Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Amsterdam to Catania. Left side wins both ends of the flight. At takeoff you get Amsterdam and the Dutch polders; at landing you get the unmistakable view of Mount Etna. During cruise the left side also faces generally east and south, giving better angles over the Alps and Italian peninsula as the route tracks southeast.

During takeoff from Schiphol (AMS), sit on the Left side for the best views. Schiphol typically departs southbound on runway 18R or 18C, meaning the left (east) side looks back over Amsterdam city center and the IJ river as you climb out. You get a clear view of the urban grid, the port of Amsterdam, and the patchwork of polders stretching east. Notable sights include: Amsterdam city center and canal ring, IJ river and port of Amsterdam, Dutch polder landscape east of Schiphol, Amstel river corridor.

When landing at Catania Fontanarossa (CTA), sit on the Left side for the best views. Catania's runway 08/26 means arrivals typically come in from the west or east depending on wind. The dominant approach is runway 08 (heading east), putting Mount Etna directly on the left (north) side — one of the most dramatic airport approaches in Europe. Even on runway 26, Etna is still visible to the left on final. Notable sights include: Mount Etna (3,357m active volcano), Gulf of Catania and Ionian Sea, Catania city grid along the coast, Simeto river plain south of Etna.

The flight from Schiphol (AMS) to Catania Fontanarossa (CTA) takes Approximately 3 hours 10 minutes.

The route crosses Belgium and Luxembourg, then the Rhine Valley near Strasbourg, followed by the French and Swiss Alps including the Mont Blanc massif visible to the east. The flight then tracks over northern Italy — the Po Valley is clearly visible as a flat agricultural plain — before crossing the Apennines and descending over the Tyrrhenian or Ionian coast toward Sicily.