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Here is some more information the best way to get to the Costa del Sol from the UK and Ireland. We hope you find it useful if you are thinking of renting our lovely beach and golf apartment in Puerto de la Duquesa, near Estepona for your holiday. Information on flying from other Northern European countries is covered on this webpage
Please note we try to keep this page up to date but the airlines are always adding new routes and airports so some research could be well worth while. Note also that some routes are seasonal and some airlines have great special offers if you do your research. There are so many UK airports and airlines that I also have a webpage ordered by UK airport. If you are interested in our apartment, please send us an email.
Costa del Sol Airports
Malaga is the main airport for the Costa del Sol but there are also flights available to Jerez and Gibraltar. Malaga is 2 to 2:30 hours flying time from most of the UK. This is a good link here for information specifically about Malaga airport or try this one on the Easyjet site. If you are renting with us, we can arrange for a taxi to pick you up from the airport and take you to Puerto de la Duquesa for around 110 Euro one way.The Andalucia website has some information on Jerez airport. The new motorway means Jerez de la Frontera is only 1 1/2 hours from Duquesa.
This website has some information on Gibraltar airport. This is around 25 minutes from Puerto de la Duquesa and we can arrange a taxi for about 45 Euro. It is a small, more relaxed airport and you take a short walk across the border to Spain to pick up cars or taxis.
Flights from UK
First Choice aka Air2000 the charter airline sells flights only as well as part of packages. It has flights to Malaga from Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, Exeter, Gatwick, Glasgow, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham/East Midlands. Phone 0870 850 3999.
Air Berlin (merged with Condor Air) German budget airline flies direct from Stansted to Malaga. Phone 0848 737 800.
Avro is a chartered airline that flies from Birmingham, Gatwick, Luton and Manchester to Malaga. Phone 0870 160 8181.
bmibaby. I flew with them recently and enjoyed the flight. They have online seat assignments and snacks and drinks for a reasonable price on board. It has flights to Malaga from Birmingham, Cardiff and Nottingham/East Midlands. Phone 0870 2642229.
British Airways, the national flag carrier uses their subsidiary GB Airways to fly to Malaga and Gibraltar from Heathrow. Phone 0870 8509850.
Easyjet the economy airline flies from Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham/East Midlands and Newcastle as well as Stansted, Gatwick and Luton to Malaga and Gatwick to Gibraltar. Phone 0870 600000.
flybe has flights to Malaga from Exeter and Southampton. Phone 08705 676676.
Iberia the Spanish flag carrier flies direct to Malaga from Heathrow and Gatwick. Phone 0845 6012854.
Jet2 has flights to Malaga from Blackpool, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle. Phone 0870 7378282.
MyTravel has merged with Thomas Cook and has flights to Malaga from Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham East Midland and London Gatwick. Phone 08701 564564.
Monarch Airlines the charter airline does scheduled flights to Malaga from Birmingham, Gatwick, Luton and Manchester and from Luton and Manchester to Gibraltar as well as chartered flights from Birmingham, Luton and Gatwick to Malaga as well as Manchester and Luton to Gibraltar. Phone 08700 405040.
Ryanair is the original economy airline. Sign up for email notifications for last minute offers. It flies from Bristol, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Glasgow/Prestwick, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Nottingham/East Midlands, Stansted to Malaga, Bristol, London Stansted and Liverpool to Seville and Stansted to Jerez de la Frontera. Phone 0871 2460000.
Thomsonfly sells flights only. It is very good for regional flights. It has flights to Malaga from Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Exeter, Glasgow, Gatwick, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham East Midlands. Phone 0800 000 747.
Veuling Air (merged with clickair) a Spanish budget airline flies from Heathrow to Seville.
Charter Flight Consolidators
Charter Flight Centre Phone 020 7854 8434
Avro Phone 0870 458 2841
Flight Line Phone 0800 541 541
Flights from Ireland
Flying time from direct from Ireland to Malaga is around 3 hours.
Aer Lingus the national flag carrier gives seat assignments and snacks. It flies direct from Belfast, Dublin and Cork to Malaga. Phone 0818 365000.
Budget Travel is now doing flights to Malaga from Cork, Dublin and Shannon. Phone 01 631 1079.
Easyjet the economy airline flies from Belfast to Malaga. Phone 0870 600000.
First Choice aka Air2000 the charter airline sells flights only as well as part of packages. It has flights to Malaga from Belfast, Cork and Dublin.
Ryanair is the original economy airline. It flies direct from Dublin and Shannon to Malaga as well as Dublin to Seville. Phone 0818 303030.
Michael Stein Travel has charter flights to Malaga from Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Knock. Phone 1890 408 408.
Flight comparison websites
The following websites offer flight searches and comparisons, always worth a look if you're flexible.
Travel Supermarket searches for the lowest flight fares from hundreds of websites for the UK and Ireland.
Skyscanner the search engine for cheap flights.
Travel Jungle searches for the lowest flight fares from the UK.
Expedia searches the larger airlines and can come up with some unusual airline combinations. Flights
Travelocity is much the same. Visit Travelocity for Europe Deals
Travel Information
What's the weather like? Check with the BBC weather.
Essential Travel information for Spain from the Guardian.
Parking4less has information on cheap parking in UK airports.K Dempsey
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