About Alicante and Alicante Airport
I have been a flight attendant for 20 years, and the thought of taking a one-way trip through the airport made my stomach turn. In my head, I thought I would be overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of airports all over Europe. That was nothing compared to the airport in Alicante.
Alicante Airport is located just 20 minutes away from Alicante City, and if you are only flying from Alicante City, you are in for a wonderful surprise. You will get a picture-perfect vista of the Alicante coast and the gorgeous, blue, deep Mediterranean Sea as you leave Alicante Airport and travel back to the city.
That is something that I will never forget.
After a short one-hour drive to Alicante City, I was surprised by what I saw at Alicante Airport. The airport terminal has its own area surrounded by hotels and eateries. That is something that I will not see anywhere else, but the airport is absolutely beautiful. If you are in Alicante City, just go to Alicante Airport and walk to the Alicante City Area.
When I walked inside the terminal, I thought it was a small airport with only one terminal. There is a second terminal, and the flights to places such as London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Amsterdam, are located inside.
The Alicante Airport has several shopping opportunities, and one thing I will not see in any other airport is a flight to any destination in Spain in less than 30 minutes. I will take the flight to Alicante City to fly to the city, and then I will have just 30 minutes to get to my hotel and take a short rest before checking out of the hotel to drive to my next destination.
My flight to Alicante was fantastic. I had never flown to Alicante City before, and I had no idea that Alicante Airport was so big and amazing. I had no idea what flights were available from Alicante City, but I was able to locate the quickest trip to the city.
If you are visiting Alicante City, you will be surprised to see the beautiful sea. There aren’t many countries with beaches with turquoise oceans and beautiful sand, and I’ll never forget how the airport was laid out. As soon as you exit the terminal in Alicante City, you will be greeted by the city’s gorgeous coastline. You can take the flight to Alicante City and then take another flight to anywhere in the City.
There are flights from Alicante City to Porto, Lisbon, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and a few other destinations in Spain. Just take a flight and travel to the city and then drive to your hotel. That is another reason why I love traveling to Alicante City. I was able to walk straight out of the airport to the heart of the city.
Alicante City – Spain
You do not need a map or a plane ticket to find all of the places in the City. You can find any place and any restaurant you want to go to in the City. When you travel to the City, just drive around to see all of the beautiful cities and scenery.
Alicante City is located in Spain, and you do not need to go to the airport to fly to Alicante City. Alicante Airport is around 20 minutes away from the city. That is something I will never forget, and I know that if I traveled to any city in Europe, I would love to go to the City.
Now is the time to visit Alicante City. You will not regret it.
Beautiful beaches, the city area, and the airport area are all visible from Alicante City. If you fly from the City, take a short drive to the Airport Area, and then you will have just 30 minutes to get back to the city and check out your hotel. You won’t find anything like that anyplace else.
Take the time to roam about Alicante City and the Airport Area if you visit the city. You will not regret it. Simply take a stroll around the city and soak in everything it has to offer.
Now is the time to visit Alicante City. It’s a wonderful site to explore and take in the sights of the Spanish capital.
Traveling to any destination in Spain will always be amazing. The flights available from Alicante City are excellent and will make your life even more enjoyable.
The trip to Alicante City was thrilling, and I thoroughly loved visiting the city, airport, and Mediterranean Sea. I’ve never been any other part of Spain, and I’m looking forward to visiting the city and the beaches.
So travel and go to the City now. See the sights, sample the cuisine, and find everything you’re looking for. Now is the time to visit Alicante City.
About Cannes Airport
Cannes’ Airport, set to receive an estimated three million additional annual visitors when the airport’s new terminal opens in September 2021, has been named the most likely to suffer major disruption from air traffic infrastructure bottlenecks in this part of the world.
The airport at Cannes is now being renovated, with three new terminals being built and expanded over the next five years.
Spanning the existing boundaries of Cannes and the newly built La Grande Maranche District, this airport complex will ultimately see five new passenger terminals built to coincide with the planned growth in demand for air travel into this region.
