Marseille Provence Airport

Marseille Provence Airport (French: Aéroport Marseille-Provence) (IATA: MRS, ICAO: LFML) is an international airport located 27 km (17 miles) northwest of Marseille,[2] on the territory of Marignane, both communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. The airport's hinterland goes from Gap to Arles and from Toulon to Avignon.

Marseille Provence Airport

Aéroport Marseille-Provence
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-14
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMarseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ServesMarseille
LocationMarignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Opened22 October 1922 (1922-10-22)
Focus city forAir France
Operating base forRyanair
Elevation AMSL70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates43°26′12″N 05°12′54″E
Websitewww.marseille-airport.com
Maps
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France
LFML is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
LFML
LFML
Airport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13L/31R 3,500 11,483 Asphalt
13R/31L 2,370 7,776 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers10,151,743
Passenger change 18-19Increase8.1%
Freight (tons)56,132
Sources: French [1]

History
Aerial view
Check-in hall
Apron view

Formerly known as Marseille–Marignane Airport, it has been managed since 1934 by the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).[3]

In the 1920s and 1930s, Marignane was one of France's main points of operation for flying boats. It even briefly served as a terminal for Pan American World Airways Clipper flying boats.[4] 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 et Olivier.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery describes turning back to Marignane airport with a fuel leak in chapter 8 of Wind, Sand and Stars, before setting out again for Tunis, and the fateful event that informed his later description of the crash-landing in his best-known book, The Little Prince.

In September 2006, the airport opened its new terminal MP2 for budget airlines. In 2013, the airport expanded its shopping and dining options, with 30 new shops and restaurants, among which is the first Burger King restaurant in France since 1997.[5][6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Marseille Provence Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin[7][8]
Air Algérie Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béjaïa, Chlef, Constantine, Jijel, Oran
Seasonal: Tlemcen[9]
Air Arabia Cairo[10]
Air Austral Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Seasonal: Dzaoudzi[11]
Air Corsica Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Algiers, Amsterdam (ends 28 October 2023),[12] Athens, Biarritz,[13] Corfu,[14] Heraklion,[15] Santorini,[15] Tunis[16]
Air Senegal Dakar–Diass[17]
Air Serbia Seasonal: Belgrade[18]
Air Transat Montréal–Trudeau[19]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[20]
British Airways London–Heathrow[21]
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Corsair International Dzaoudzi, Mauritius, Saint-Denis de la Réunion
easyJet Basel/Mulhouse,[22] Bordeaux, Lisbon,[23] London–Gatwick
Seasonal: Bristol
El Al Tel Aviv
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Eurowings Düsseldorf
flynas Jeddah[24]
Iberia Madrid
KLM Amsterdam (begins 29 October 2023)[12]
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[25]
Nouvelair Monastir[26]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakesh, Oujda, Rabat[27]
Ryanair Agadir, Alicante, Beauvais, Bergamo, Berlin,[28] Bologna, Bordeaux, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Catania, Charleroi, Dublin, Eindhoven, Essaouira, Fès, Kraków, La Rochelle,[29] Lille, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Luxembourg,[28] Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Nador, Nantes, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Palermo, Paphos, Porto, Prague, Rabat, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Tangier, Tel Aviv, Tétouan, Valencia
Seasonal: Amman–Queen Alia (begins 30 October 2023),[28] Bari, Bristol,[30] Chania, Corfu, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Faro,[31] Funchal,[32] Glasgow–Prestwick,[33] Ibiza, Lanzarote,[28] Manchester, Menorca, Naples,[34] Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes,[35] Shannon,[29][36] Tenerife–South,[28] Tours,[37] Treviso,[35] Venice, Zadar
Sky Express Seasonal: Heraklion[38]
SunExpress Seasonal: Antalya, İzmir[39]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich[40]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Transavia Brest,[41] Dakar–Diass, Nantes[42] Rennes
Seasonal: Casablanca,[43] Djerba,[43] Lille, Marrakesh,[43] Monastir,[44] Tunis, Yerevan
Tunisair Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[45]
Twin Jet Metz/Nancy, Milan–Malpensa, Pau, Strasbourg[46]
Volotea Caen, Constantine,[47] Fuerteventura, Oran,[47] Rennes, Setif, Strasbourg, Tlemcen, Venice
Seasonal: Annaba, Athens, Barcelona,[48] Béjaïa,[49] Biarritz, Brest,[50] Cagliari, Copenhagen,[51] Dubrovnik, Gran Canaria,[52] Heraklion, Lanzarote,[53] Menorca, Mykonos, Olbia,[54] Palma de Mallorca, Santorini, Split,[55] Tenerife–South[56]
Vueling Algiers, Barcelona

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines France[57] Ajaccio, Bastia, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rennes
UPS Airlines[58] Cologne/Bonn

Statistics

It is the fifth busiest French airport by passenger traffic and third largest for cargo traffic.[59] In 2012, the airport achieved the fourth highest European passenger traffic growth, at 12.7% with 8,295,479 passengers.[60] 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.[61]

Annual passenger traffic at MRS airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transportation

The airport is served by the Vitrolles Marseille Provence Airport rail station on the TER network. A public bus runs between the airport and the station.

Other facilities

Accidents and incidents
  • On 4 February 1948, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATK of Air France was damaged beyond economical repair.[64]
  • On 30 July 1950, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUI of Air France was damaged beyond economic repair when its undercarriage collapsed on landing.[65]
  • On 6 February 1989, Inter Cargo Service Flight 3132, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJE, crashed on takeoff. Three crew died; no passengers were on board.[66]
  • On 26 December 1994, Air France Flight 8969, with 236 people aboard, arrived in Marseille after being hijacked by four young men of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers, Algeria, two days prior. 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 three crew, 13 passengers, and nine GIGN operatives were injured. The Airbus A300B2-1C F-GBEC was written off.

