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13 millionth passenger this year at Alicante-Elche airport! 2017 will see a million more passengers at El Altet than the previous record last year Sergio Óvide received a surprise on Monday when his Vueling flight from Barcelona touched down at Alicante-Elche, and he was met by an official welcoming.. 05/12/2017
Airport Bus Service to Alicante City There is a direct bus journey from the Altet airport to Alicante City Centre for just 3.85 euros There is an ‘Aerobus’ shuttle bus service (line C6) connecting the Alicante Altet airport to the city of Alicante, running every day every..
Alicante-Elche Airport, Alicante province, Comunidad Valenciana Alicante Elche airport is the gateway to the Costa Blanca and the Costa Cálida The sixth busiest airport in Spain serves the coastline of Alicante and Murcia Alicante Elche airport, previously known simply as Alicante airport, is located 8 kilometres..
Alicante-Elche airport passenger numbers already set new annual record in 2017 Passengers on UK flights accounted for 44 per cent of the total in August The number of passengers passing through the terminal at Alicante-Elche airport has been higher than in 2016 for every month of the last three years, and the upward trend.. 14/11/2017
Passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport up by 12.9 per cent so far this year After nine months the record total for 2016 was about to be broken at the airport in El Altet Brexit or no Brexit, the popularity of the Costa Blanca among holiday-makers from the UK appears to be undiminished, and in September flights to and from the.. 13/10/2017
Alicante-Elche airport passenger numbers heading for new annual record in 2017 Passengers on UK flights accounted for 44 per cent of the total in August The number of passengers passing through the terminal at Alicante-Elche airport has been higher than in 2016 during every month of this year so far, and the upward trend.. 13/09/2017
Alicante-Elche airport passenger numbers up again in July Over 42 per cent of passengers were on flights to and from the UK Passenger numbers at airports all over Spain continued to rise significantly in July, fuelled to a large degree by the spectacular growth in the international tourism sector, and.. 17/08/2017
Threat of strikes at Alicante-Elche and Valencia airports Emergency Cabinet meeting in Madrid seeks an end to industrial action at Barcelona airport The members of the Spanish government Cabinet are interrupting their August holiday this Wednesday for an emergency meeting in Madrid, where the most urgent.. 16/08/2017
Mouflon head found inside Alicante-Elche airport suitcase The discovery at Alicante-Elche is being treated as a case of illegal hunting It might be imagined that the working life of baggage inspectors at Alicante-Elche airport is a fairly humdrum one, but this was far from the case recently for those.. 26/06/2017
Alicante-Elche flight delayed seven hours after plane hits car No injuries as Vueling carries out fully safety checks on the aircraft at El Altet The 153 passengers on last Friday’s Vueling flight from Alicante-Elche to Rima Fiumicino were asked to disembark and wait for seven hours after an incident.. 26/06/2017
Alicante-Elche airport named the best of its size in Europe The airport in El Altet beat off competition from Austria, Scotland, Greece and Germany For the first time in its history Alicante-Elche airport has been named by Airports Council International as the best in Europe in its category, repeating an honour.. 14/06/2017
Lisbon flights inaugurated at Alicante-Elche airport The first regular flights to and from Portugal at the airport in El Altet While passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche continue to rise sharply – the figure is 14.3% higher for the first five months of 2017 than in the equivalent period last.. 13/06/2017
Passenger traffic up by 13.4 per cent at Alicante-Elche airport in May UK flights accounted for almost 46 per cent of all passengers at Alicante-Elche The number of tourists visiting the Costa Blanca continues to spiral upwards and in consequence Alicante-Elche airport is busier than ever before this year, a trend which.. 13/06/2017
New routes link Alicante-Elche airport to Iceland and Germany There are now 13 German cities with direct flights to and from Alicante The growth of traffic at Alicante-Elche airport shows no signs of slowing down, with passengers numbers practically certain to set new records again in 2017, and it was announced.. 06/06/2017
20 per cent increase in April passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche 44 per cent of passengers at Alicante-Elche San Javier were on flights to and from the UK The lateness of Easter this year helped to boost April passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport by an extremely healthy 20.7%, the total of 1.23 million.. 15/05/2017
Enquiry into near-miss landing at Alicante-Elche airport The tail of a Jet2 plane struck the runway before landing at Alicante A national government enquiry is to be opened into an incident at Alicante-Elche airport on 10th April, when the tail of a Jet2 plane arriving from Leeds Bradford made contact.. 19/04/2017
