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Delhi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Dubai, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Malta International Airport via Dubai, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Abu Dhabi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Singapore Changi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–3,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Doha, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palermo Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palermo Airport via Phuket, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palermo Airport via Colombo, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Doha, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,300
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Doha, Malta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,600
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Doha, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Abu Dhabi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Singapore Changi, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–3,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Doha, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–900
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Malta International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,100
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palermo Airport via Dubai, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palermo Airport via Doha, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,400
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Catania Aeroporto Fontanarossa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- (+356) 22069022
- res@virtuferries.com
- Website
- virtuferries.com
Busferry from Valletta to Pozzallo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €73
- Website
- https://www.virtuferries.com/
Shuttle from Pozzallo Port to Catania Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.virtuferries.com/
- Phone
- +39 06 164160
- info@etnatrasporti.it
- Website
- etnatrasporti.it
Bus from Coffa Strada Statale 514 to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- etnatrasporti.it
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Reggio Calabria to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
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