Marseille Provence Airport or Marseille Provence Airport ( IATA : MRS , ICAO : LFML ) is an international airport Located 27 km (17 miles) northwest of Marseille , [2] on the territory of Marignane , both, towns of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of France. The airport’s hinterland goes from Gap to Arles and from Toulon to Avignon .
It is the fifth busiest French airport by passenger traffic and third largest for cargo traffic. [3] In 2012 the airport was the fourth highest European passenger traffic growth, at 12.7% with 8,295,479 passengers. [4] Marseille Provence Airport serves as a focus city for Air France . In summer 2013, the airport served 132 regular destinations, the largest offer in France after the Parisian airports. [5]
History
Formerly known as Marseille-Marignane Airport , it has been managed since 1934 by the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI). [6]
In the 1920s and 1930s, Marignane was one of France’s main points of operation for flying boats. It even comes as a terminal for Pan American World Airways Clipper flying boats. [7]Other flying boat operators were Aéropostale and Air Union , the latter moving over from Antibes in 1931. Marignane was also a production site for hydroplanes by Lioré and Olivier . [ quote needed ]
In September 2006, the airport opened its new terminal MP2 for budget airlines. The Burger King restaurant in France since 1997. [8] [9]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | destinations |
|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal: Athens , Heraklion , Rhodes |
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin |
| blue Eagle | Algiers , Annaba , Bejaia , Constantine , Dakar , Oran , Setif , Tlemcen |
| Air Algeria | Algiers , Annaba , Batna , Bejaia , Chlef , Constantine , Oran Seasonal: Jijel , Setif [10] |
| Air Austral | Saint-Denis of Reunion |
| Air Canada Rouge | Seasonal: Montreal-Trudeau |
| Air Corsica | Ajaccio , Bastia , Calvi , Figari |
| Air France | Amsterdam , Paris-Charles de Gaulle , Orly-Paris Seasonal: Athens , Ibiza , Stockholm-Arlanda [11] |
| Air Madagascar | Antananarivo |
| Air Malta | Seasonal: Malta |
| Air Transat | Seasonal: Montreal-Trudeau |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| easyJet | Berlin-Schönefeld , Bordeaux , London-Gatwick , London-Luton , Venice Seasonal: Amsterdam , Bristol , Glasgow |
| easyJet Switzerland | Geneva [12] |
| El Al | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion |
| HOP! | Lyon , Strasbourg , Toulouse , Bordeaux , Lille , Nantes , Rennes Seasonal: Biarritz , Brest |
| Iberia operated by Air Nostrum |
Madrid Seasonal: Ibiza , Menorca |
| Korean Air | Seasonal charter: Seoul-Incheon [13] |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt |
| Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine |
Munich |
| Meridiana | Milan-Linate Seasonal: Cagliari , [14] Olbia |
| Mistral Air | Florence [15] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Copenhagen |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen |
| Royal Air Morocco | Casablanca , Marrakesh , Oujda , Rabat [16] |
| Ryanair | Brest , Charleroi , Edinburgh , Eindhoven , Fez , Kraków (begins 2 November 2017), [17] Lille , Lisbon , London-Stansted , Madrid , Malta , Marrakesh , Nador ,Nantes , Oujda , Palermo , Porto , Rabat , Rome-Fiumicino , Sevilla , Tangier , Valencia Seasonal: Catania ,Essaouira , Faro , Ibiza , Malaga , Palma de Mallorca , Tours , Zadar |
| TAP Portugal operated by TAP Express |
Lisbon |
| Tassili Airlines | Algiers |
| Travel Service | Seasonal charter: Shannon [18] |
| TUI fly Belgium | Agadir Seasonal: Marrakesh |
| Tunisair | Djerba , Monastir , Tunis |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Ataturk |
| Twin Jet | Metz / Nancy , Milan-Malpensa , Pau |
| Volotea | Strasbourg , Venice , Vienna [19] Seasonal: Alicante , Biarritz (begins 19 April 2018), Caen (begins 20 April 2018), Corfu (begins 21 April 2018), Dubrovnik , Faro , Heraklion (begins 21 April 2018), Menorca ( Begins 26 May 2018), Mykonos (begins 29 May 2018), Naples , Palma de Mallorca (begins 26 May 2018), Prague , Rennes , Santorini (begins 25 April 2018), Split [19] |
| Vueling | Algiers , Barcelona , Rome-Fiumicino Seasonal: Málaga , Palma de Mallorca |
| XL Airways France | Saint-Denis of Reunion Seasonal: Fort-de-France (begins 1 January 2018), Pointe-à-Pitre (begins 1 January 2018) |
Cargo
| Airlines | destinations |
|---|---|
| ASL Airlines Belgium | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| ASL Airlines France [20] | Ajaccio , Bastia , Nice , Paris-Charles de Gaulle , Rennes |
| DHL Aviation | Brussels , Leipzig / Halle , Malta , Nice |
| FedEx Feeder operated by ASL Airlines Ireland |
Lyon , Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| UPS Airlines operated by Star Air |
Cologne / Bonn |
Statistics
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger | 6,155,154 [21] | 6963000 | 6,965,933 [22] | 7290119 | 7522167 | 7363068 | 8,295,479 [4] | 8260619 | 8182237 | 8261804 |
| Cargo | 53.019 | 53.026 | 52.207 |
Ground transportation
The airport is served by the Vitrolles Marseille Provence Airport rail station on the TER network. A free shuttle bus runs between the airport and the station.
Other facilities
- The airport is the main fixed wing of Civil Security , the aerial firefighting division of the French Ministry of the Interior . [23] ** This Civil Security base has now moved to nearby Nîmes-Garons .
- The head office of Airbus Helicopters is located on the airport property. [24]
Accidents and Incidents
- On 4 February 1948, SNCASE Languedoc P / 7 F-BATK of Air France was damaged beyond economic repair. [25]
- On July 30, 1950, SNCASE Languedoc P / 7 F-BCUI of Air France was damaged after its undercarriage collapsed on landing. [26]
- On 6 February 1989 Inter Cargo Flight Service 3132, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJE crashed on takeoff. Three crew died, no passengers were being carried. [27]
- On 26 December 1994 Air France Flight 8969 with 236 people aboard arrived in Marseilles after being hijacked by four young men of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers , Algeria . After 15 hours on the ground and a breakdown in negotiations, the French special forces GIGN stormed the aircraft. In the ensuing firefight, all four hijackers were killed while 3 crew, 13 passengers, and 9 GIGN Operators were injured. The Airbus A300B2-1C F-GBEC was written off.
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