March passenger numbers up by 8.4 per cent at Alicante-Elche airport 42 per cent of passengers at the El Altet airport were on UK flights The increase in the number of flights available to and from Alicante-Elche airport this year was matched by rising passenger numbers during March, when 907,603 people passed through.. 12/04/2017
Ryanair expands Alicante-Elche airport services next winter 30 per cent of all passengers at Alicante-Elche travel with Ryanair The summer flight schedules at Alicante-Elche airport have only just come into operation but already the airlines are drawing up their plans for the winter season which begins at the.. 06/04/2017
Alicante-Elche offers more flights to and from France Volotea now operates six services between French airports and the Costa Blanca As air traffic at Alicante-Elche airport continues to increase Monday saw the first service on another new route, this time linking the Costa Blanca to Toulouse in the.. 04/04/2017
Tourist spending in Valencia up by 34 per cent in February Brexit is having little effect on the spending budget of British visitors Following the publication last week of government statistics which show that the number of foreign visitors to Spain continued to rise significantly during February it comes.. 04/04/2017
Three more UK services begin at Alicante-Elche airport Seat availability on UK flights is up by 17 per cent this summer at El Altet There may be fears that Brexit will eventually dampen the enthusiasm of the British from spending their holidays in the Costa Blanca, but for the time being the growth in the.. 03/04/2017
24 per cent more foreign visitors to the Valencia region in February The British accounted for over a third of those coming to Valencia from abroad The number of foreign visitors coming to the Costa Blanca and the rest of the Comunidad Valenciana continues to rise significantly, with all the signs pointing to another.. 31/03/2017
Alicante-Elche airport inaugurates new services to and from Helsinki and Frankfurt Finnair have ended a 20-year absence from the Costa Blanca airport in El Altet The new summer flight schedules at the Costa Blanca airport of Alicante-Elche not only show increases in activity to the main markets of northern Europe, but also include.. 28/03/2017
Alicante-UK flight availability up by 17 per cent this summer The UK accounts for 43 per cent of all flights as traffic continues to grow at Alicante-Elche The increase in passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport over the last couple of years has been little short of spectacular, with the figure.. 23/03/2017
Alicante-Elche airport passenger numbers continue double-digit increases 36 per cent of passengers in February were on Alicante-UK flights While passenger numbers continue to increase at Spanish airports, due principally to the ongoing boom in the international tourism sector, the latest figures related to Alicante-Elche.. 14/03/2017
New March temperature records set in Alicante and Murcia At Alicante the maximum last Friday would have made it the eighth warmest day in the whole of 2016! The extraordinary heatwave which affected south-east Spain over the weekend produced new March temperature records at many locations in the Region of.. 13/03/2017
Alicante-Elche passenger numbers up by 15.5 per cent in January The Costa Blanca continues to attract more and more visitors Following the setting of a new record at Alicante-Elche airport last year, when well over 12.3 million passengers passed through the terminal at the gateway to the Costa Blanca, it appears.. 14/02/2017
Alicante-Elche airport passenger numbers up by 16.7 per cent in 2016 The increase was the sharpest among major airports in Spain A hugely successful year for Alicante-Elche airport ended with a total of 12.34 million passengers having passed through the terminal, with the year-on-year increase of 16.7% being the highest.. 12/01/2017
Alicante-Elche airport is now the fifth busiest in Spain The 12 millionth passenger this year will arrive at El Altet on Friday The sharp increase in passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport this year, where the year-to-date total is currently over 16% higher than at the same point in 2015, has now officially.. 15/12/2016
Alicante-Elche airport leads the growth in passenger numbers UK flights account for 42.3 per cent of passengers at the El Altet airport The latest air traffic statistics published this week by Aena confirm almost beyond doubt that the total number of passengers at Alicante-Elche airport will top 12 million this.. 13/12/2016
New Scandinavian routes at Alicante-Elche airport in 2017 Primera air offers services between the Costa Blanca and Scandinavia Danish airline Primera air has announced that it is top operate three new routes to and from Alicante-Elche airport in 2016, offering passengers the chance to fly to and from Bilolund.. 21/11/2016
Jet 2 fuel optimism that Brexit will not affect Costa Blanca tourism More UK-Costa Blanca flights added to the schedules for 2017 It was announced on Tuesday at the World Travel Market tourism fair in London that Jet2 will be introducing two new routes at Alicante-Elche airport in 2017. For the first time.. 09/11/2016
Alicante-Elche airport welcomes 11 millionth passenger this year The Costa Blanca airport enjoys the busiest year in its history With almost two months of 2016 remaining the airport of Alicante-Elche welcomed its 11 millionth passenger of the year on Monday, the first time this total has ever been reached... 08/11/2016
