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Here is some more information the best way to get to the Costa del Sol. We hope you find it useful if you are thinking of renting our beach apartment in Puerto de la Duquesa, near Estepona for your holiday. We provide information on flights to the local airports from other European countries. The choice is expanding and changing all the time. The UK and Ireland are covered on this webpage.
Please note we try to keep this page up to date but the airlines in particular 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.
Costa del Sol Airports
Malaga is the main airport but there are also flights available to Jerez. This is a good link here for information specifically about Malaga airport or try this one on the Easyjet site. If you are renting our apartment, 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 including tolls.This website has some information on Jerez airport. The new motorway means Jerez de la Frontera is only about 1 1/2 hours from Duquesa.
Austria
Austrian Airlines the national flag carrier flies from Vienna to Malaga.
Air Berlin budget airline flies direct from Innsbruck, Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Vienna to Malaga, Seville and Jerez.Belgium
Brussels Airlines flies from Brussels to Malaga.
Ryanair has flights from Brussels Charleroi to Malaga and Seville.
Vueling (was ClickAir) flies from Brussels to Seville.Canada
Air Transat flies from Montreal and Toronto to Malaga.Czech Republic
SmartWings flies from Prague, Ostrava and Brno to Malaga.Denmark
Air Berlin budget airline flies direct from Copenhagen to Malaga, Seville and Jerez and from Sylt to Malaga.
Scandinavian Airlines SAS flies from Copenhagen to Malaga.
Transavia Air flies from Copenhagen to Malaga.
Norwegian flies from Aalborg, Billund and Copenhagen to Malaga.
Cimber Sterling flies from Aalborg, Billund and Copenhagen to Malaga.Finland
Brussels Airlines flies from Helsinki to Malaga.
Air Finland flies from Helsinki to Malaga.
Air Berlin German budget airline flies direct from Helsinki to Malaga.France
Iberia the Spanish national flag carrier flies from Paris to Malaga.
Air France the French national flag carrier flies from Paris, Nice and Strasbourg to Malaga.
ClickAir flies from Paris to Seville.
Ryanair has flights from Marseille/Provence to Malaga.
Transavia Air flies from Paris to Seville.
Veuling Air flies from Paris to Malaga and Seville.Germany
Easyjet flies from Berlin to Malaga.
Lufthansa the German national flag carrier flies from Frankfurt and Munich to Malaga.
Air Berlin (merged with Condor Air) flies direct from Berlin, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Karlruhe/Baden Baden, Leipzig/Halle, Muenster/Osnabrueck, Memmingen, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn, Saarbrucken and Stuttgart to Malaga and (most of these) to Jerez and to Seville. Phone 01805 73 78 00.
German Wings is a budget airline that flies direct from Berlin-Schonefeld, Dresden, Hamburg and Stuttgart to Malaga. Phone 01805 955 855
Ryanair has flights from Frankfurt/Hahn to Jerez, Malaga and Seville as well as from Dusseldorf/Weeze to Malaga and Seville and Berlin, Bremen and Memmingen to Malaga.
TuiFly flies from Koln/Bonn and Stuttgart to Malaga and from Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart to Jerez.
Traveljungle has a German version of its cheap flight seeker.
Hungary
Malev flies from Budapest to Malaga.Iceland
Air Berlin German budget airline flies direct from Reykjavik to Malaga.Italy
Easyjet flies from Milan/Malpensa to Malaga.
Alitalia the national Italian airline flies from Rome and Milan to Malaga.
Air Berlin budget airline flies direct from Milan and Rome to Malaga.
Veuling Air (merged with clickair) flies from Rome to Malaga and Seville.
Ryanair has flights from Bologna, Milan, Pisa and Venice to Malaga and from Bologna, Milan, Pisa, Rome and Cagliari to Seville.Luxembourg
Luxair flies from Luxembourg to Malaga.Morocco
Royal Air Maroc flies from Casablana and Tangier to Malaga.
Veuling Air flies from Casablanca to Seville.The Netherlands
Transavia Air flies from Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Rotterdam to Malaga.
Air Berlin budget airline flies direct from Amsterdam to Malaga. Phone 0900 737 8000.
Veuling Air (merged with clickair) flies from Amsterdam to Malaga and Seville.
Ryanair has flights from Eindhoven and Maastricht to Malaga.
Norway
Norwegian flies direct from Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger and Trondheim to Malaga.
Scandinavian Airlines SAS flies from Oslo to Malaga.
Brussels Airlines flies from Oslo to Malaga.Poland
Norwegian flies from Warsaw to Malaga and
German Wings is a budget airline that flies direct from Warsaw to Malaga.
Ryanair has flights from Wroclaw and Krakow to Malaga.Portugal
Air Berlin budget airline flies from Oporto and Lisboa to Seville and Jerez and from Oporto and Faro to MalagaRomania
Blue Air flies from Bucharest to Malaga.
Russia
Air Berlin budget airline flies direct from Moscow to Malaga.Slovakia
Ryanair also flies from Bratislava to Malaga.Spain
Air Berlin budget airline flies from Santiago de Compostela, Asturias/Oviedo, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Ciudad Real, Bilbao, Alicante, Murcia, Mahon, Ibiza, Palma to Seville, Malaga and Jerez.
Spanair has charter flights to Malaga from Bilbao, Barcelona, Tenerife and Las Palmas and to Jerez from La Corva, Santiago, Vigo, Asturias, Madrid, Valencia, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca, Tenerife, Bilbao, Madrid and Barcelona.
Veuling Air (merged with clickair) flies from Barcelona, Bilbao, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Santiago to Malaga and from Barcelona to Jerez and from Barcelona, Bilbao, La Coruna, Tenerife and Gran Canaria and Valencia to Seville.
Air Europa flies from Madrid and Palma to Malaga and from Palma, Tenerife and Gran Canaria to Seville.
Ryanair has flights from Reus, Girona and Alicante to Sevilla and from Santiago, Santander, Valladolid, Zaragoza and Girona to Malaga.Sweden
Scandinavian Airlines SAS flies from Stockholm to Malaga.
Brussels Airlines flies from Gothenburg and Stockholm to Malaga.
Spanair has charter flights to Malaga from Stockholm.
Air Berlin (merged with Condor Air) German budget airline flies direct from Stockholm to Malaga. Norwegian flies from Stockholm to Malaga.Switzerland
Air Berlin (merged with Condor Air) German budget airline flies direct from Basel/Mulhouse and Zurich to Malaga, Jerez and Seville. Phone 0848 737 800.
Easyjet flies from Basel/Mulhouse and Geneva to Malaga.
Swiss.com flies from Berne and Zurich to Malaga.
Flight comparison websites
The following websites offer flight searches and comparisons, always worth a look if you're flexible.
Skyscanner the search engine for cheap flights.
Open Jet searches high quality low fare airlines including Easyjet, Mytravel, BMIbaby, Transavia and Germanwings.
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
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