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Cheap Car Hire Alicante - and Low Cost Flights to Alicante
Alicante is quickly becoming one of the most modern and dynamic airports in Spain, Offering great business and holiday connections to this extraordinary part of the Mediterranean coast, seventh busiest airport in Spain over 9 million passengers passed through Alicante international in 2007, this number continues to increase every year.
Budget airlines are making travel to Spain much more flexible and practical from the UK. There are now far more regional airports offering flights to Spain, which essentially means you won’t have to travel as far before you have even left the UK. These smaller regional airports can often offer cheaper prices to the customer; primarily because airport taxes for the companies to fly in and out are less expensive and they don’t have to pass the expenses on to the customers in the price of their tickets.
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Thomsonfly, EasyJet, Ryan Air and Thomas Cook Airlines are the four largest operators currently flying to Alicante. As with all of these budget airlines their prices vary wildly sometimes on a daily basis. Look out for any sale week ends they have or promotional offers. Another way to save on the cost of your flights is to ensure you book them as far in advance as possible, try to reserve your flights at the same time as you book your holiday. This way you can be sure to avoid any disappointment whilst also benefiting from the cheapest flights.
The vast majority of flights come into Alicante on time; they rely heavily on the passengers checking in on time for their flights. However this doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to be at the airport two hours before your flight. Today a vast majority of the airlines are offering ‘online check-in’ or ‘quick check-in’ this can save you having to queue at the airports and can also mean that you don’t have to arrive so early. Be sure to check the exact details with your airline though as it’s still wise to ensure you leave plenty of time so that you can arrive for your flight relaxed and on time.
Although these airlines are extremely convenient and get to your destination safely and on time they might not offer services like on board food or drinks. Flight time to Alicante is around three hours and they are one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, don’t forget to alter your watches or you could find your self being late all week long.
To give you a good idea of where to start looking listed below are several airlines that fly to Alicante, along with the airports in the UK that they operate from.
• bmibaby (Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Manchester)
• British Airways (London-Gatwick)
• First Choice Airways (Bristol, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
• Flybe (Exeter, Southampton)
• Flyglobespan (Aberdeen, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International)
• Jet2.com (Blackpool, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester)
• Monarch Airlines (Birmingham, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester)
• Palmair (Bournemouth)
• Thomas Cook Airlines (Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle)
• Thomsonfly (Birmingham, Cardiff, Coventry, Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle)
• EasyJet Belfast-International, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester [begins 29 September], Newcastle)
• Ryanair Birmingham [begins 28 October], Bournemouth, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford [begins 28 October], Liverpool, London-Stansted, Newquay,
Flying to Spain couldn’t be easier today; if you’re hiring a car from Alicante Airport their offices are all located either within the terminal building or just outside. With so many airlines flying to Alicante the choice is really with the consumer so if you hunt around you can be sure to find a great deal leaving you more money to spend and enjoy on your actual holiday. |
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