Murcia San Javier Airport

The airport is called Murcia airport, but is about 45 km away from the city and close to a small town San Javier, next to Santiago de la Ribera, in front of the Mar Menor. The airport is not a huge, but ideally located for travelers to the southern Costa Blanca and the Costa Calida area. With the growing tourism and expats community living in this area (South of Torrevieja, La Manga, Cartagena), the airport has become more and more popular. However, it is still a very small airport. Passenger traffic: 2.002.949 people in 2007.

The services of Murcia San Javier airport include car hire and bank services with money exchange facilities, Children’s playground, First Aid Centre, Multi-shops and several cafeterias, a self service café, a kiosk and a duty-free shop.

2004-2006 the terminal at Murcia Airport was expanded adding 1.100 m2 to the arrivals area.

Murcia Airport, Spain, Ctra del Aeropuerto, E-30720 Santiago de la Ribera/Murcia, SPAIN
Tel: +34 968 17 20 25
Fax: +34 968 17 20 33
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Website: www.aena.es

Airlines served:
(Some of them offer cheap and bargain flights).

Air Berlin, Astraeus LTD, British Airways, CiciExpress, Jet2, Excel Airways, Britsh European, FinnAir OYJ, Iberia, Monarch Airlines, Norvegian Air Shuttle, Ryan Air, Scandinavian SAS, Sky Europe Airlines, Virgin Express, Aero Lloyd Air 2000, Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Deutschlands British Airways, British Midlands, Condor, European Excell, Futura, GB Airways, German Wings, Germania, Hapag Lloyd, Iberia Iberworld, LOT Polish Airlines, LTE, LTU, Lauda Air, Maersk Air, Monarch Airlines, MyTravelLite, MyTravel, Sobelair, Spanair, Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook UK, Transavia, Air Berlin, BMI Baby, Brussels Airlines, Easyjet, FlyBe, FlyGlobespan, Jetair Fly, Ryanair, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Sterling.

Alicante Airport

Alicante Airport is located about 11km from the city of Alicante. Nothing is outstanding at the Alicante airport: nice, clean, and tidy. Inside the airport it is modern and spacious. It comprises of several floors, each with all the expected facilities.

Alicante Airport is around the 7th busiest Airports in Spain and serves the Costa Blanca North and South. In 2007 it handled 9,120,631 passengers and over 79,750 flight operations.

Around 80% of all passenger traffic at Alicante Airport comes from International flights, with the passengers from the UK, Holland, Germany, France, Italy and Sweden being amongst the highest number of visitors.
 
Facilities: The airport has bars, restaurants, cafes and fast food outlets, and several shops, including duty-free. ATMs and currency exchange facilities are also available. There is a VIP lounge which offers fax, photocopying and Internet capabilities for first- and business-class passengers.

Airport bus services:
Website: www.aena.es

Airports for the Costa Blanca: Alicante, Murcia-San Javier, Valencia

Alicante Airport, Tel: 966 919 400 
Murcia Airport, Tel: 968 172 000 
Valencia Airport, Tel: 963 709 500
Airports Website: www.aena.es

Tour Operators · Airlines – Some examples for tourists and Expats:

AerLingus and Ryanair fly from Dublin to Alicante.
Flyglobespan, Ryanair and Thomsonfly offer flights from Durham Tees to Alicante.
Flybe operates a service from Exeter to Alicante.
British Airways, Easyjet, Monarch and Thomsonfly: flights to Alicante from Gatwick.
Easyjet and Flyglobespan and Thomsonfly fly from Glasgow to Alicante.
Jet2 and Thomsonfly fly from Leeds Bradford to Alicante.
Easyjet, Ryanair and Thomsonfly operate flights from Liverpool to Alicante.
Easyjet and Monarchairlines fly from Luton to Alicante.
Flyglobespan operates flights from Aberdeen to Alicante.
Easyjet operate flights from Belfast to Alicante.
BmiBaby, Monarch Airlines and Thomsonfly operate flights from Birmingham to Alicante.
Jet2 flys from Blackpool to Alicante.
Ryanair and Thomsonfly operate flights from Bournemouth to Alicante.
Easyjet and Thomsonfly operate flights from Bristol to Alicante.
BmiBaby and Thomsonfly offer fights from Cardiff to Alicante.
AerLingus flys from Cork to Alicante.
Thomsonfly operates flights from Coventry to Alicante.
Ryanair and Thomsonfly. BmiBaby, Jet2 fly from Doncaster to Alicante
Easyjet, Monarch and Thomsonfly fly from Manchester to Alicante.
There are flights from Newcastle to Alicante from Easyjet and Thomsonfly.
Ryanair flys into Alicante from Newquay.
Flybe operates flights from Norwich to Alicante.
Easyjet and Flyglobespan fly from Edinburgh to Alicante.
BmiBaby, Easyjet, Ryanair and Thomsonfly operate flights from Nottingham East Midlands to Alicante.
Ryanair flys into Alicante from Shannon.
Flybe operates flights from Southampton to Alicante.
Easyjet and Ryanair operate flights from London Stansted to Alicante.

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