Pisa International Airport Galileo Galilei (PSA) Italy
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Address: Pisa
International Airport Galileo Galilei, Società Aeroporto
Toscano S.p.a., Aeroporto Galileo Galilei, 56121 Pisa, Italy
Location: The airport is located 1.5km (1 mile)
north of Pisa city centre
Website: www.pisa-airport.com
E-mail: sat@pisa-airport.com
Telephone: (0)50 849 111
Country Dialing Code: 39
Timezone: GMT+ 1 (GMT+ 2 between March-Sept)
Number of Terminals: 1
There is an information desk at the Arrivals hall exit (tel: (0)50 500 707; fax: (0)50 500 857) which can provide information on flights; phone cards, rail and bus tickets and flight insurance can also be bought here. There is also a left luggage facility at the information desk.
Money
and communications: On the ground floor, there are
ATMs, a bank and bureau de change, open 0800-1900 Monday-Saturday,
and a post office, open 0815-1300 Monday-Saturday.
Eating and drinking: There is a bar on the ground floor.
On the first floor, there are two restaurants, one of which is self-service.
Shopping: The shopping area, La Corte, can be accessed from
both floors; shops include a gift shop, a bookshop and newsagents, a food and
wine shop, a sports shop, a leather goods shop, various clothing and footwear
retailers and a shop selling optical goods and photographic supplies. There
is also a tax-free shop in Departures and a tax refund facility is available.
Other facilities: These include first aid facilities, a hairdressers
and a nursery on the ground floor. On the first floor, there is a children's
play area
The airport is equipped
with disabled toilets and lifts; there are ramps inside and outside
the terminal. TDDs are provided for the hearing impaired.
The Galilei Business Centre (tel: (0)50 849 200; fax: (0)50 598 097; e-mail: sat@pisa-airport.com) is located on the first floor; it has one meeting room which can hold up to 50 people and two smaller rooms which can accommodate up to 10 people. The business centre is equipped with an overhead projector and a video player; there is a restaurant next door for refreshments. There is also a VIP lounge, located on the first floor next to to the business centre. Two company cards are available, giving access to the Galilei Business Centre, as well as discounts on parking at the airport; the Galilei VIP card, which can be used by any member of the company, admits one person and a companion to the VIP lounge and is valid for 12 months. The Galilei Gold Card also provides a 25% reduction on business centre rates and free parking in the multi-storey car park.
Car hire companies represented at the airport are Auto Europa (tel: (0)50 506 883), Avis (tel: (0)50 42028), Sixt (tel: (0)50 46209), Europcar (tel: (0)50 41017), Hertz (tel: (0)50 43220), Thrifty (tel: (0)50 45490), Liberty Rent International (tel: (0)50 48088), Maggiore ( tel: (0)50 42574), Program (tel: (0)50 500 296) and Travelcar (tel: (0)50 44424).
There are both short-term and long-term car parks at the airport, with space for 1200 vehicles. Short-term parking, for up to one hour, is available outside the Departures area. Long-term parking is available in the multi-storey car park next to the terminal on the Departures side. Passengers using this car park should take a ticket upon entry and keep it until they return. Payment for long-term parking can be made at the Cassa Parcheggi ticket booth outside the Departures side of the terminal (open 0800-2400) or at one of the automatic ticket machines which give change if necessary.
The airport is within easy reach of Pisa, Genoa, Leghorn and Florence on the A12 motorway (Pisa-Genoa), the A11 motorway (Pisa - Florence) or the Superstrada Livorno-Pisa-Firenze (Leghorn-Pisa-Florence).
Rail:
Train: The railway station is located less than 40m (50 yards) from the terminal
and can be accessed via a covered walkway. Services to Lucca via Pisa Centrale
operate 0849-2025 Monday-Friday and 0849-2010 Saturday-Sunday (journey time:
approximately 90 minutes). Trains to Florence (Firenze S.M.N.) via Pisa Centrale,
Pontedera and Empoli run 0849-0049 Monday-Sunday (journey time: approximately
100 minutes); a direct service also operates to Florence (journey time: 60
minutes). In addition, there is a service from the airport to Florence (Firenze
S.M.N.) via Pisa Centrale, Lucca, Montecatini, Pistoia and Prato which runs
at 1418, 1618 and 2025 Monday-Sunday (journey time: approximately two hours).
At Firenze S.M.N. railway station, passengers can use the check-in service
for the airport (tel: (0)55 216 073) on platform five which is open 0700-1730
Monday-Sunday.
Road:
Taxi: Taxis are operated by CO.TA.PI (Pisa taxi cooperative) and are available
24 hours a day from outside the terminal. Taxi drivers are obliged to switch
the meter on before the start of the journey. Radio Taxi (tel: (0)50 541 600)
also runs a 24-hour taxi service from the airport. Bus: Compagnia Pisana Trasporti
operates a bus service to the centre of Pisa. Bus no. 3 leaves the airport every
20 minutes and makes several stops in the city centre, at the railway station
Pisa Centrale, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, Lungarno and Ospedale Santa Chiara.
The service leaves from just outside the Arrivals hall and from the Cassa Parcheggi
outside the Departures hall; it can be recognised by a green canopy bearing the
words 'City Bus'. Tickets can be purchased from the automatic ticket machine
outside the Arrivals hall or from the Centro Informazioni inside the terminal
The nearest hotels are the Hotel Cavalieri (tel: (0)50 43 290; fax: (0)50 502 242) and Hotel D'Azeglio (tel: (0)50 500 310; fax: (0)50 28 017); they are situated in the centre of Pisa, 1.5km (1 mile) from the airport.