New UK and Poland connections at Alicante-Elche airport Poznan joins Gatwick and Glasgow on the Alicante-Elche flight info boards In what is already a record year for passengers numbers at Alicante-Elche airport in El Altet, the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has inaugurated three new winter routes over.. 31/10/2016
New September passenger number record at Alicante-Elche airport 44 per cent of all passengers last month were flying to or from the UK The spectacular increase in the number of people flying into and out of the Costa Blanca this year continued in September at Alicante-Elche airport, with the total of almost 1.3.. 13/10/2016
Vueling introduces new services at Alicante-Elche airport Flights to and from Birmingham and Manchester added to the Alicante winter schedule As passenger numbers continue to rise at Alicante-Elche airport, with a new record practically certain to be set by the end of this year, the Spanish low-cost airline.. 11/10/2016
Irishman on the run arrested at Alicante-Elche airport Jeffrey Melvin faces charges of armed robbery and kidnapping Jeffrey Melvin, a 34-year-old who was on the run from the Irish police and for whom a European detention warrant had been issued, has been arrested by the Spanish Policía Nacional at.. 04/10/2016
Alicante-Elche airport on course for 12 million passengers in 2016 43 per cent of passengers at El Altet were on UK flights in August To date the highest number of passengers using the airport of Alicante-Elche in El Altet is the 10.57 million which was achieved last year, but after eight months of 2016 it now appears.. 14/09/2016
Alicante-Elche airport has the third highest growth rate in Europe There were almost 3 million passengers at Alicante-Elche in July and August Alicante-Elche airport in El Altet is reported to have the third highest rate of airport traffic growth amongst the major airports in Europe, after Gran Canarias and.. 13/09/2016
Alicante-Elche airport records fastest international traffic growth rate in Spain Political instability in Turkey contributes to growth in the Costa Blanca A report published by ACI Europe identifies Alicante-Elche airport in the Costa Blanca as the single Spanish airport where there was the most significant increase in international.. 10/08/2016
Ryanair announces new winter flights at Alicante-Elche airport Four new winter routes connect the Costa Blanca to the UK and Poland Low-cost Irish airline Ryanair has announced that it will be operating flights in four more routes into and out of Alicante-Elche airport next winter, introducing services between.. 27/04/2016
Alicante-Elche airport passenger numbers up 25 per cent in March Almost 40 per cent of the passengers at El Altet were on flights to and from the UK Further good news for the tourist sector in the Costa Blanca this week as the latest passenger numbers published by airport management company Aena show a 25% rise in.. 12/04/2016
New flights begin from Alicante-Elche to Nantes and Bordeaux Four destinations in France this summer from the airport at El Altet Summer flight schedules are now well under way at the airport of Alicante-Elche in El Altet, and among the new routes in operation over the next few months are direct connections between.. 11/04/2016
Alarm at Alicante-Elche airport as seagulls force emergency landing Wing damage forces a Norwegian flight to Munich to return to Alicante Passengers on board a Norwegian flight from Alicante-Elche to Munich suffered moments of extreme tension on Thursday when the plane on which they were travelling was forced to.. 11/03/2016
January 2016 figures show continued growth at Alicante-Elche airport Over a third of all passengers were in flights between the Costa Blanca and the UK The latest batch of passenger number figures published by Aena in relation to Spain’s airports in January shows that at Alicante-Elche the figure was a healthy.. 15/02/2016
Foreign tourist spending up by over 4 per cent in Valencia last year 5.6 billion euros were spent in the Comunidad Valenciana by visitors from abroad For the third year in a row the amount of money spent in Spain by foreign visitors in 2015 reached a new record high, totaling, 67,385 million euros, although according.. 05/02/2016
Norwegian celebrates four millionth passenger at Alicante-Elche airport Norwegian is the fourth busiest airline at the Costa Blanca airport After another record-breaking year for passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport in 2015 much has been made of the fact that around 40% of all those using the facilities are on flights.. 27/01/2016
Costa Blanca delegation at major Dutch tourism fair The province of Alicante seeks to attract more visitors from the Netherlands A delegation from the Costa Blanca tourist board is currently at the Vakantiebeurs travel fair in the Dutch city of Utrecht, where efforts are being made to promote a wide.. 14/01/2016
Alicante-Elche and Valencia airports set new record passenger totals Over 15 million people travelled on flights to and from the region of Valencia last year The airports of Alicante-Elche and Valencia-Manises enjoyed a bumper year last year in terms of passenger numbers, carrying over 15.6 million passengers between.. 13/01/2016
