Marseille Provence Airport

Marseille Provence Airport or Aéroport de 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 région of France. The airport's hinterland goes from Gap to Arles and from Toulon to Avignon.

Marseille Provence Airport

Aéroport de Marseille Provence
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-14
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMarseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ServesMarseille
LocationMarignane, France
Hub forAir France
Elevation AMSL70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates43°26′12″N 05°12′54″E
Websitemarseille-airport.com
Maps

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France
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 18-198.1%
Freight (tons)56,132
Sources: French [1]

It is the fifth busiest French airport by passenger traffic and third largest for cargo traffic.[3] In 2012 the airport achieved the fourth highest European passenger traffic growth, at 12.7% with 8,295,479 passengers.[4] 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.[5]

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).[6]

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.[7] 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.[8][9]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion, Rhodes
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo[10]
Air Algérie Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béjaïa, Chlef, Constantine, Oran
Seasonal: Jijel, Sétif[11]
Air Austral Saint-Denis de la Réunion
Air Canada Rouge Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau[12]
Air Corsica Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari
Air France Algiers, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Amsterdam,[13] Athens, Beirut, Biarritz,[14] Brest[14]
Air France Hop Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse
Seasonal: La Rochelle[15]
Air Madagascar Antananarivo
Air Malta Seasonal: Malta
Air Senegal Dakar–Diass[16]
Air Transat Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Brussels
easyJet Berlin–Schönefeld, Bordeaux, London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Venice
Seasonal: Bristol, Glasgow
El Al Tel Aviv
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Eurowings Düsseldorf
Iberia Regional Madrid
KLM Amsterdam[13]
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[17]
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca, Marrakesh, Oujda, Rabat[18]
Ryanair Agadir, Alicante, Bergamo, Bordeaux, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Charleroi, Copenhagen, Dublin,[19] Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Fez, Kraków, Kutaisi, Lille, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Manchester, Marrakesh, Nador, Nantes, Naples, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Palermo, Porto, Prague, Rabat, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville, Tangier, Tel Aviv, Valencia
Seasonal: Chania, Essaouira, Faro, Ibiza, London–Southend,[20] Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Sofia, Tours
SunExpress Seasonal: Antalya,[21] İzmir
Swiss International Air Lines Zurich[22]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Tassili Airlines Algiers
Travel Service Seasonal charter: Shannon[23]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Marrakesh[24]
Tunisair Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[25]
Twin Jet Metz/Nancy, Milan–Malpensa, Pau
Volotea Alicante, Strasbourg, Venice, Vienna
Seasonal: Athens,[26] Bari, Biarritz, Caen, Cagliari, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fuerteventura,[27] Heraklion, Lanzarote,[28] Luxembourg,[29] Menorca, Mykonos, Naples, Olbia,[30] Palma de Mallorca, Prague, Rennes, Rijeka,[31] Santorini, Split,[32] Tenerife–South (begins 17 October 2020)[26]
Vueling Algiers, Barcelona, Rome–Fiumicino
Seasonal: Málaga, Palma de Mallorca

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines Belgium Paris–Charles de Gaulle
ASL Airlines France[33] Ajaccio, Bastia, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rennes
DHL Aviation Brussels, Leipzig/Halle, Malta, Nice
FedEx Feeder Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
UPS Airlines Cologne/Bonn

Ground transportation

The airport is served by the Vitrolles Marseille Provence Airport rail station on the TER network. A free shuttle 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.[36]
  • On 30 July 1950, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUI of Air France was damaged beyond economic repair when its undercarriage collapsed on landing.[37]
  • On 6 February 1989, Inter Cargo Service Flight 3132, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJE, crashed on takeoff. Three crew died; no passengers were being carried.[38]
  • 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 3 crew, 13 passengers, and 9 GIGN operatives were injured. The Airbus A300B2-1C F-GBEC was written off.

See also

References
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