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Malaga Costa del Sol International Airport is one of the main and busiest airports on the Iberian Peninsula, well connected, also through Low Cost airlines, with all of Europe. It is located just 8 kilometers southwest of the city and has three terminals.
It is the most important airport in Andalucia, as well as one of the busiest, behind only Barcelona, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca. Air traffic that increases dramatically close to the summer period. Today it is the reference point in connections with the beautiful Costa del Sol.
The airport has all the main comforts and services. The wifi line is available throughout the building for free. Excellent results in terms of safety and health, with particular reference to COVID measures. The airport was the first in Europe to be awarded the Startrax COVID-19 Stars. This is a prestigious award for airports that have shown the highest standards. Malaga Airport got the highest score, along with 20 other airports around the world!
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Here is the list of the main direct connections to/from Malaga Airport:
AUSTRIA: Vienna.
BAHRAIN: Bahrain.
BELGIUM: Brussels, Liege, Ostend/Bruges.
BULGARIA: Sofia.
CANADA: Montréal–Trudeau.
CROATIA: Zagreb.
CZECH REP.: Prague.
DENMARK: Aarhus, Billund, Copenhagen
ENGLAND: Bournemouth, Bristol, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Exeterm, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–City, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, London–Luton, London–Southend, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Southampton.
ESTONIA: Tallinn.
FINLAND: Helsinki, Tampere.
FRANCE: Beauvais,, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Mulhouse, Nantes, Nice, Paris–CDG, Paris–Orly, Toulouse.
GERMANY: Berlin, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Memmingen, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart.
GREECE: Athens.
HUNGARY: Budapest.
ICELAND: Reykjavík–Keflavík.
IRELAND: Belfast–International, Cork, Dublin, Knock, Shannon.
ISRAEL: Tel Aviv.
ITALY: Bergamo, Bologna, Genoa, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, Rome–Fiumicino, Treviso, Turin, Venice.
KUWAIT: Kuwait City.
LATVIA: Riga.
LITHUANIA: Kaunas.
LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg
MOROCCO: Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, Nador, Rabat, Tangier, Tétouan.
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam, Eindhoven.
NORWAY: Bergen, Haugesund, Oslo, Sandefjord, Stavanger, Trondheim.
POLAND: Katowice, Kraków, Warsaw–Chopin, Warsaw–Modlin, Weeze.
PORTUGAL: Lisbon, Porto.
QATAR: Doha
ROMANIA: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca.
RUSSIA: Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Sheremetyevo.
SAUDI ARABIA: Jeddah, Riyadh.
SCOTLAND: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Prestwick.
SLOVAKIA: Bratislava.
SPAIN: Alicante, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, León, Madrid, Melilla, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, San Sebastián, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife–North, Tenerife–South, Valencia.
SWEDEN: Gothenburg, Malmö, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stockholm–Västerås.
SWITZERLAND: Antwerp, Basel, Geneva, Zürich.
TURKEY: Istanbul.
UAE: Abu Dhabi.
UKRAINE: Kyiv–Boryspil, Kyiv–Zhuliany.
WALES: Cardiff.
MALAGA AIRPORT – CENTER CONNECTIONS
BUS AND TRAIN
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The Bus Line A Express Airport, recommended by us, is the express bus line that connects the airport to the center in 15 minutes without stopping. The bus can be taken at the airport arrivals Terminal T3, ground floor and arrives at the Malaga bus terminal. The ticket can be purchased directly on the bus, in cash only, at a cost of €4.00 per person, and allows free luggage transport.
Alternatively, you can use the cheaper Intercity Bus – Line M-135 Málaga-Santa Amalia, which connects the airport with Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga and Santa Amalia.
The line is active every day, from Malaga from Monday to Saturday from 07:00 to 20:30 (frequency every 3 hours) and on Sundays from 09:00 to 15:00 (every 3 hours); from Santa Amalia, from Monday to Saturday, every hour from 07:00 to 22:00 and on Sundays, every 3 hours, from 07:30 to 13:30.
The C1 line of the suburban RENFE TRAINS connects the airport Terminal T3 with the center of Malaga, the Estácion de Ferrocaril Maria Zambrano and various locations on the Costa del Sol: Torremolinos, Benalmádena and Fuengirola. Tickets from €1.80 up to €2.70 depending on the distance.
TAXI AND CAR
Always prefer public transport to taxis and cars, thanks to the lower environmental impact and low emissions. Anyone wishing to use the car to visit Malaga and the destinations of the Costa del Sol can opt for an ecological electric car. The slightly higher cost will always be offset by the fuel savings.
Getting around by taxi can be quite expensive. On the outside, the vehicles are easily identifiable by the logo and the presence of the taximeter. Remember that all taxis always apply a surcharge of €5.50 for departures and arrivals from Malaga Airport. There are also surcharges for the transport of bulky luggage.
CONNECTIONS TO MALAGA AIRPORT AND SURROUNDINGS
Malaga Airport is well connected to numerous destinations. On the ground floor of the T3 Arrivals Terminal, the long-distance buses of the ALSA and AVANZA companies are stationed, guaranteeing direct connections to Marbella (AVANZA), Granada, Motril and Seville (ALSA).
Marbella can be reached in 40 minutes by bus, with a direct route. The servant is guaranteed by the Spanish AVANZA. Tickets from €6.15 per person per adult.
To Granada, it takes about 2 and a half hours. There is a direct route from the airport to Granada. The ticket costs €14.43 with SUPER FLEX fare. Alternatively, there is the mixed route, which makes several stops (Vilanueva, Salinas, Cuesta de la Palma and others).
To Cordoba it takes about 03 and a half hours. The unique route passes through numerous towns including Lucena, Montilla and Montemayor. The ticket costs 15.03€ at SUPER FLEX rate. Seville can also be reached by ALSA buses, exclusively with direct travel. The bus takes just over 3 hours to reach the city. The stop is at Plaza de Armas. Tickets cost €22.84
*The list is subject to change. All links, updated, can be consulted on the official website. Before leaving, it is recommended to inquire about the provisions and rules on COVID-19 in Spain, and on the mandatory nature of the Green Pass. Timetables and connections are subject to change.