Costa Blanca hoteliers lobby for widening of the motorway around Alicante Passengers are missing flights at Alicante-Elche airport due to heavy traffic Hosbec, the organization which represents hoteliers in the Costa Blanca, is calling for the A-70 motorway which runs around the city of Alicante to the west to be widened.. 16/12/2015
Extra Christmas flights at Alicante-Elche airport Cheap flights reinstated to destinations in Spain and abroad The Spanish low-cost airline Vueling has announced that over the Christmas and New Year period it will be temporarily reinstating its services between Alicante-Elche and seven destinations.. 16/12/2015
Another record month at Alicante-Elche airport More passengers are using the El Altet airport this year than ever before In line with the trend across the whole of Spanish airspace the airport of Alicante-Elche recorded its busiest October ever last month, handling 1,027,071 passengers. This is.. 19/11/2015
Low-cost airline traffic increases at Alicante-Elche and Valencia Over a third of all passengers on low-cost flights in Spain are on UK flights The number of passengers flying to and from the Comunidad Valenciana on low-cost airlines continues to rise, with the total of 477,006 in October representing an increase.. 18/11/2015
Murcia taxi drivers continue battle at Alicante-Elche airport Murcia taxi drivers are limited to the number of airport runs they can make to eliminate “unfair competition” It’s now over a year since Elche taxi drivers won a major battle against Murcia taxi drivers and obtained dispensation to.. 02/11/2015
Ryanair announces new Alicante-Elche flights The Irish airline will bring 15% more traffic to the Costa Blanca next year Low-cost airline Ryanair continues to expand its operations at Alicante-Elche airport, and last Thursday five more new routes were announced for summer 2016. The new flights.. 20/10/2015
Alicante-Elche airport delivers best September figures ever Money invested into improving facilities at the airport continues to yield results Alicante-Elche airport registered the best September results since it was built last month, processing a record 1,097,645 passengers, an increase of 4.6% against September.. 15/10/2015
Alicante-Elche airport enjoys record passenger traffic during August Over 1.2 million passengers used the main Costa Blanca airport Passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport were 4% higher this August than in the same month last year, marking the 29th year-on-year increase in the last 30 months and setting a new record.. 15/09/2015
Alicante airport amongst those facing partial strikes during September Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Málaga and Palma de Mallorca all face partial airport stoppages as do Renfe rail services Unions have called several strikes during September which will affect travellers on both air and rail during September. Minimum.. 30/08/2015
Intelligent frontier control system for Alicante-Elche airport Queues to be reduced at passport controls in the Costa Blanca airport Following the success of the automated border control systems which were installed last year in Málaga–Costa del Sol airport the scheme is to be extended to the airport.. 30/07/2015
New supermarket to open at Alicante-Elche airport Business continues to grow at the Costa Blanca airport The diversity of the shops, bars and restaurants inside Alicante-Elche airport is to be further widened in the second half of August, when a small supermarket named simply “The Market&rdquo.. 17/07/2015
New car park at Alicante-Elche airport allows free parking for 15 minutes The new Costa Blanca airport car park will be expensive for longer periods Airport management company Aena has announced that drivers making “express” stops at Alicante-Elche airport will be allowed up to 15 minutes’ free parking in.. 16/07/2015
Record passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport again 2015 traffic at the Costa Blanca airport is 3.6% higher than in 2014 For the fourth month in a row the number of passengers using Alicante-Elche airport last month was a new record, with the 1,073,957 travellers representing a new highest-ever.. 13/07/2015
Road access to be improved at Alicante-Elche airport The N-338 at Alicante airport is to be turned into a dual carriageway Road access to Alicante-Elche airport is to be improved by the addition of a second carriageway in a project which has been made necessary by increased numbers of passengers.. 10/07/2015
Bumper year for businesses at Alicante-Elche airport As passenger numbers grow at the Costa Blanca airport so too does business 2014 was a bumper year for the businesses located inside the terminal building at Alicante-Elche airport, as a record ten million passengers spent more than the previous year.. 10/07/2015
Another record month for Alicante-Elche airport 44% of the passengers at Alicante airport in May were on UK flights Last month was the first time that the airport of Alicante-Elche has ever handled over a million passengers during the month of May, with the total of 1,014,650 representing a 4.1%.. 12/06/2015
First 2015 flight from Vienna arrives at Alicante-Elche airport Weekly flights between the Costa Blanca and Vienna until the end of the summer The latest route to come into operation at Alicante-Elche airport provides a new direct service between the Costa Blanca and Austria, with the Austrian airline NIKI, a subsidiary.. 08/06/2015
