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Alicante-Elche airport is operational

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First flight departure to Warsaw was at 6.30 this morning Aena has resumed operations at Alicante-Elche airport at 5.00 am this morning. The first...

Monday sees Corvera receive 69 diverted flights from Alicante and Valencia

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A spokesman for Murcia International Airport has said that Corvera will handle a total of 69 diverted flights from Alicante and Valencia on Monday...

Passenger mayhem as Storm Gloria forces closure of Alicante Airport all day

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The Alicante-Elche Airport Emergency Cabinet has decided to extend until tomorrow the closure of the airport as Storm Gloria continues to devastate the province....

LATEST – MAJOR FIRE KEEPS SPAIN’S ALICANTE-ELCHE AIRPORT CLOSED UNTIL 12 NOON THURSDAY

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An update from the Terminal Area Control Centre of @ENAIRE in #Valencia and AENA on their Twitter feeds now states that Alicante Airport will...

ALICANTE-ELCHE AIRPORT REOPENS TO PUBLIC AFTER DRAMATIC FIRE

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Alicante-Elche airport (IATA: ALC) has now reopened after it had been closed following the outbreak of a fire in the terminal on Wednesday at...
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Alicante–Elche Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche) (IATA: ALC, ICAO: LEAL) was originally named El Altet. In 2018 it achieved the status of the fifth busiest airport in Spain based on passenger numbers.

Alicante Airport is located between Alicante and Elche, in the municipality of Elche, province of Alicante, community of Valencia, Spain. As well as serving Alicante, Elche, and other Costa Blanca hotspots such as Benidorm, Torrevieja, and the Orihuela-Costa, the airport also services the Region of Murcia.

The airport is a hub for Air Nostrum, Jet2.com, Norwegian Air International, Ryanair and Vueling. Since the early 2000’s, passenger traffic has grown significantly following increased economic activity in the area from the real estate and construction boom and increased tourism. The airport current transports around 15 million passengers each year and is one of the top 50 busiest airports in Europe.

Most flights (around 80%) are international from Northern European countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Sweden.

Alicante-El Altet airport opened on 4 May 1967, replacing the older aerodrome La Rabassa that had served Alicante since 1936. The original terminal was renovated in the 1990’s and in 2011, amid some controversy, a brand new terminal building was opened which has enabled the airport to cater for up to 20 million passengers each year.

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