At a projected cost of almost EUR 2 billion, the new terminals will expand capacity to nearly 15 million people per year, more than tripling the current airport’s capacity during the high summer season.
However, while the construction will be well underway by the time the airport’s new terminal opens in September 2021, the potential scale of disruption at other airports in the region – such as Toulouse – means this may not be enough.
New flights for Cannes
The expansion of the runway at Toulouse is already nearing completion with the first test flights taking off in mid-2021, with the official opening in the summer of 2021. This airport currently serves more than 2.8 million passengers each year.
According to the CAA, other new flights to be introduced in the region include Geneva-Marseille, Geneva-Valencia, Geneva-Cordoba and Geneva-Nizza in 2021.
The report highlights further opportunities to increase air capacity.
With the development of the new Toulouse airport predicted to effect more than 600,000 flights in the next years, Cannes Airport is also expected to be the most affected by construction activity in this region of the world, posing additional issues for the global aviation sector.
Airport worst affected by congestion
Regional authorities are aware that this will impact directly on passengers of the existing airport in Cannes.
It is estimated that these passengers, who are faced with more delays and longer journeys, could represent a total of 50,000 of the 170,000 potential new passengers arriving at the airport each year, according to the CAA.
According to the CAA, the current airport in Cannes is already the worst affected of all major airports in the region.
Cannes Airport currently suffers delays of up to 45 minutes on its three most important domestic and international routes – Paris-Calais-Paris, Milan-Bergamo-Paris and Milan-Düsseldorf-Paris – with estimated delays of up to 30 minutes on others, the CAA says.
However, the analysis shows that these delays will grow with the development of other airports in the region, as new routes, terminals and destinations are added to the airport system.
Conversely, while the airport could be further congested during this development phase, the current congestion is a consequence of growing demand in this part of the world.
This growth is the result of recent record levels of aviation activity in Europe – which has seen a total of more than 118 million passengers and more than 36 million tonnes of cargo air transported to and from the region, according to the CAA report.
While the construction of new airports is a vital part of the overall economic development of the regions in which they are being built, the new report suggests that even this will not be enough to ease congestion at existing airports.
Indeed, with the present rate of air traffic increase, the existing airport in Cannes’ capacity might be depleted in just 15 years.
For the aviation industry, it is now considered the more realistic option for airport authorities to try to attract more airlines into the region with the promise of wider flight slots to expand airport capacity.
However, for passengers, this is unlikely to happen soon enough.
Advice from Paris
To make matters worse, the report also includes detailed recommendations for the management of the existing airport in Cannes.
In particular, the report recommends reducing congestion on the existing airport by separating the arrival hall from the transfer desks, as well as helping travellers by displaying departure schedules from all departing flights.
It appears that those traveling from the southeast would be best served by taking other modes of transportation to the airport and staying as far away from the airport as possible during peak hours.
Passengers should also be encouraged to travel at least two hours before their flight departs to arrive at the airport.
Finally, more passenger facilitation staff would be needed to provide customer service to passengers, including guiding and advising them in airport facilities as well as informing them of the airport layout, according to the CAA.
The report adds that additional security measures should also be implemented to help increase security measures and improve safety.
Aside from highlighting the shortage of airport capacity in Cannes, the CAA report highlights the difficulty of transporting passengers through the existing airport, despite the complex journey itself.
For those arriving by plane, the current airport, located in the heart of the city, is accessed from three different railway stations.
As well as using public transport, it is also recommended that passengers could walk to the train station, to make sure they arrive at the correct terminal in the city centre.
For those travelling from the south-east, the report recommends using the Airport Express Line, from the city centre, to get to the airport in less than an hour.
Once there, passengers should be encouraged to take the EasyBus, to and from the airport.
Even though it only operates for a limited number of flights, the CAA says that those who use the Express Line are likely to spend significantly less on flights, and could help ease the airport’s current congestion.
For those on the airfield, it is recommended that emergency airfield access be extended to facilitate the immediate evacuation of passengers in the event of an emergency.