See also

References
  1. "Pari réussi pour l'aéroport de Marseille – Air&Cosmos". Air-cosmos.com. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013.
  2. LFML – Marseille Provence. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 5 October 2023.
  3. "Official website: Key facts & figures". Marseille-airport.com.
  4. "Pan American B-314 Clipper Flights". Bluegrassairlines.com.
  5. "Marseille Provence Airport unveils brand new commercial offer". TheMoodieReport.com.
  6. "La recette de Burger King pour faire son come-back dans l'Hexagone" (in French). Capital.fr. 21 February 2013.
  7. "Aer Lingus Official Website". Aer Lingus Group DAC. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. "Aer Lingus Timetable". aerlingus.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  9. "Air Algerie proposes new French routes in S17". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  10. "Air Arabia Egypt launches new route between Cairo and Marseille". Air Arabia Egypt launches new route between Cairo and Marseille. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  11. "Air Austral adds Mayotte-Marseille link". Routesonline.
  12. "Air France-KLM NW23 France – Amsterdam Service Change". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  13. Liu, Jim. "Air France S20 Short-Haul Network additions as of 28JAN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  14. "Summer 2021: Air France increases services to leisure destinations in France, Europe and North Africa". 8 April 2021.
  15. "Marseille Provence : 9 lignes saisonnières avec Air France cet été – ACTU AERO /// AAF". Actu-aero.fr. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  16. "Air France renforce ses vols avec la Tunisie". Visas Voyages Algérie. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  17. "Air Senegal schedules Barcelona / Marseille launch in Dec 2019". routesonline.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  18. https://www.airserbia.com/en/footer_menu/corporate/news/news?id=955
  19. "Air Transat Unveils Its Ambitious Winter 2022-2023 Program". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  20. https://www.austrianairlines.ag/en/2022/11/09/austrian-airlines-opens-seven-new-destinations-next-summer/
  21. "Binter Canarias desembarca en Francia e Italia". 8 April 2021.
  22. Easy Jet
  23. "EasyJet lança 13 novas rotas a partir de Lisboa". 27 July 2022.
  24. "Connectivity Scheme Fuels Flynas' International Growth". Routes.
  25. "Luxair reveals four new routes for this summer". anna.aero. 8 June 2020.
  26. "NOUVELAIR TUNISIE NS23 NETWORK ADDITIONS".
  27. "Royal Air Maroc Adds New Rabat – Europe Routes from late-Oct 2015". Airlineroute.net. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  28. "Ryanair".
  29. "Ryanair annonce dix nouvelles destinations depuis l'aéroport Marseille-Provence". 10 March 2022.
  30. "Ryanair announces biggest-ever Bristol schedule for summer 2023".
  31. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  32. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  33. "Ryanair route map | Our European destinations".
  34. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  35. "De nouvelles destinations cet hiver au départ de Marseille avec Ryanair". 18 November 2022.
  36. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  37. https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230918-frnw23
  38. "New carrier to land in Marseille Provence this summer!". 31 January 2022.
  39. Casey, David. "SunExpress Schedules New Summer Routes". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  40. "SWISS makes a move for Marseille by adding direct flights from Zurich". Anna.aero. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  41. "La compagnie aérienne Transavia va ouvrir 4 nouvelles lignes au départ de Brest". France Bleu. 2 February 2021.
  42. Liu, Jim. "Transavia France adds new domestic routes from Nov 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  43. "Cet hiver, Transavia ouvre 3 nouvelles lignes internationales au départ de Marseille - Région - Société - Maritima.Info". 23 August 2022.
  44. Flight search Transavia
  45. "Istanbul NEW Airport Review I One Mile At A Time". One Mile at a Time. 9 April 2019.
  46. "TwinJet NS23 Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  47. Pearson, James (12 March 2021). "Volotea Swoops Into Algerian Market Gap Left By Aigle Azur Collapse". Simpleflying.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  48. "Volotea adds Marseille - Barcelona service from July 2022". AeroRoutes. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  49. "VOLOTEA - Vuelos baratos, ofertas y billetes de avión a Europa". 23 June 2022.
  50. "Aéroport Marseille Provence: Volotea ouvre trois nouvelles lignes".
  51. "Volotea vola a Copenaghen". 13 October 2022.
  52. "Volotea unirá Gran Canaria con tres ciudades francesas a partir de noviembre". 7 July 2022.
  53. "Volotea W18 new routes as of 02AUG18". Routesonline.
  54. "Volotea, è Olbia la più grande base italiana nel 2023. Scalza Venezia". 26 January 2023.
  55. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 14OCT16". Routesonline.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  56. Liu, Jim. "Volotea outlines post-COVID 19 network expansion in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  57. "Réseau cargo | ASL Airlines France". www.aslairlines.fr. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
  58. airlineroutemaps.com retrieved 23 August 2020
  59. "Les 10 aéroports français les plus fréquentés en 2011 – JDN Business" (in French). Journaldunet.com. 30 March 2012.
  60. "Marseille-Provence bat tous les records avec 8,3 millions de passagers en 2012". Tourmag.com.
  61. "L'aÊroport Marseille Provence proposera 132 lignes rÊgulières cet ÊtÊ" (in French). Mediaterranee.com. 10 April 2013.
  62. "Google Maps". Google Maps. 1 January 1970.
  63. "Legal Notice and Disclaimer Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine." Eurocopter. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "[...]whose registered Office is located Aéroport International Marseille-Provence – 13725 Marignane Cedex – France".
  64. "F-BATK Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  65. "F-BCUI Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  66. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.

Media related to Marseille Provence Airport at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.