Ibiza Airport (IATA: IBZ, ICAO: LEIB) is the airport serving the Balearic islands of Ibiza and Formentera, used by 95% of all people who arrive at or depart from these two islands. The airport is located 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Ibiza Town.[1] The airport traffic is characterised by the seasonal nature of the tourist industry, and as such it handles over 85% of the total volume of passengers during the six months of the peak season (May-October). The airport also offers year-round scheduled inter-island and mainland traffic, with flights operating to primary business hubs, such as Barcelona, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca. [edit] History The airport was first established as a temporary military airport during the Spanish Civil War, and remained open after the conflict for use as an emergency airport. In 1949 the site was used to operate some domestic and international tourist flights, but was then closed in 1951. It was not until 1958 that work commenced to re-open the airport in reaction to the rapid development of the tourist market in the Balearic Islands, particularly in neighbouring Majorca. The airport was reopened on 1 April 1958 with the first destinations during that year including Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid. The airport was expanded progressively over the subsequent decades with runway, taxiway, apron and terminal enhancements designed to cope with the growing air tourist market which by the late 1990s was generating over 3.5 million passengers a year at the airport. In 2008 the airport handled 4,647,487 passengers and 57,235 aircraft movements, a respective 2.5% and 1.1% decline compared to 2007.[2] [edit] Statistics | Number of Passengers | Number of Movements | | 1997 | 3,556,828 | | | 1998 | 3,780,181 | | | 1999 | 4,185,633 | 45,959 | | 2000 | 4,475,708 | 52,544 | | 2001 | 4,472,279 | 52,079 | | 2002 | 4,094,446 | 48,344 | | 2003 | 4,157,291 | 47,990 | | 2004 | 4,171,580 | 48,798 | | 2005 | 4,164,703 | 49,603 | | 2006 | 4,460,141 | 54,146 | | 2007 | 4,765,625 | 57,855 | | 2008 | 4,647,487 | 57,235 | | Source: Aena Statistics[2] | [edit] Airlines and destinations | Airlines | Destinations | | Air Berlin | Berlin-Tegel [seasonal], Cologne/Bonn [seasonal], Dortmund [seasonal], Dresden [seasonal], Düsseldorf, Frankfurt [seasonal], Hamburg [seasonal], Hanover [seasonal], Münster/Osnabrück [seasonal], Munich [seasonal], Nuremberg [seasonal], Paderborn/Lippstadt [seasonal], Palma de Mallorca, Zürich [seasonal] | | Air Europa | Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid | | Air Méditerranée | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | | Aer Lingus | Dublin [seasonal] | | Baboo | Geneva | | Blu-express | Rome-Fiumicino | | bmi [3] | Edinburgh [seasonal, scheduled charter] | | Condor Airlines | Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart [seasonal] | | EasyJet | Belfast-International, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bilbao, Bristol, East Midlands, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Lyon, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Newcastle, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [all seasonal] | | Germanwings | Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart [seasonal] | | Hamburg International | Leipzig/Halle, Saarbrücken [both end 24 October] | | Iberia | Madrid | | Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Alicante, Madrid, Málaga, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Valencia | | Iberia operated by Denim Air | Palma de Mallorca, Valencia | | Jet2.com | Belfast-International, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle [all seasonal] | | Luxair | Luxembourg [seasonal] | | Monarch Airlines | Birmingham, Dublin, London-Gatwick, Manchester [all seasonal] | | Neos | Milan-Malpensa, Milan-Orio al Serio, Venice-Treviso, Verona | | Niki | Graz [seasonal], Salzburg [seasonal], Vienna [seasonal] | | Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen | | Primera Air | Dublin | | Ryanair | Bologna [seasonal], East Midlands [seasonal], Girona [seasonal], Glasgow-Prestwick [begins 30 March; seasonal], Leeds/Bradford [begins March; seasonal], Liverpool [seasonal], London-Stansted, Milan-Orio al Serio [seasonal], Pisa [seasonal], Rome-Ciampino [seasonal], Weeze [seasonal] | | Smart Wings | Prague [seasonal] | | Spanair | Barcelona, Madrid | | Sun d'Or International Airlines | Tel Aviv [seasonal] | | Thomas Cook Airlines | Aberdeen, Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle [all seasonal] | | Thomson Airways | Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich [all seasonal] | | Transavia.com | Amsterdam | | Vueling Airlines | Barcelona | [edit] References [edit] External links |
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