2-metre snake gives a fright to tourists at Alicante-Elche airport A shock for passengers in the car park at the Costa Blanca airport A group of early-morning tourists received a fright last week at Alicante-Elche airport when a car park lift door opened to reveal a two-metre snake inside. The Guardia Civil were.. 08/06/2015
Alicante-Elche airport taxi drivers still unhappy with outside competition Drivers from outside Elche are “cheating” by picking up fares outside the taxi rank The registered taxi drivers of Elche are still unhappy over the measures being taken to prevent “intruders” from operating on their patch at.. 08/06/2015
Rumanians arrested for thefts from Costa Blanca tourists at Alicante-Elche airport The gang followed female visitors to Murcia and Alicante before robbing them A group of nine Rumanian nationals, eight men and one woman, were arrested at the end of May in connection with a series of robberies and burglaries from foreign visitors arriving.. 02/06/2015
Direct flights inaugurated between Alicante-Elche and Turin The new service at Alicante-Elche will run on Tuesdays and Saturdays this summer A new service offering flights to and from Turin in the north of Italy is now in operation at Alicante-Elche airport in El Altet, bringing visitors to the Costa Blanca.. 01/06/2015
Aena pays for the sound-proofing of homes near Alicante-Elche airport A further 742,000 euros is invested in soundproofing homes near El Altet Airport management company Aena has authorized the payment of 180,000 euros to homes near Alicante-Elche airport (El Altet) on which soundproofing work has already been completed.. 28/05/2015
Two dead in El Altet taxi crash A driver and an 80 year old foreign national taxi passenger lose their lives near Alicante-Elche airport A road accident late on Sunday evening resulted in the deaths of a 31-year old driver and an 80-year-old taxi passenger on the N-332 road at the.. 26/05/2015
Passenger numbers continue to hit new highs at Alicante-Elche airport 41% of all passengers at the Costa Blanca were on flights to and from the UK in April The month of April was another record-breaking one at Alicante-Elche airport, with the total of 924,721 passengers being the highest ever recorded in the fourth month.. 14/05/2015
More flights mean more growth for Costa Blanca tourism 1.6% more seats available on Alicante-Elche flights this summer Aena, the company which runs all of Spain’s 48 currently operational airports, has announced that airlines have reserved more slots than last year for the summer season which began.. 31/03/2015
Alicante-Elche passenger figures continue to improve British passengers accounted for 40% of traffic at Alicante in February The volume of passenger traffic at Alicante-Elche airport continues to grow, with the figures just published for February 2015 showing that 503,823 people passed through the terminal.. 13/03/2015
Almost half a million passengers through Alicante-Elche in January Passenger numbers at Alicante airport continue to rise Following last year’s record passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport, when just over ten million people passed through the terminal for the first time in the airport’s history, 2015.. 19/02/2015
Aena promoting Alicante-Elche airport and Costa Blanca tourism Authorities work together to promote the province of Alicante in Aberdeen The Costa Blanca tourist board and Alicante-Elche airport are joining forces to promote the province of Alicante at the Routes Europe 2015 forum, which will be held in Aberdeen.. 29/01/2015
Alicante-Elche airport completes a record year in bringing tourists to the Costa Blanca Flights to and from the UK carried 43% of all passengers at Alicante in 2014 It had been foreseen throughout the year and in the end it happened with a couple of days to spare: Alicante-Elche airport carried over ten million passengers for the first.. 15/01/2015
Success for shuttle bus between Torrevieja and Alicante-Elche airport Passenger numbers continue to grow on the Torrevieja-airport coach service The number of passengers using the direct coach service between Torrevieja bus station and Alicante-Elche airport in 2014 climbed to 84,048, an increase of 16.7% on the previous.. 14/01/2015
Alicante-Elche airport reaches historic ten-million passenger total in 2014 Last summer was the busiest ever at the Costa Blanca airport For much of 2014 the authorities at Alicante-Elche airport forecast a record year at the facility in terms of passenger numbers, eagerly anticipating that the annual total would reach.. 07/01/2015
Low-cost air travel increases in Comunidad Valenciana 4.37 million low cost passengers have used Alicante-Elche and Valencia airports this year Travellers continue to choose low-cost airlines for their flights into the Valencia Region, the Comunidad Valenciana, and in the first 11 months of this year 4.. 18/12/2014
Alicante-Elche airport loses traffic during November However, Alicante could still hit 10 million passengers this year During November the Alicante-Elche airport registered a slight decrease in traffic for the 11th month of the year, processing 590,618 passengers during the month, a slight fall of -0... 12/12/2014
