There are 4 ways to get from Palermo to Alexandria by plane or bus
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Fly Palermo Airport to Borg El Arab, bus
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Borg El Arab (HBE)plane PMO - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stnbus
8h 19mBus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Cairo International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane CTA - CAI
- Take the bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandriabus
14h 32m$172–329Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Borg El Arab, bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Borg El Arab (HBE)plane CTA - HBE
- Take the bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stnbus
12hFly Palermo Airport to Cairo International Airport, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cairo International Airport (CAI)plane PMO - CAI
- Take the bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandriabus
12h 26m$185–406
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Borg El Arab (HBE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Alexandria is to bus and fly which costs $170 - $330 and takes 14h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Alexandria is to fly and bus which takes 12h 26m and costs $180 - $410.
The distance between Palermo and Alexandria is 1792 km.
It takes approximately 8h 19m to get from Palermo to Alexandria, including transfers.
Alexandria is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 5:07 AM in Palermo and 6:07 AM in Alexandria.
There are 1179+ hotels available in Alexandria.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Alexandria, Egypt?
There is no direct connection from Palermo to Alexandria. However, you can take the train to Palermo Aeroporto, walk to Palermo Airport (PMO) airport, fly to Borg El Arab (HBE), walk to Borg El Arab Airport, then take the bus to Moharam Bek Bus Stn. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal, walk to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) airport, fly to Borg El Arab (HBE), walk to Borg El Arab Airport, then take the bus to Moharam Bek Bus Stn.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Borg El Arab via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Borg El Arab via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Borg El Arab via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–450
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–290
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–410
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–650
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cairo International Airport via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Borg El Arab via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cairo International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
- Phone
- +2 01200003533
- info@egyptbus.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Borg El Arab Airport to Moharam Bek Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +20 2 25752157
- Website
- westmidbus-eg.com
Bus from Cairo Airport to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–10
- Schedules at
- westmidbus-eg.com
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