Palma de Mallorca Airport or Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca (IATA: PMI, ICAO: LEPA) is an airport located 8 km (5.0 mi) east[2] of Palma de Mallorca, adjacent to the village of Can Pastilla. Previously known as Son Sant Joan Airport or Aeropuerto de Son Sant Joan, it is the third largest airport in Spain, after Madrid's Barajas Airport and Barcelona Airport. During the summer months it is one of the busiest airports in Europe. The airport is a hub for German carrier Air Berlin. Son Sant Joan Airport occupies an area of 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi). Due to rapid growth of passenger numbers, additional infrastructure was added to the two terminals A (1965) and B (1972). This main terminal was designed by local architect Pere Nicolau Bonet and was officially opened on 12 April 1997. The airport now consists of four gate areas: Terminal A is mostly used for domestic flights, while Terminals B, C and D are for international traffic. The airport can handle 25 million passengers per year, with a capacity to dispatch 12,000 passengers per hour. Future plans include an increase of the passenger capacity to 32 million passengers in 2010 and to 38 million passengers in 2015. [edit] Statistics Despite a decline in passenger numbers at the airport following the September 11 attacks in 2001, numbers have risen steadily since 2002 with over 22.8 million passengers using the airport in 2008. | Passengers | Operations | | 1999 | 19,127,773 | 168,533 | | 2000 | 19,424,243 | 176,997 | | 2001 | 19,206,964 | 169,603 | | 2002 | 17,832,558 | 160,329 | | 2003 | 19,185,919 | 168,988 | | 2004 | 20,416,083 | 177,859 | | 2005 | 21,240,736 | 182,028 | | 2006 | 22,408,427 | 190,304 | | 2007 | 23,227,983 | 197,354 | | 2008 | 22,832,865 | 193,357 | | Source: Aena Statistics [1] | [edit] Airlines and destinations | Airlines | Destinations | | Aer Lingus | Dublin [seasonal] | | Air Berlin | Alicante, Almería, Amsterdam [seasonal], Asturias, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse [seasonal], Berlin-Schönefeld [begins 26 March], Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao, Bremen, Ciudad Real, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt [seasonal], Faro, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Leipzig/Halle, Madrid, Malaga, Minorca, Münster/Osnabrück, Munich, Murcia, Nuremberg, Paderborn/Lippstadt, Porto, Rostock [seasonal], Saarbrücken, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Stuttgart, Valencia, Zürich | | Air Europa | Albacete, Alicante, Badajoz, Barcelona, Bilbao,Dublin, Granada, León, Madrid, Málaga, Paris-Orly, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid | | Air Méditerranée | Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly | | Ándalus Líneas Aéreas | Nador | | Arkefly | Amsterdam | | Bmibaby | Birmingham [seasonal], Cardiff [seasonal], East Midlands, Manchester | | British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer | London-City [begins May; seasonal][3] | | Brussels Airlines | Brussels | | Bulgaria Air | Sofia | | Cimber Sterling | Copenhagen | | Condor | Berlin-Schönefeld [seasonal], Cologne/Bonn [seasonal], Düsseldorf [ends 31 October], Frankfurt, Hamburg [ends 31 October], Hanover [ends 31 October], Leipzig/Halle [seasonal], Munich [ends 31 October], Stuttgart [ends 31 October] | | Condor operated by Hamburg International | Friedrichshafen, Hamburg, Saarbrücken, Weeze | | Darwin Airline | Berne [seasonal] | | EasyJet | Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast-International [seasonal], Berlin-Schönefeld, Bristol, Doncaster/Sheffield [begins 20 April], East Midlands [ends 5 January], Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Liverpool, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Milan-Malpensa, Newcastle upon Tyne, Paris-Charles de Gaulle [begins 10 July] | | Flybe | Exeter, Southampton | | Germanwings | Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Hamburg [begins 28 March], Stuttgart | | Iberia | Madrid | | Iberia operated by Air Nostrum | Huesca [begins 06 January], Ibiza, Minorca, Valencia | | Iberworld | Cork [seasonal], Dublin [seasonal], Ireland West Knock [seasonal], Shannon [seasonal] | | Jet2.com | Belfast-International [seasonal], Blackpool [seasonal], Leeds/Bradford [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal], Newcastle [seasonal] | | Jetairfly | Brussels, Liège, Ostend | | Lufthansa | Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich | | Luxair | Luxembourg | | Monarch Airlines | Birmingham [seasonal],Dublin, London-Luton [seasonal], Manchester [seasonal] | | Niki | Graz, Innsbruck [seasonal], Linz [seasonal], Lisbon, Salzburg, Vienna | | Norwegian Air Shuttle | Copenhagen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda | | Palmair | Bournemouth | | Primera Air | Dublin | | OLT | Kiel [begins 8 July, ends 27 August] | | Quantum Air [4] | Bilbao, Madrid, Seville | | Ryanair | Alicante [seasonal], Birmingham [seasonal], Bristol [begins 31 March], Bournemouth [seasonal], Bremen, Dublin [seasonal], East Midlands [seasonal], Edinburgh [seasonal], Girona, Glasgow-Prestwick, Hahn, Leeds/Bradford [begins 26 March], Liverpool, London-Stansted, Lübeck, Madrid, Reus, Shannon [seasonal], Stockholm-Skavsta [seasonal], Weeze | | Sky Work Airlines | Berne [seasonal] | | Smart Wings | Prague | | Spanair | Barcelona, Copenhagen, Madrid | | Swiss International Air Lines | Geneva, Zürich | | Swiss operated by Swiss European Airlines | Geneva | | Thomas Cook Airlines | Aberdeen, Belfast-International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster/Sheffield, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow-International, Leeds/Bradford, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich | | Thomson Airways | Belfast-International [seasonal], Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Derry [seasonal], Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, Durham-Tees Valley [seasonal], East Midlands, Edinburgh [seasonal], Exeter[seasonal], Glasgow-International, Kingston upon Hull [seasonal], Leeds/Bradford [seasonal], Liverpool [seasonal], London-Gatwick, London-Luton, London-Stansted [seasonal], Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich [seasonal], Shannon [begins 4 May], Southampton [seasonal] | | Transavia.com | Amsterdam, Copenhagen | | Travel Service (Hungary) | Debrecen | | TUIfly | Basel/Mulhouse [seasonal], Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg [seasonal], Hanover, Munich, Nuremberg [seasonal], Stuttgart, Zweibrücken [seasonal] | | Vueling | Barcelona, Bilbao, Lleida [begins 5 February] | | Wizz Air | Budapest, Cluj-Napoca |  Palma de Mallorca Airport, August 2008 In addition to those listed above, there are also numerous charter flights. Since 2002 the former Terminal B is no longer in use. The new terminal B known as Módulo B or Interislas has been built next to the control tower, and is used for inter-Islands (Mahón and Ibiza) flights. Terminal A, part of the original airport, is currently being used for the majority of British bound low fares and charter flights. Easyjet has its own set of boarding in this part of the airport, which has also been recently expanded to create two levels of gates. [edit] References [edit] External links |
