Alicante El Altet Airport, Spain

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Alicante's El Altet airport is the major gateway for visitors to the Costa Blanca. It is also convenient for those travelling to north-east Andalucia - Almeria and Jaen provinces. The sixth-busiest airport in Spain, it handles over twenty million passengers every year. Over three-quarters of flights are international: Alicante is especially popular with the English, the Dutch and the German.

LOCATION AND GETTING THERE

El Altet is located 10km south-east of the city, in Elche. A taxi takes to the centre about 15 minutes and costs about 15 euros; buses leave every 20 minutes (6.20am-11.10pm), costing 2.60euro. You can also hire a car; all the major international domestic and companies have offices.

AIRPORT FACILTIES

Alicante Airport has three terminals although only Terminal 3 is in use (all flights now go through Terminal 3 and the future of Terminals 1 and 2 is yet to be decided). The new terminal is an L-shaped complex and which has six times the combined area space of the previous two terminals, increasing the airport's annual capacity from nine to twenty million passengers. The airport offers all the usual facilities on its' six floors: restaurants, bars, a VIP lounge ATMs, wifi, tourist information office, post office and car park. As in most modern airports, the shops offer an excellent selection of items to keep you and your family happy until you board your flight, or for presents for those back home: food, music and electronics, toys, fashion, wines, watches, jewellery, accessories, wines, perfumes and cosmetics, and local and international press.

Flights

Iberia Best prices for Iberia Flights to UK, Europe and Worldwide.

Jet2 Friendly low fares, flies from a number of UK airports to Alicante as a gateway to Eastern Andalucia.

British Airways Fly with British Airways, offering year-round low fares with an extensive global route network flying to and from centrally-located airports

AerLingus Fly with AerLingus for low cost, short haul flights

TAP Portugal Book online with Portugal's leading airline

Tui Fly Book cheap flights with TUI travel PLC, the world's leading international leisure travel group

Fly BMI Book low price flights to the Uk, Europe, Middle East and Worldwide destinations

Vueling Fly Vueling, where competitive prices, safe travel and style become perfectly compatible

Brussels Airlines It's a small world when you book online with Brussels Airlines, part of the Lufthansa group

Finnair Search online for Finnair's best prices

Thomas Cook Don't just book it. Thomas Cook it.

Transavia Low fares all around europe with Transavia.

AirBerlin Air Berlin is a German low cost airline based in Berlin Tegel.

Transfers

Alicante airport shuttles & private transportation Low Cost Shuttle services to Benidorm area. Private car hire with driver, people carriers and coaches from Alicante airport. Outstanding price and excellent service. Easy on-line booking form. Pre-book now and save money.

Flight destinations

You can catch flights from Alicante El Altet airport (ALC) to the following destinations:

Please note, this is not a definitive list

In the UK/Ireland

In Spain

In Europe

Car Hire

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Car rental travel may be the best form of transportation to Andalucia if you don't have a rigid schedule and are prepared to test your defensive driving skills on Spain's speedy highways. Although a little more expensive than bus travel, car rentals allow the greatest amount of flexibility for sight seeing along the way and visiting many historical, old towns you would have otherwise missed. Have a good trip!

Airport Hotels

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Information correct as of May 2011.

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