Alicante Elche airport benefits from extended free Wi-fi period over Xmas Until 15th January users can enjoy 30 minutes free not 15 Accusations of stingy internet allowances in Spanish airports during recent months seem to have prompted State-run airport management company Aena to offer a short-term Christmas present to air.. 05/12/2014
Positive October for Alicante Elche airport Alicante Elche airport remains on target for 10 million passengers in 2014 Alicante airport statistics for October have been formally issued and confirm that Alicante continues to deliver positive figures for 2014, processing 966,287 passengers during.. 18/11/2014
Alicante Elche airport on target to top 10 million passengers in 2014 British passengers to and from the Costa Blanca lift October Alicante airport figures After another month of near record figures the Costa Blanca airport of Alicante-Elche is on target to record an annual passenger total of ten million for the first.. 13/11/2014
Number plate reader at Alicante Elche airport increases control over taxis The patch of Elche taxi drivers is protected by computer technology Six months after the authorities bowed to pressure from Elche taxi drivers and introduced measures to limit the competition provided by vehicles from outside the municipality at Alicante.. 11/11/2014
Alicante-Venice flights for summer 2015 from Alicante Elche airport Volotea reintroduce flights from Alicante Elche airport to Venice 2014 has been a record-breaking year in terms of passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport, with the total set to top ten million for the first time ever, and the variety of direct.. 22/10/2014
Winter schedules come into operation at Alicante Elche airport Alicante Elche airport remains on schedule for 10 million passengers in 2014 The end of October marks the end of the summer flight schedules, and in November the volume of traffic at Alicante-Elche will drop abruptly by around 30%. Ryanair, the largest.. 21/10/2014
Alicante Elche airport close to another monthly record in September The Costa Blanca airport continues to enjoy its busiest year ever In September the number of passengers passing through Alicante Elche airport was, for a change, not a record. However, the figure was only 1,251 short of the mark set in 2011, keeping.. 11/10/2014
Low-cost flights from the UK continue to boost Alicante Elche airport passenger numbers 3.2 million passengers have arrived in the Comunidad Valenciana on low-cost international flights in the last 8 months In the first eight months of 2014 a total of 3.2 million passengers arrived in the Comunidad Valenciana on low-cost international.. 19/09/2014
Alicante airport flying high with new monthly passenger record British visitors account for half of all non-Spaniards using Alicante Airport During the month of August a total of 1,212,814 passengers passed through Alicante (Elche) airport, another new all-time record for a single month and an increase of 4% on.. 10/09/2014
July is another record month for passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport Over a half a million travelled between the UK and the Costa Blanca in July The month of July saw yet another record month for passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport, with just over 1.2 million people passing through the facility at El Altet... 15/08/2014
Low-cost airline passenger numbers continue to increase in Valencia UK tourists account for over a third of all low-cost visitors to Spain According to the latest statistics published by the Spanish Institute for Tourism Studies the number of people travelling into and out of the country on low-cost airlines is continuing.. 18/07/2014
New record: Alicante airport breaks 1 million passenger barrier for June UK passengers account for almost half of all traffic at Alicante-Elche Once again the number of passengers using Alicante-Elche airport was the highest ever in June, after similar records were also set for April and May. This is the first time that.. 15/07/2014
Alicante flights hit by French air traffic controllers strike 22 flights to and from Alicante-Elche had to be cancelled on Wednesday Along with traffic wardens and tax inspectors the French air traffic controllers are probably one of the least liked professional groups among the British public, and their reputation.. 26/06/2014
Alicante-Santander service operational from El Altet airport Vueling now connects Alicante to twelve airports in Spain and eight abroad Passenger numbers at Alicante-Elche airport continue to increase after a promising start to 2014, and another new service came into operation on Friday connecting the Costa.. 23/06/2014
Elche taxi drivers happy with Alicante airport checks “Intrusive competition” in check as the Elche police carry out over 800 checks Since the local and regional authorities gave in to the pressure being exerted by Elche taxi drivers at Alicante-Elche airport and implemented stricter checks.. 23/06/2014
Low-cost airlines bring more tourists to Comunidad Valenciana Traditional airlines are also flying more tourists in to Valencia and Alicante The number of passengers on low-cost flights to the Comunitat Valenciana so far this year from abroad has now reached 1.61 million, an increase of 6.1% on the first five.. 21/06/2014
Torrevieja-Alicante airport shuttle bus reports growing passenger numbers The Torrevieja bus carried over 250 passengers per day in May The direct shuttle bus from Torrevieja to the El Altet airport of Alicante-Elche has proved a great success since the service was first inaugurated, and its popularity continues to grow.. 18/06/2014
