Situated just five kilometres
(three miles) from
Florence city centre
Country
code
39
Airport
code
FLR
Telephone
(055) 315 874
Fax
(055) 315 874
Amerigo
Vespucci(Florence City Airport)
Florence City Airport underwent extensive rebuilding in the early
1980s and reopened for regular flights in 1985. Situated just five
kilometres (three miles) from Florence city centre, the airport
is steadily increasing in capacity, with regular flights to major
European cities as well as domestic destinations.
Major airlines
National airline Alitalia
(telephone number: (055) 27881) links the city with Milan and Bergamo
in the north and Rome and Palermo in the south. Other airlines,
Air France, Air Littoral, Austrian,
Lufthansa and Meridiana all provide
regular services to major European cities.
Arrival/departure
tax
None
Time Zone
GMT + 1 hour (GMT + 2 from the last Sunday in March to the last
Sunday in October))
Airport facilities
Tourist information, banking and exchange facilities are available
during office hours and there is an on-site restaurant (open lunchtimes
only) and snack bar.
Business
facilities
There is no dedicated business centre. On the first floor, the Masaccio
Lounge on the first floor of departures has a self-service bar,
newspapers, satellite TV and telephones.
Transport
to the city
The ‘fly by bus’ Vola in Bus (telephone number:
(800) 424 500 shuttle service departs approximately every 30 minutes
between 0600 hrs-2330 hrs. Tickets cost €4 and are available
for purchase on board. The shuttle drops passengers off at Florence’s
central railway station and the journey time is between 15 and 30
minutes.
Taxis
Available to the centre cost approximately €13 (telephone
number: (055) 4242 or 4390) journey time is approx 30 minutes, depending
on traffic.
Car Hire
Avis, Europcar, Hertz, Italy by Car, Maggiore and Sixt
provide car hire.
