Airport of Marseilles Provence

The airport of Marseilles Provence , in the past called Marseilles Marignane, is a international Aéroport, located on the commune of Marignane in the Rhone delta.

Outstanding dates

  • October 22nd 1922: inauguration. At the beginning, it was envisaged to establish the airport with the neighborhoods of Prado with Marseilles. It is the exploit of Henri Fabre, inventor of the Hydravion which drew the attention to the pond of Berre in edge of which the airport will be finally built.
  • 1944 : destruction by the German .
  • 1961 : rebuilding.
  • 1996 : modernization.
  • 2006 : opening air terminal low-cost " MP ² " and Ryanair
bases

Data

It is about at equal distance of Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence. After being itself developed until 2000, it undergoes the by-effect of the competition of TGV on the axis Marseilles-Paris (3 H for the non-stop trains), of the deceleration of the world air traffic after the 11 September 2001 and of the bankruptcy of several operators like AOM, Air Freedom, Sabena or Swissair.

Since 1934, the Chamber of commerce and of industry Marseilles-Provence is manager of the Aéroport. In 1987, the State renewed the concession for thirty years. Since 1980, CCI Marseilles Provence manages the civil zone of the aerodrome of Aix-en-Provence.

Place: 3rd airport of province for the passenger traffic and 3rd for freight; Specificity: 1st world network on the North Africa, Africa and the Corsica after that of Paris; Choice: 2nd airport of province of many airline companies (35 of 19 nationalities); Quality: Certification ISO 9001 DNV

Commercial airport opened with the public air traffic. Opened with the international traffic. Opening hours: H24. Classification category has (intended for the normally assured services with long distance in all circumstances)

It is also the base of the Civil security for the planes bombers of water.

Air service road

  • 73 regular destinations

  • 32 regular airline companies, including 7 companies “low cost”.

Key figures 2006

Passenger traffic in 2006: 6.115.180 passengers (3rd regional airport after Nice and Lyon).

116.553 movements

Traffic freight in 2006: 40.171 tons

Airport field: 600 hectares and 2 tracks

  • Track 1: 3.500 m X 45 m - Orientation: 13/31

  • Track 2: 2.400 m X 45m - Orientation: 13/31

In project: new lines in Europe towards Manchester, East the Midlands, Valencia or Palermo, and In the United States towards New York

Airline companies

Air Deckchair

Regular destinations

Metropolitan France

CCM Airlines and Air France (in Division of code) CCM Airlines and Air France (in division of code) Air France Air France CCM Airlines and Air France (in division of code) Air France CCM Airlines and Air France (in division of code) Air France Air France

  • Metz - Nancy (ETZ)

Twin Jet

  • Basle - Mulhouse (MLH)

Twin Jet Air France

  • Paris - Orly (ORY)

Air France (Orly West)

  • Paris - Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle (CDG)

Air France Air France Air France Air France

Overseas departments

  • Holy Denis (RUN)

Southern Air

Corsair

Europe

KLM and Air France (in division of code)

  • Basle-Mulhouse (BSL)

Twin Jet SCUMS Czech Airlines and Air France (in division of code)

Iberia (opening winter 07/08)

BmiBaby Ryanair
  • Bristol-board (BRS)
Easyjet (seasonal line) Brussels Airlines

  • Charleroi Brussels-South (CRL)

Ryanair Aer Lingus (seasonal line)

Ryanair

  • Dusseldorf (DUE)

Lufthansa Ryanair

  • Francfort-sur-le-Main (FRA)

Lufthansa FlyBaboo Ryanair (seasonal line) Ryanair Ryanair TAP Portugal

  • London Gatwick (LGW)

British Airways

EasyJet

  • London Stansted (STN)

Ryanair Iberia

Ryanair

Ryanair Air Malted (seasonal line)

  • Milan Malpensa (MXP)

Alitalia and Air France (in division of code) Lufthansa Ryanair

  • Oporto (OPO)

TAP Portugal

Ryanair

SCUMS Czech Airlines and Air France (in division of code)

  • Rome Fiumicino (FCO)

Air France and Alitalia (in division of code) Lufthansa Ryanair MyAir

In Project: Manchester, Copenhagen, Valencia, Palermo

Algeria

Air Algérie

Air France

Aigle Azur

Air Algérie

Air Algérie

  • Bejaia (BJA)

Aigle Azur

Air Algérie

Aigle Azur

Air Algérie

  • Constantine (CZL)

Aigle Azur

Air Algérie

Aigle Azur

Air Algérie

  • Setif

Aigle Azur

Air Algérie

Aigle Azur

Air Algérie

Morocco

Royal Air Maroc and Air France (in division of code)

Jet4you

Atlas Blue

Ryanair (launching of the line deferred)

Atlas Blue and Royal Air Maroc (in division of code)

Ryanair (launching of the line deferred)

Atlas Blue and Royal Air Maroc (in division of code)

Ryanair (launching of the line deferred)

Tunisia

Tunisair Tunisair

  • Tozeur (TOZ)

Tunisair Air France and Tunisair (in division of code)

Black Africa

Air Ivory Air Madagascar Air International Senegal Aigle Azur

The Middle East and the Middle East

Syrian Arab Airlines Yemenia El Al

External bond

  • Site of the airport Marseilles-Provence
  • Site on the terminal low-cost MP ² of the airport Marseilles-Provence
  • Chart Airport of Marseilles Provence

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