New Air Europa route, Alicante-Elche airport to Madrid and Palma de Mallorca New routes continue to increase traffic at Alicante-Elche airport The Airport of Alicante-Elche initiated another new route at the weekend, with Air Europa beginning two new services linking Alicante province to Madrid and Palma de Mallorca. The airline.. 11/06/2014
First Vueling St Petersburg flight lands at Alicante-Elche airport Two thirds more seats are available between the Costa Blanca and Russia this summer On Wednesday morning the first direct Vueling flight from Saint Petersburg arrived at El Altet airport in Alicante, marking the start of a service which will feature.. 04/06/2014
Low cost airlines compete with high-speed trains in Alicante Cheap flights between Alicante and Madrid on Iberia Exprés and Air Europa Since the high-speed rail line between Madrid and Alicante came into service last summer the number of people travelling by train from the capital to the Costa Blanca has.. 29/05/2014
Alicante taxi drivers join Murcia in opposing Elche cabbies Alicante drivers also demand the benefits of protectionism When the regional ministry of Infrastructures and Transport conformed that measures would be introduced to limit competition to Elche’s taxi drivers on “their” patch.. 19/05/2014
Increased coffee comfort in Alicante-Elche airport Improved facilities in El Altet Aena have announced that the Costa Coffee cafeteria inside Alicante-Elche airport ( El Altet)has now renovated its installations and opened a new adjoining terrace in the departures zone of the airport terminal, with.. 19/05/2014
Ryanair adds new Alicante routes Flights available from Alicante-Elche to Paris and Brussels Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will be operating two new routes into and out of Alicante-Elche airport next winter, providing direct services between the Costa Blanca and the.. 15/05/2014
Another record month for Alicante-Elche airport Alicante airport remains on target for ten million passengers in 2014 Last month saw a record number of passengers using Alicante-Elche airport for the month of April, the total of 907,495 representing an increase of 9.6% on last year’s figure.. 09/05/2014
Alicante-Elche airport taxi drivers protected from competition Drivers from outside El Altet are being subjected to police checks The promised measures to limit the numbers of taxis from outside Elche at Alicante airport were finally introduced on Thursday, following a long period of unrest among local drivers.. 05/05/2014
New Birmingham-Alicante flights at El Altet airport Alicante-Elche is one of the best connected airports to the UK in all of Spain It seems that 2014 is likely to see another increase in the number of foreign visitors to the Costa Blanca, and with the largest market being that of the UK it is encouraging.. 14/04/2014
Alicante-Elche airport set for record passenger numbers 2014 starts with significant increases in flights and passengers at El Altet The official Aena statistics for the month of March, which have just been released, confirm the positive start made to this year by Alicante-Elche airport, with the number.. 10/04/2014
Vueling increases seats from Alicante-Elche airport by 35 percent This summer the company has increased seats from Moscow by 141% Vueling has announced that it will be operating seven new routes from Alicante -Elche airport for the next season, and will be basing a third plane in the airport to cope with the increase.. 03/04/2014
40 kilos of cocaine seized at Alicante-Elche airport Two Dutch nationals arrested in connection with the Guardia Civil haul Two Dutch nationals have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for their alleged involvement in the shipment of 40 kilograms of cocaine to Alicante-Elche airport this week, the largest.. 27/03/2014
Alicante-Elche airport taxis withdraw strike threat Taxis from areas other than Elche will be limited to just 6 drop-offs a month at the airport In an effort to resolve the long-running dispute with local taxi drivers, it has been announced that a registration plate reader is finally going to be installed.. 26/03/2014
Low cost airline traffic into Valencia region up 12% during February The Valencia region is the second most popular destination for UK traffic During the month of February low-cost airlines transported 228,206 passengers on international flights to the Comunitat Valenciana, 12% more than in the same month last year.. 21/03/2014
Alicante-Elche airport gets off to a stonking start for 2014 Passenger traffic for the first 2 months of the year is 8.5% up on last year at El Altet It’s early days yet, but predictions for increased visitor numbers to the Costa Blanca this year seem to be justified following the release of official air.. 10/03/2014
Alicante-Elche airport looks set to break 10 million passengers mark this year There are 47,132 flights scheduled for March to October this year Following an increase in the number of passengers using Alicante-Elche airport over the last year, the authorities at El Altet are forecasting that an annual total of ten million users.. 06/03/2014
