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Busiest UK & Ireland routes from ALC Airport, by city pairs:

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1º LONDON 1.192.944
3º MANCHESTER 452.854
6º BIRMINGHAM 297.799
8º LIVERPOOL 280.313
9º BRISTOL 259.927
12º GLASGOW 219.975
13º NOTTINGHAM 209.159
14º LEEDS 189.306
15º NEWCASTLE 181.522
18º DUBLIN 151.241
20º BELFAST 118.365
25º CARDIFF 92.872
28º EDIMBURGO 86.852
33º SHEFFIELD 69.302
38º BOURNEMOUTH 57.691

TOP 40 busiest routes - ALC Airport

Regards

12th Feb 2011

Tu-154 to Kazan:

Tatarstan Airlines:
Tupolev 154 at Alicante airport

Iberia Landing Practice.

Driving down the N332 today I saw what appeared to be a Iberia A340 doing some touch and go practice landings - is the new development going to be supporting international flights ? Anyone on the ground there today who knows anything

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Originally Posted by CVTDog

Iberia Landing Practice.
Driving down the N332 today I saw what appeared to be a Iberia A340 doing some touch and go practice landings - is the new development going to be supporting international flights ? Anyone on the ground there today who knows anything

Yes. You were right. It was a training session. The aircraft was EC-GUQ (343).
The new terminal has one stand (35) to support this model, with 2 jetways. It's on the corner and only can be used by schengen traffic and EU no schengen traffic.
Regards!

PD. New Terminal will be open on 23 March and all the passengers will start to use it from 24 March.

Thank you .... really looking forward to using the new terminal - looks very imposing and as I fly in and out every month I hope to give it a lot of use !

I have shared this thread with the many expats (Scandanavian, Irish and Brits) who live in my part of Alicante and have been fascinated by the info.

More than we get in our local papers !

You are welcome. I did a mistake. Stand 35 can be used by EU no schengen also.

More useful info for your colleagues:
Irish and Brits (EU no schengen) will board through the doors B21-B35 and C37-C38. That is, the "dam" of the new Terminal -South side, overlooking the runway-. Scandinavian will do it through any door (B21-B35 and C37-C50).

NAT - Alicante Airport

A new gateway to the future

Alicante Airport opens a new gateway to the skies:
- Opening ceremony on 23 March 2011 at 10:00 o'clock -local time-.
- Start of operations on 24 March 2011

Airbus 343 at Alicante Airport

Public transport

Expansion of bus service between the airport and Alicante

The service expands on a stretch of 50 minutes each morning and night, all the year.
With this expansion adds two frequencies during the morning and one at night.

20-March-2011
From next Thursday, 24 March 2011, comes into operation the new terminal at Alicante Airport.

The bus stop located at the Airport of Alicante is transferred to the newterminal at the departures area , eliminating the current stop.

Map showing the location of the new stop:
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From the same date, will be revised the schedules of the line, extending the service from 05:30 to 24:00 h:

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Source: www.subus.es

More info: Alicante Airport - Ground Transport

GnRdl,

Do you know whats happening with the car hire companies that are currently in the car park such as Dickmanns etc? Are they moving to the new car park or is it going to be a looooong walk for the customers?

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Originally Posted by UPS@EMA

Do you know whats happening with the car hire companies that are currently in the car park such as Dickmanns etc? Are they moving to the new car park or is it going to be a looooong walk for the customers?

All the companies will be in the new park. ;)

That's good to know because my car hire in June is with Dickmanns.

Opening Ceremony

Presentation of the New Teminal at Alicante Airport:

All the companies will be in the new park. ;)

I will be arriving in the next few weeks and have just been told that I will have to get a Courtesy Bus to the car hire. This is Sol Mar

Anna.aero: analysis

New terminal should help Alicante pass 10 million mark this summer;

Ryanair now accounts for one-third of traffic

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While the opening ceremony for Alicante Airport’s new terminal is today and flight operations begin tomorrow, staff from the British Consulate in Alicante already visited the grand new construction. Although the share of the airport's total passengers travelling to and from the UK has declined in the last few years, the UK country market remains by far Alicante's largest and six further British routes will launch this year.

This week sees the opening of Alicante’s new terminal, which will help the airport (the sixth busiest in Spain on an annual basis) meet the expected growth in demand, especially during the peak summer season. Last year, the airport on Spain’s east coast serving the Costa Blanca region grew by 2.7%, exactly the same as for all airports in Spain. Between 2000 and 2008, passenger numbers grew by almost 60% before the recession in Europe took its toll on leisure traffic in 2009.

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One thing that has changed significantly in recent years is the ranking of the leading airlines at the airport. Up until 2003, Iberia was the leading carrier at the airport, but in 2004, it was overtaken by easyJet. easyJet gained a presence at the airport when it took over Go, the low-cost carrier that once belonged to British Airways, in 2002. easyJet remained the leading airline at the airport until 2009. After opening a base at the airport in 2007, it took Ryanair just two years to become the leading airline, and last year it handled one-third of all passengers, making it twice as big as the next biggest carrier, fellow low-cost carrier easyJet, who saw passenger numbers fall in 2010 after the carrier dropped flights from its abandoned base at East Midlands airport in the UK.

UK remains #1 country market
The UK remains the leading country market for flights to and from Alicante. Between 2000 and 2004, the UK’s share of passengers grew from 45% to 55% as the likes of Go and easyJet helped stimulate the market previously dominated by charter airlines. However, since then, the UK’s share of the markets has declined to just 42% in 2010, although that still makes it five times bigger than any other international country market.

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The airport’s international network has become more dispersed. In 2003, the top five country markets of the UK, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Norway accounted for 90% of traffic, but by 2010, this had fallen to just 80%, meaning that the number of passengers from outside of these top five markets had doubled from 10% to 20% in just seven years.

Traffic peaks in August; new record in 2011?
A look at monthly passenger figures since the beginning of 2008 shows a consistent seasonality profile with demand peaking in the key holiday months of July and August.

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So far in 2011, passenger numbers are up 3% in January and 3.5% in February, suggesting that the airport may be on course to beat its previous annual record and may even exceed 10 million passengers for the first time, assuming that summer flights are not disrupted by industrial action either at the airport, or from air traffic control services.

Ryanair leads new route growth in 2010 and 2011
Despite modest growth of under 3% in 2010, the airport welcomed a host of new services, primarily from low-cost carriers, and in particular Ryanair as it continued to expand its presence at the airport.

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So far for 2011, new services from the UK seem to be leading the way, with Jet2.com revealing plans to start low-frequency flights from four of its UK bases this summer, while Ryanair is adding new services from Humberside and Manchester.

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Other LCCs adding services this summer include Norwegian, Vueling and Wizz Air, while Icelandair is the only non-LCC to be adding a new service, from Reykjavik.

Source: www.anna.aero

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Originally Posted by dartsinsync

I will be arriving in the next few weeks and have just been told that I will have to get a Courtesy Bus to the car hire. This is Sol Mar

According to the info that I received, car hire companies which were in the old park, will be in the new park now.

which airline/flight will be first using the new terminal?

Just received an e-mail from DoYouSpain, the company I used to book my car at Alicante.

They are advising that when you arrive make your way to the bus staion Points 1/2 and catch a shuttle bus to Dickmanns. They reckon the journey time takes about 5 minutes.

That to me would suggest that the car hire companies will be where they always have been, opposite the old terminal.

happy holidays!