Alicante-Elche airport increasing routes to Belgium This new daily service opens a second Belgian airport for Alicante-Elche Alicante-Elche airport is increasing the number of flights to and from Belgium a month before the summer season officially starts, thanks to a new route which will connect the.. 27/02/2014
Alicante- Elche airport taxi drivers on the warpath Furious taxi drivers are threatening to strike, saying that measures to protect their livelihood are not being implemented Last autumn it seemed that following the taxi drivers’ row at Alicante-Elche airport the intervention of the regional department.. 25/02/2014
Vueling increases flights from Alicante-Elche, El Altet The company is operating flights from Alicante to Menorca and Tenerife This Easter the low-cost airline Vueling will be operating flights between Alicante-Elche and the island airports of Menorca and Tenerife Norte as part of the company’s increased.. 19/02/2014
Passengers through Alicante-Elche airport up 7% for January Traffic was slightly lower than 2008 before the new terminal was built January was a good month for Alicante airport, with a total of 463,550 passengers using the El Altet facility, 7.4% more than in the same month last year, while at the same time.. 10/02/2014
Alicante-Elche air traffic control goes private Aena control towers are being privatized to save money The Spanish air traffic controllers’ strike in 2011 will live long in the memory of those whose travel plans were ruined by the industrial action, but it all appears a distant memory now that.. 22/01/2014
Enquiry finds family responsible for baby death at Alicante airport The baby was left on a luggage conveyor belt last September The tragic death of a five-month-old baby on the baggage reclaim conveyor belts of Alicante airport on 19th September last year was “totally fortuitous” and cannot be attributed.. 16/01/2014
Passenger traffic through Alicante-Elche increased by nearly 9% in 2013 Positive stats for December concluded a good year with just under 10 million passengers During the last month of 2013, the Alicante-Elche airport processed a total of 496.634 passengers through its installations, an increase of 10,6% against the same.. 14/01/2014
Aena fined 900,000 euros for car rental price fixing Alicante-Elche and Valencia were amongst the airports named in the list Aena and its subsidiary Aena Aeropuertos have been fined over 900,000 euros by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (or “CNMC”, the Spanish equivalent.. 10/01/2014
New Vueling route from Alicante-Elche to Orán in Algeria begins The new route offers a twice weekly low cost option for travellers Alicante-Elche airport has another new route on offer, as Vueling begins its latest connection across the waters to Algeria, linking the Alicante province to the city of Orán... 08/01/2014
4.4 million low cost passengers have flown to Valencia region so far this year The British remain the Low Cost Kings with 33% of the total passengers Low cost airlines carried more than 4.4 million passengers to the Valencia region during the first 11 months of 2013, an increase of 9.3% on the same period last year, highlighting.. 17/12/2013
9.1 million passengers through El Altet in first 11 months of 2013 Traffic through Alicante-Elche airport was 14% up during November El Altet airport in Alicante has already carried more passengers this year than in the whole of 2012, thanks to another successful month in November. During last month almost 600.. 11/12/2013
Alicante, 24.5 million euros to improve access to El Altet airport The double carriageway will ease traffic flow to Alicante-Elche airport Plans for improvements to the access roads around El Altet airport in the Alicante province, region of Valencia have been given the go-ahead by the Ministry of Fomento, and the.. 11/12/2013
Alicante records 13% more low cost passengers in 2013 10.4 million British travelers have used low cost flights to Spain in 2013 Alicante airport and the Comunidad Valenciana continue to enjoy buoyant tourism figures for 2013, with considerable increases in the numbers of passengers using the regional.. 21/11/2013
Alicante airport passenger traffic up 11.5% in October The British accounted for nearly half of the passengers passing through the airport Flight statistics for October reinforce the tourism success the Alicante region has been enjoying this year, showing that as we move into autumn, the tourists are still.. 12/11/2013
First Brussels Airlines flight into Alicante airport This increases the number of Alicante to Brussels flights this winter to 1132 Alicante-Elche airport continues to forge new connections and open new routes to bring even more tourists into the region. This Saturday the first flight came into Alicante.. 28/10/2013
Air Berlin increases Alicante airport winter flights Eight destinations are on offer as opposed to last winter’s four, and 75% more seats are available with the German airline This winter Air Berlin will be operating 29 flights every week from Alicante airport to eight destinations, a significant.. 24/10/2013
Over a million passengers through Alicante airport for 3rd consecutive month The airport is set to process over 9 million passengers this year Usage of the airport is 8% higher than in 2012 in the first nine months of 2013 For the third month in a row over a million passengers used El Altet airport in Alicante during September.. 13/10/2013
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